Bill Text: IL HR0045 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Adopts the House Rules for the 96th General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-02-05 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) [HR0045 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0045-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Adopts the House Rules for the 96th General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-02-05 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) [HR0045 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0045-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
3 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
4 | the following (which are the same as the Rules of the House of | ||||||
5 | Representatives of the 95th General Assembly except as | ||||||
6 | indicated by striking and underscoring) are adopted as the | ||||||
7 | Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-Sixth | ||||||
8 | General Assembly:
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9 | ARTICLE I
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10 | ORGANIZATION
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11 | (House Rule 1)
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12 | 1. Election of the Speaker.
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13 | (a) At the first meeting of the House of each General | ||||||
14 | Assembly,
the Secretary of State shall convene the House at | ||||||
15 | 12:00 noon, designate a
Temporary Clerk of the House, and | ||||||
16 | preside during the nomination
and election of the Speaker. As | ||||||
17 | the first item of business each day
before the election of the | ||||||
18 | Speaker, the Secretary of State shall
order the Temporary Clerk | ||||||
19 | to call the roll of the members to
establish the presence of a | ||||||
20 | quorum as required by the
Constitution. If a majority of those | ||||||
21 | elected are not
present, the House shall stand adjourned until
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22 | the next calendar day, excepting weekends, at the hour |
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1 | prescribed in Rule 29.
If
a quorum of members elected is | ||||||
2 | present, the Secretary of
State shall then call for nominations | ||||||
3 | of members for the
Office of Speaker. All nominations require a
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4 | second. When the nominations are completed, the Secretary of
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5 | State shall direct the Temporary Clerk to call the roll of
the | ||||||
6 | members to elect the Speaker.
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7 | (b) The election of the Speaker requires the
affirmative | ||||||
8 | vote of a majority of those elected. Debate
is not in order | ||||||
9 | following nominations and preceding or
during the vote.
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10 | (c) No legislative measure may be considered and no | ||||||
11 | committees may be
appointed or meet before the election of the | ||||||
12 | Speaker.
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13 | (d) When a vacancy in the Office of Speaker
occurs, the | ||||||
14 | foregoing procedure shall be employed to elect a
new Speaker; | ||||||
15 | when the Secretary of State is of
a political party other than | ||||||
16 | that of the majority caucus, however, the
Majority Leader shall | ||||||
17 | preside during the nomination and
election of the successor | ||||||
18 | Speaker. No legislative measures,
other than for the nomination | ||||||
19 | and election of a successor Speaker, may be
considered
by the | ||||||
20 | House during a vacancy in the Office of Speaker.
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21 | (House Rule 2)
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22 | 2. Election of the Minority Leader.
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23 | (a) The House shall
elect a Minority Leader in a manner | ||||||
24 | consistent with the
laws of Illinois. The Minority Leader is | ||||||
25 | the leader
of the numerically strongest political party other |
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1 | than
the party to which the Speaker belongs.
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2 | (b) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
3 | of 71 members
elected.
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4 | (House Rule 3)
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5 | 3. Majority and Minority Leadership.
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6 | (a) The Speaker and the Minority Leader shall appoint
from | ||||||
7 | within their respective caucuses the members of the
Majority | ||||||
8 | and Minority Leaderships as allowed by law.
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9 | (b) Appointments are effective
upon being filed with the | ||||||
10 | Clerk and remain
effective at the pleasure of the Speaker and | ||||||
11 | Minority Leader,
respectively, or until a vacancy occurs by | ||||||
12 | reason of
resignation or because a leader has ceased to be a
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13 | Representative. Successor leaders shall be appointed in the
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14 | same manner as their predecessors. Leaders have those
powers | ||||||
15 | delegated to them by the Speaker or Minority Leader,
as the | ||||||
16 | case may be.
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17 | (House Rule 4)
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18 | 4. The Speaker.
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19 | (a) The Speaker has those powers conferred upon
him or her | ||||||
20 | by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois, and any
motions or | ||||||
21 | resolutions adopted by the House or jointly by the House and | ||||||
22 | Senate.
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23 | (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Speaker is the
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24 | chief administrative officer of the House and has
those powers |
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1 | necessary to carry out those functions. The
Speaker may | ||||||
2 | delegate administrative duties as he
or she deems appropriate.
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3 | (c) The duties of the Speaker include the
following:
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4 | (1) To preside at all sessions of the House, although
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5 | the Speaker may call on any member to preside
temporarily | ||||||
6 | as Presiding Officer.
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7 | (2) To open the session at the time at which the House
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8 | is to meet by taking the chair and calling the
members to | ||||||
9 | order. The Speaker may call on any
member to open the | ||||||
10 | session as Presiding Officer.
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11 | (3) To announce the business before the House in the
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12 | order upon which it is to be acted.
The Presiding Officer | ||||||
13 | shall
perform this duty during the period that he or she is | ||||||
14 | presiding.
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15 | (4) To recognize those members entitled to the floor.
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16 | (5) To state and put to a vote all questions that are
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17 | regularly moved or that necessarily arise in the
course of | ||||||
18 | the proceedings, and to announce the
result of the vote.
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19 | (6) To preserve order and decorum.
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20 | (7) To decide all points of order, subject to appeal,
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21 | and to speak on these points in preference to other | ||||||
22 | members.
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23 | (8) To inform the House when necessary, or when any
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24 | question is raised, on any point of order or
practice | ||||||
25 | pertinent to the pending business.
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26 | (9) To sign or authenticate all acts, proceedings, or
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1 | orders of the House. All writs, warrants, and
subpoenae | ||||||
2 | issued by order of the House, or any of its committees,
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3 | shall be signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk.
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4 | (10) To sign all bills passed by both chambers of the
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5 | General Assembly to certify that the procedural
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6 | requirements for passage have been met.
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7 | (11) To have general supervision of the House
Chamber, | ||||||
8 | House galleries, House committee rooms and chapel, and | ||||||
9 | adjoining and connecting
hallways and passages, including | ||||||
10 | the duty to protect their security and safety and the power | ||||||
11 | to clear
them when necessary. The House Chamber shall not | ||||||
12 | be
used without permission of the Speaker.
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13 | (12) To have general supervision of the Clerk and his | ||||||
14 | or
her assistants, the Doorkeeper and his or her
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15 | assistants, the majority caucus staff, the | ||||||
16 | parliamentarians, and all
employees of the House except the | ||||||
17 | minority caucus
staff.
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18 | (13) To determine the number of majority caucus
members | ||||||
19 | and minority caucus members to be
appointed to all | ||||||
20 | committees, except the Rules
Committee created by Rule 15 | ||||||
21 | and those committees that may be created under Article XII | ||||||
22 | of these
Rules.
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23 | (14) To appoint all Chairpersons, Co-Chairpersons, and
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24 | Vice-Chairpersons of committees (from either the majority | ||||||
25 | or minority caucus),
and to appoint all majority caucus | ||||||
26 | members of committees.
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1 | (15) To enforce all constitutional provisions, | ||||||
2 | statutes,
rules, and regulations applicable to the House.
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3 | (16) To guide and direct the proceedings of the House
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4 | subject to the control and will of the members.
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5 | (17) To direct the Clerk to correct non-substantive
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6 | errors in the Journal.
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7 | (18) To assign meeting places and meeting times to
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8 | committees and subcommittees.
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9 | (19) To perform any other duties assigned to the | ||||||
10 | Speaker
by these House Rules or jointly by the House and | ||||||
11 | Senate.
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12 | (20) To decide, subject to the control and will of the
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13 | members, all questions relating to the priority of
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14 | business.
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15 | (21) To issue, in cooperation with the Comptroller and
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16 | after clearance with the United States Internal
Revenue | ||||||
17 | Service, written regulations covering
administration of | ||||||
18 | contingent expense allowances of
members of the House.
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19 | (22) To appoint one or more parliamentarians to serve | ||||||
20 | at the pleasure of
the Speaker.
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21 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
22 | of 71 members
elected.
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23 | (House Rule 5)
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24 | 5. Powers and Duties of the Minority Leader.
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25 | (a) The Minority Leader has those powers conferred
upon him |
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1 | or her by the Constitution, the laws of Illinois,
and any | ||||||
2 | motions or resolutions adopted by the House or
jointly by the | ||||||
3 | House and Senate.
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4 | (b) The Minority Leader shall appoint to all committees
the | ||||||
5 | members from the minority caucus and shall designate a
Minority | ||||||
6 | Spokesperson for each committee, except
that the
Speaker may | ||||||
7 | appoint a minority caucus member to be Chairperson of a | ||||||
8 | standing
committee or Chairperson or
Co-Chairperson of a | ||||||
9 | special committee.
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10 | (c) The Minority Leader has general supervision
of the | ||||||
11 | minority caucus staff.
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12 | (House Rule 6)
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13 | 6. Clerk of the House.
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14 | (a) The House shall elect a Clerk, who may adopt
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15 | appropriate policies or procedures for the conduct of his or
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16 | her office. The Speaker is the final arbiter of any
dispute | ||||||
17 | arising in connection with the operation of the
Office of the | ||||||
18 | Clerk.
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19 | (b) The duties of the Clerk include the following:
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20 | (1) To have custody of all bills, papers, and records | ||||||
21 | of
the House, which shall not be taken out of the
Clerk's | ||||||
22 | custody except in the regular course of
business in the | ||||||
23 | House.
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24 | (2) To endorse on every original bill and each copy its
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25 | number, the names of sponsors, the date of introduction,
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1 | and the several orders taken on it. When reproduced,
the | ||||||
2 | names of the sponsors shall appear on the front
page of the | ||||||
3 | bill in the same order they appeared
when introduced.
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4 | (3) To cause each bill and resolution to be reproduced | ||||||
5 | and placed on the desks of the
members as soon as it is | ||||||
6 | reproduced, as provided in Rule 16 and Rule 39.
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7 | (4) To keep the Journal of the proceedings of the House
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8 | and, under the direction of the Speaker, correct
errors in | ||||||
9 | the Journal.
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10 | (5) To keep the transcripts of the debates of the House
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11 | and make them available to the public under
reasonable | ||||||
12 | conditions.
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13 | (6) To keep the necessary records for the House and its
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14 | committees; and to prepare the House Calendar for
each | ||||||
15 | legislative day, except perfunctory session days.
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16 | (7) To examine all House Bills and Constitutional
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17 | Amendment Resolutions following Second Reading and
before | ||||||
18 | final passage for the purpose of
correcting any | ||||||
19 | non-substantive errors, and
to report the same back to the | ||||||
20 | Speaker promptly; to
supervise the enrolling and | ||||||
21 | engrossing of bills and
resolutions, subject to the | ||||||
22 | direction of the
Speaker; and to attest to the passage or | ||||||
23 | adoption of
legislative measures, and to note thereon the | ||||||
24 | date
of final House action. Any corrections made by the
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25 | Clerk and approved by the Speaker shall be entered
on the | ||||||
26 | Journal.
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1 | (8) To transmit bills, other documents, and
messages to | ||||||
2 | the Senate and secure a receipt
therefor, and to receive | ||||||
3 | from the Senate bills,
other documents, and messages and | ||||||
4 | give receipt therefor.
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5 | (9) To file with the Secretary of State debate
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6 | transcripts and House documents as required by
law.
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7 | (10) To attend every session of the House; record the
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8 | roll; and read all bills, resolutions, and other
papers as | ||||||
9 | directed by the Speaker. Bills
shall be read by title only.
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10 | (11) To supervise the Assistant Clerk, the Doorkeeper, | ||||||
11 | pages,
messengers, committee clerks, and other employees
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12 | of his or her office.
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13 | (12) To establish the format for all documents, forms, | ||||||
14 | and
committee records and tapes prepared by committee
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15 | clerks.
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16 | (13) Subject to approval by the Speaker, to establish | ||||||
17 | standards of decorum
and other standards regarding written | ||||||
18 | statements filed under Rule 53.
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19 | (14) To perform other duties assigned by the Speaker.
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20 | (c) The Clerk and those under the supervision of the Clerk, | ||||||
21 | including the Assistant Clerk, committee clerks, and other | ||||||
22 | employees, may accept a bill, amendment, conference committee | ||||||
23 | report, amendatory veto acceptance motion, or resolution for | ||||||
24 | filing only if (i) it is a document entered into the General | ||||||
25 | Assembly's computer system, at the direction of or with the | ||||||
26 | approval of a member, by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the |
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1 | House or the Senate Democratic staff, the House or the Senate | ||||||
2 | Republican staff, or House or Senate Enrolling and Engrossing | ||||||
3 | or, with respect to appropriation documents only, entered into | ||||||
4 | the General Assembly's computer system by the Governor's Office | ||||||
5 | of Management and Budget, (ii) it bears a bar coded document | ||||||
6 | number of the drafting entity that is compatible with the | ||||||
7 | computer system used by the House, and (iii) the bar coded | ||||||
8 | document number does not duplicate one on another document that | ||||||
9 | has already been filed in the House or the Senate.
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10 | (House Rule 7)
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11 | 7. Assistant Clerk of the House. The House shall, in
a | ||||||
12 | manner consistent with the laws of Illinois, elect an
Assistant | ||||||
13 | Clerk, who shall perform those duties assigned
by the Clerk.
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14 | (House Rule 8)
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15 | 8. Doorkeeper. The House shall elect a Doorkeeper who
shall | ||||||
16 | perform those duties assigned by law, or
as ordered by the | ||||||
17 | Speaker, Presiding Officer, or Clerk. Those
duties shall | ||||||
18 | include the following:
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19 | (1) To attend the House during its sessions and execute
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20 | the commands of the Speaker or Presiding
Officer.
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21 | (2) To maintain order among spectators admitted into | ||||||
22 | the
House Chamber, galleries, and adjoining or
connecting | ||||||
23 | hallways and passages.
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24 | (3) To take proper measures to prevent interruption of
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1 | the House.
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2 | (4) To remove unruly persons from the House Chamber,
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3 | galleries, and adjoining and connecting hallways
and | ||||||
4 | passages.
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5 | (5) To ensure that only authorized persons have access
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6 | to the House Chamber, galleries, and adjoining hallways
and | ||||||
7 | passages, subject to the direction of the Speaker.
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8 | (6) To supervise any Assistant Doorkeepers.
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9 | (7) To perform other duties assigned by the Speaker.
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10 | (House Rule 9)
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11 | 9. Schedule.
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12 | (a) The Speaker shall periodically establish a schedule
of | ||||||
13 | days on which the House shall convene in regular,
perfunctory, | ||||||
14 | and veto session, with that schedule subject to
revision at the | ||||||
15 | discretion of the Speaker.
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16 | (b) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule deadlines
at his | ||||||
17 | or her discretion for any action on any
category of legislative | ||||||
18 | measure as the Speaker deems
appropriate, including deadlines | ||||||
19 | for the following
legislative actions:
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20 | (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative | ||||||
21 | Reference
Bureau.
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22 | (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
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23 | (3) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
24 | report
House bills, except House appropriation bills.
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25 | (4) Final day for standing committees of the House to |
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1 | report
House appropriation bills.
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2 | (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House | ||||||
3 | bills,
except House appropriation bills.
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4 | (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
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5 | appropriation bills.
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6 | (7) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
7 | report
Senate appropriation bills.
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8 | (8) Final day for standing committees of the House to | ||||||
9 | report
Senate bills, except appropriation bills.
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10 | (9) Final day for special committees to report to the | ||||||
11 | House.
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12 | (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate
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13 | appropriation bills.
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14 | (11) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | ||||||
15 | bills,
except appropriation bills.
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16 | (12) Final day for consideration of joint action | ||||||
17 | motions and conference
committee reports.
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18 | (c) The Speaker may schedule or reschedule any necessary | ||||||
19 | deadlines for
legislative action during any special session of | ||||||
20 | the House.
The Speaker may establish a Weekly Order of Business | ||||||
21 | or a
Daily Order of Business setting forth the date and | ||||||
22 | approximate time at which
specific
legislative measures may be | ||||||
23 | considered by the House. The Weekly Order of
Business or Daily | ||||||
24 | Order of Business is effective upon being filed by the
Speaker | ||||||
25 | with the Clerk and takes the place of the standing order of
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26 | business for the amount of time necessary for its completion. |
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1 | Nothing in this
Rule, however, limits the Speaker's or | ||||||
2 | Presiding Officer's powers under Rule
4(c)(3) or Rule 43(a).
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3 | (d) The foregoing deadlines, or any revisions to those | ||||||
4 | deadlines,
are effective upon being filed by the Speaker with
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5 | the Clerk. The Clerk shall journalize those deadlines.
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6 | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
7 | of 71 members
elected.
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8 | ARTICLE II
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9 | COMMITTEES
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10 | (House Rule 10)
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11 | 10. Committees.
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12 | (a) The committees of the House are: (i) the
standing | ||||||
13 | committees listed in Rule 11; (ii) the special
committees | ||||||
14 | created under Rule 13; (iii)
subcommittees created under these | ||||||
15 | Rules by standing committees
or by special committees ; (iv) the | ||||||
16 | Rules
Committee created under Rule 15; (v) the Election Contest | ||||||
17 | or Qualifications Challenge
Committees, if any,
created under | ||||||
18 | Article X; (vi)
any committees created under Article XII; and | ||||||
19 | (vii) any Committee of the Whole.
Subcommittees may not create | ||||||
20 | subcommittees. Committees of the Whole shall consist of all | ||||||
21 | Representatives.
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22 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Rule and subject | ||||||
23 | to Rules 12 and 13, all committees shall have a Chairperson and |
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1 | Minority
Spokesperson, who may be of the same political party. | ||||||
2 | A Minority Spokesperson may not be appointed until after a | ||||||
3 | Chairperson has been appointed. Standing committees created | ||||||
4 | under Rule 12 that have Co-Chairpersons from different | ||||||
5 | political parties shall not have a Minority Spokesperson.
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6 | Special committees created under Rule 13
that have | ||||||
7 | Co-Chairpersons from different political parties shall not | ||||||
8 | have a
Minority
Spokesperson.
No member may be appointed to | ||||||
9 | serve as a Chairperson, Minority Spokesperson,
or | ||||||
10 | Co-Chairperson of any committee unless the member is serving in | ||||||
11 | at least his
or her third term as a member of the General | ||||||
12 | Assembly, including any terms in
which the member was appointed | ||||||
13 | to fill a vacancy in the office of
Representative or Senator; | ||||||
14 | provided that this requirement does not apply if the
member | ||||||
15 | received a stipend or additional amount during a previous | ||||||
16 | General
Assembly as an "officer", "committee chairman", or | ||||||
17 | "committee minority
spokesman" as provided
in Section 1 of the | ||||||
18 | General Assembly Compensation Act (25
ILCS 115/1) and in Rule | ||||||
19 | 13(b).
Each committee may have a Vice-Chairperson appointed
by | ||||||
20 | the Speaker. The number of majority caucus members and
minority | ||||||
21 | caucus members of all committees, except the Rules Committee
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22 | created under Rule 15
and any committees that may be created | ||||||
23 | under Article XII, shall
be determined by the Speaker.
The | ||||||
24 | Speaker shall file a notice with the Clerk setting forth the | ||||||
25 | number
of majority caucus and minority caucus
members of each | ||||||
26 | committee, which shall be journalized.
A member may be |
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1 | temporarily replaced on a committee due to illness
or if the | ||||||
2 | member is otherwise unavailable. All leaders are
non-voting | ||||||
3 | ex-officio members of each standing committee and each special
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4 | committee, except
that the leaders may also be appointed to | ||||||
5 | standing committees or special
committees as
voting members.
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6 | The Speaker may also appoint any member of the majority caucus, | ||||||
7 | and the
Minority Leader may appoint any member of the minority | ||||||
8 | caucus, as a non-voting
ex-officio member of any standing | ||||||
9 | committee or special committee.
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10 | (c) The Chairperson of a committee has the
authority to | ||||||
11 | call the committee to order, designate which bills and | ||||||
12 | resolutions posted for hearing shall be
taken up and in what | ||||||
13 | order, order a record vote to be taken on each
legislative | ||||||
14 | measure called for a vote, preserve order and
decorum during | ||||||
15 | committee meetings, establish procedural rules (subject to
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16 | approval by the Speaker) governing the presentation and | ||||||
17 | consideration of
legislative measures, and generally supervise
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18 | the affairs of the committee. Any such procedural rules must be | ||||||
19 | filed with the Clerk and copies provided to all members of the | ||||||
20 | committee. The Vice-Chairperson of a
committee or other member | ||||||
21 | of the committee from the majority
caucus may preside over its | ||||||
22 | meetings in the absence or at the
direction of the Chairperson.
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23 | In the case of standing or special committees with | ||||||
24 | Co-Chairpersons from different
political parties, the | ||||||
25 | "Chairperson" for purposes of this Rule is the
Co-Chairperson | ||||||
26 | from the majority caucus.
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1 | (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the position of | ||||||
2 | Chairperson,
Co-Chairperson,
Vice-Chairperson, or Minority | ||||||
3 | Spokesperson on a
committee, exists when a member resigns from | ||||||
4 | the
position , or ceases to be a Representative , or changes | ||||||
5 | political party affiliation . Resignations and notices of a | ||||||
6 | change in political party affiliation
shall be made in writing | ||||||
7 | to the Clerk, who shall promptly
notify the Speaker and | ||||||
8 | Minority Leader. Absent concurrence
by a majority of those | ||||||
9 | elected, except as otherwise provided in
Rule 15 and except in | ||||||
10 | connection with temporary replacements under Rule 10(b),
no | ||||||
11 | member who resigns from a committee shall be
re-appointed to | ||||||
12 | that committee for the remainder of the term.
Replacement | ||||||
13 | members shall be of the same political party as
that of the | ||||||
14 | member who resigns, and shall be appointed in the
same manner | ||||||
15 | as the original appointment, except that in the case of the
| ||||||
16 | resignation of a Chairperson or Co-Chairperson, the | ||||||
17 | replacement member need not
be from the same political party. | ||||||
18 | In the case of vacancies on
subcommittees that were created by | ||||||
19 | committees , the
parent committee shall fill the vacancy in the | ||||||
20 | same manner as the original
appointment.
| ||||||
21 | (e) The Chairperson of a committee has the
authority to | ||||||
22 | call meetings of that committee, subject to the
approval of the | ||||||
23 | Speaker. In the case of standing or special committees with
| ||||||
24 | Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the | ||||||
25 | Co-Chairperson from the
majority caucus has
the authority to | ||||||
26 | call meetings of the special committee, subject to the
approval
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of the Speaker. Except as otherwise provided by
these Rules, | ||||||
2 | committee meetings shall be convened
in accordance with Rule | ||||||
3 | 21.
| ||||||
4 | (f) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
5 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
6 | (House Rule 11)
| ||||||
7 | 11. Standing Committees. The Standing Committees of
the | ||||||
8 | House are as follows:
| ||||||
9 | ACCESS TO FEDERAL FUNDING
| ||||||
10 | AGING
| ||||||
11 | AGRICULTURE & CONSERVATION
| ||||||
12 | APPROPRIATIONS-ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION
| ||||||
13 | APPROPRIATIONS-GENERAL SERVICES
| ||||||
14 | APPROPRIATIONS-HIGHER EDUCATION
| ||||||
15 | APPROPRIATIONS-HUMAN SERVICES
| ||||||
16 | APPROPRIATIONS-PUBLIC SAFETY
| ||||||
17 | BIO-TECHNOLOGY
| ||||||
18 | BUSINESS & OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES
| ||||||
19 | CITIES & VILLAGES
| ||||||
20 | COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
| ||||||
21 | CONSUMER PROTECTION
| ||||||
22 | COUNTIES & TOWNSHIPS
| ||||||
23 | DCFS OVERSIGHT
| ||||||
24 | DISABILITY SERVICES
| ||||||
25 | DRIVERS EDUCATION & SAFETY
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN REFORM
| ||||||
2 | ELECTRIC GENERATION & COMMERCE
| ||||||
3 | ELECTRIC UTILITY OVERSIGHT
| ||||||
4 | ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION
| ||||||
5 | ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY
| ||||||
6 | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
| ||||||
7 | ETHANOL PRODUCTION OVERSIGHT
| ||||||
8 | EXECUTIVE
| ||||||
9 | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
| ||||||
10 | HEALTH & HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES
| ||||||
11 | HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY & ACCESSIBILITY ACCESS
| ||||||
12 | HEALTH CARE LICENSES
| ||||||
13 | HIGHER EDUCATION
| ||||||
14 | HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
| ||||||
15 | HUMAN SERVICES
| ||||||
16 | INFRASTRUCTURE
| ||||||
17 | INSURANCE
| ||||||
18 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE & COMMERCE
| ||||||
19 | JUDICIARY I-CIVIL LAW
| ||||||
20 | JUDICIARY II-CRIMINAL LAW
| ||||||
21 | LABOR
| ||||||
22 | LEAST COST POWER PROCUREMENT
| ||||||
23 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| ||||||
24 | MASS TRANSIT
| ||||||
25 | MEDICAID REFORM, FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES
| ||||||
26 | PERSONNEL & PENSIONS
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | PRISON REFORM
| ||||||
2 | PUBLIC POLICY & ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EDUCATION
| ||||||
3 | PUBLIC UTILITIES
| ||||||
4 | REGISTRATION & REGULATION
| ||||||
5 | RENEWABLE ENERGY
| ||||||
6 | REVENUE & FINANCE
| ||||||
7 | RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
| ||||||
8 | SMART GROWTH & REGIONAL PLANNING
| ||||||
9 | STATE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
| ||||||
10 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS
| ||||||
11 | TOLLWAY OVERSIGHT
| ||||||
12 | TOURISM & CONVENTIONS
| ||||||
13 | TRANSPORTATION & MOTOR VEHICLES
| ||||||
14 | TRANSPORTATION, REGULATION, ROADS & BRIDGES
| ||||||
15 | VEHICLES & SAFETY
| ||||||
16 | VETERANS' AFFAIRS
| ||||||
17 | YOUTH & FAMILY
| ||||||
18 | (House Rule 12)
| ||||||
19 | 12. Members and Officers of Standing Committees. The | ||||||
20 | members of each standing committee shall be appointed
for the | ||||||
21 | term by the Speaker and the Minority Leader. The
Speaker, at | ||||||
22 | his or her discretion, shall appoint a
Chairperson or | ||||||
23 | Co-Chairpersons. The Speaker may appoint any member as a | ||||||
24 | Chairperson or Co-Chairperson of a standing committee, subject | ||||||
25 | to Rule 10(b). If the Chairperson or Co-Chairperson is a member |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of the majority or minority leadership or the Chairperson or | ||||||
2 | Minority Spokesperson of any other standing committee or of a | ||||||
3 | special committee, the member shall receive no additional | ||||||
4 | stipend or compensation for serving as Chairperson or | ||||||
5 | Co-Chairperson of the standing committee. For purposes of | ||||||
6 | Section 1 of the General Assembly Compensation Act (25 ILCS | ||||||
7 | 115/1), one Co-Chairperson of a standing committee shall be | ||||||
8 | considered "Chairman" and the other shall be considered | ||||||
9 | "Minority Spokesman" unless both Co-Chairpersons are members | ||||||
10 | of the majority caucus . The Speaker shall appoint
the remaining
| ||||||
11 | standing committee members of the majority caucus (one of whom | ||||||
12 | the
Speaker may designate as Vice-Chairperson), and the | ||||||
13 | Minority
Leader shall appoint the
remaining standing committee | ||||||
14 | members of the minority caucus (one of whom the
Minority Leader | ||||||
15 | may designate as Minority Spokesperson), except that if the | ||||||
16 | standing committee has Co-Chairpersons from different | ||||||
17 | political parties, the standing committee shall not have a | ||||||
18 | Minority Spokesperson. In that case, the Minority Leader shall | ||||||
19 | appoint the minority caucus members to the standing committee, | ||||||
20 | except the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus, who shall | ||||||
21 | be appointed by the Speaker. Appointments are
effective upon | ||||||
22 | the
delivery of appropriate correspondence from the
respective | ||||||
23 | leader to the Clerk, regardless of whether the
House is in | ||||||
24 | session, and shall remain effective for the duration of the | ||||||
25 | term,
subject to Rule 10(d). The Clerk shall journalize
the | ||||||
26 | appointments. Committees may
conduct business when a majority |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of the total
number of committee members has been appointed.
| ||||||
2 | (House Rule 13)
| ||||||
3 | 13. Special Committees.
| ||||||
4 | (a) The following Special Committees are created:
| ||||||
5 | ADOPTION REFORM | ||||||
6 | FIRE PROTECTION | ||||||
7 | GAMING
| ||||||
8 | INVESTIGATIVE | ||||||
9 | JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM | ||||||
10 | PENSIONS FUNDS MANAGEMENT | ||||||
11 | PRISON REFORM | ||||||
12 | RAILROAD INDUSTRY SAFETY | ||||||
13 | TOLLWAY OVERSIGHT | ||||||
14 | The Speaker may create additional special committees by | ||||||
15 | filing a notice of
the
creation of the special committee with | ||||||
16 | the Clerk.
The notice creating an additional special committee | ||||||
17 | shall specify the subject
matter of the special committee and | ||||||
18 | the number of members to be appointed.
| ||||||
19 | (b) The Speaker shall determine the number of majority and
| ||||||
20 | minority caucus members to be appointed to special committees | ||||||
21 | in
accordance with Rule 10(b). The Speaker, at his or her | ||||||
22 | discretion, shall
appoint a Chairperson or
Co-Chairpersons. | ||||||
23 | The Speaker may appoint any
member as a Chairperson or | ||||||
24 | Co-Chairperson of a special committee, subject to Rule 10(b).
| ||||||
25 | If the Chairperson or Co-Chairperson is a member of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | majority or minority
leadership or the Chairperson or Minority
| ||||||
2 | Spokesperson of a standing committee, the member shall receive | ||||||
3 | no
additional stipend or compensation for serving as | ||||||
4 | Chairperson or
Co-Chairperson of the special committee.
For | ||||||
5 | purposes of Section 1 of the General Assembly Compensation Act | ||||||
6 | (25 ILCS
115/1), (i) a special committee under these rules is | ||||||
7 | considered a "select
committee" and (ii) one Co-Chairperson of | ||||||
8 | a special committee shall be
considered "Chairman" and the | ||||||
9 | other shall be considered "Minority Spokesman" unless both | ||||||
10 | Co-Chairpersons are members of the majority caucus .
The | ||||||
11 | appointed members of special
committees
shall be designated by | ||||||
12 | the Speaker and the Minority Leader in
a like manner as | ||||||
13 | provided in Rule 12 with respect to standing
committees. If
the | ||||||
14 | special committee
has
Co-Chairpersons from
different political | ||||||
15 | parties,
the special
committee shall not have a Minority | ||||||
16 | Spokesperson. In that case, the Minority
Leader shall appoint | ||||||
17 | the minority caucus members to the special committee,
except | ||||||
18 | the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus who shall be | ||||||
19 | appointed by
the Speaker. The Speaker may establish a reporting | ||||||
20 | date during the term for each special
committee by filing a | ||||||
21 | notice of the reporting date with the Clerk. Unless an
earlier
| ||||||
22 | date is specified by the notice, special committees expire at | ||||||
23 | the end of the
term.
| ||||||
24 | (c) Special committees are empowered to conduct business | ||||||
25 | when a
majority of the total number of committee members has | ||||||
26 | been appointed.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
2 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 14)
| ||||||
4 | 14. Subcommittees.
| ||||||
5 | (a) The Chairperson of a standing committee , or a special
| ||||||
6 | committee , or a committee created under Article X may create a | ||||||
7 | subcommittee by filing a notice with the Clerk and
the | ||||||
8 | committee clerk. The number
of majority caucus and minority | ||||||
9 | caucus members to be
appointed to a subcommittee shall be | ||||||
10 | determined by the
Committee Chairperson, and filed with the | ||||||
11 | Clerk and the committee clerk.
In the case of standing or
| ||||||
12 | special committees
with Co-Chairpersons from different | ||||||
13 | political parties, the creation of
subcommittees and the number | ||||||
14 | of majority
caucus and minority caucus members to be appointed | ||||||
15 | to the subcommittee shall
be determined by the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
16 | from the majority caucus.
Members of subcommittees must be | ||||||
17 | members of
the parent committee, and shall be appointed in the | ||||||
18 | manner determined
by the committee Chairperson, or in the case | ||||||
19 | of standing or special committees with
Co-Chairpersons from | ||||||
20 | different political parties, by the Co-Chairperson from
the | ||||||
21 | majority caucus.
| ||||||
22 | The notice creating a subcommittee shall specify the | ||||||
23 | subject matter
of the subcommittee and the number of members to | ||||||
24 | be appointed,
and may specify a reporting date during the term. | ||||||
25 | Unless an earlier date is
specified
by the notice, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | subcommittees expire at the end of the term.
| ||||||
2 | (b) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
3 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
4 | (House Rule 15)
| ||||||
5 | 15. Rules Committee.
| ||||||
6 | (a) The Rules Committee is created as a permanent | ||||||
7 | committee.
The Rules Committee shall consist of 5 members,
3 | ||||||
8 | appointed by the Speaker and 2
appointed by the Minority | ||||||
9 | Leader. The
Speaker and the Minority Leader are each eligible | ||||||
10 | to be
appointed to the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee may
| ||||||
11 | conduct business when a majority of the total
number of its | ||||||
12 | members has been appointed.
| ||||||
13 | (b) The majority caucus members of the Rules Committee
| ||||||
14 | shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, and the minority
| ||||||
15 | caucus members shall serve at the pleasure of the Minority
| ||||||
16 | Leader. Appointments shall be by notice filed with
the Clerk, | ||||||
17 | and shall be effective for the balance of the term
or until a | ||||||
18 | replacement appointment is made, whichever
first occurs. | ||||||
19 | Appointments take effect upon filing with
the Clerk, regardless | ||||||
20 | of whether the House is in
session. Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
21 | provision of these
Rules, any Representative who is replaced on | ||||||
22 | the Rules
Committee may be re-appointed to the Rules Committee | ||||||
23 | without
concurrence of the House.
| ||||||
24 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of these
Rules, the | ||||||
25 | Rules Committee may meet upon reasonable public
notice that |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | includes a statement of the subjects to be
considered. All | ||||||
2 | legislative measures pending before the
Rules Committee are | ||||||
3 | eligible for consideration at any
of its meetings, and all of | ||||||
4 | those legislative measures are
deemed posted for hearing by the | ||||||
5 | Rules Committee for all of
its meetings.
| ||||||
6 | (d) Upon concurrence of a majority of those appointed,
the | ||||||
7 | Rules Committee may advance any legislative measure
pending | ||||||
8 | before it to the House, without referral to another committee;
| ||||||
9 | the Rules Committee, however, shall not so report any bill that | ||||||
10 | has
never been favorably reported by or discharged from before | ||||||
11 | a standing committee or a special committee of the House or | ||||||
12 | recommended for action by a joint committee of the House and | ||||||
13 | Senate . A bill advanced to the House shall be placed on the | ||||||
14 | Daily Calendar on the order on which it appeared before it was | ||||||
15 | re-referred to the Rules Committee.
| ||||||
16 | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
17 | of 71
members elected.
| ||||||
18 | (House Rule 16)
| ||||||
19 | 16. Referrals of Resolutions and Reorganization Orders.
| ||||||
20 | (a) All resolutions, except adjournment resolutions and | ||||||
21 | resolutions
considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this | ||||||
22 | Rule, after being initially read
by the
Clerk, shall be ordered | ||||||
23 | reproduced and are automatically referred to the Rules
| ||||||
24 | Committee, which may thereafter refer any resolution
before it | ||||||
25 | to the House or to a standing committee or special committee. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | No
resolution, except adjournment resolutions and resolutions | ||||||
2 | considered under
subsection (b) or (c) of this Rule, may be | ||||||
3 | considered by the House
unless (i) referred to the House by the | ||||||
4 | Rules Committee under Rule 18, (ii) favorably reported or by a
| ||||||
5 | standing committee or special committee , (iii) authorized | ||||||
6 | under Article XII, or (iv) discharged from committee pursuant | ||||||
7 | to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58 . An adjournment resolution is subject
| ||||||
8 | to Rule 66.
| ||||||
9 | (b) Any member may file a congratulatory or death | ||||||
10 | resolution for consideration by the
House. The Principal | ||||||
11 | Sponsor of each congratulatory or death resolution shall pay a
| ||||||
12 | reasonable fee, determined by the Clerk with the approval of | ||||||
13 | the Speaker, to
offset the actual cost of producing the | ||||||
14 | congratulatory or death resolution. The fee may
be paid from | ||||||
15 | the office allowance provided by Section 4 of the General | ||||||
16 | Assembly
Compensation Act, or from any other funds available to | ||||||
17 | the member.
Upon agreement of the Speaker and the Minority | ||||||
18 | Leader, congratulatory or death
resolutions may be immediately | ||||||
19 | considered and adopted by the House
without referral to the | ||||||
20 | Rules Committee. Those resolutions may be adopted as a
group by | ||||||
21 | a single motion. Congratulatory and death resolutions shall be
| ||||||
22 | entered on the Journal only by number, sponsorship, and | ||||||
23 | subject. The
provisions of this subsection requiring the | ||||||
24 | Principal Sponsor to pay a
reasonable fee may not be suspended.
| ||||||
25 | (c) Death resolutions in memory of former members of the | ||||||
26 | General Assembly
and
former
constitutional officers, upon |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | introduction, may be immediately considered by
the House | ||||||
2 | without referral to the Rules Committee. Those resolutions | ||||||
3 | shall be
entered on the Journal in full.
| ||||||
4 | (d) Executive reorganization orders of the Governor
issued | ||||||
5 | under Article V, Sec. 11 of the Constitution,
upon being read | ||||||
6 | into the record by the Clerk, are
automatically referred to the | ||||||
7 | Rules Committee for its
referral to a standing committee or a | ||||||
8 | special committee, which may
issue a recommendation to the | ||||||
9 | House with respect to the
Executive Order. The House may | ||||||
10 | disapprove of an
Executive Order only by resolution adopted by | ||||||
11 | a majority of
those elected; no such resolution is in order | ||||||
12 | until a
standing committee or a special committee has reported | ||||||
13 | to the House on the
executive reorganization, or until the | ||||||
14 | Executive Order has
been discharged under Rule 58.
| ||||||
15 | (House Rule 17)
| ||||||
16 | 17. Sponsorship by the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee | ||||||
17 | may consider any legislative
measure referred to it under these | ||||||
18 | Rules, by
motion or resolution, or by order of the Presiding | ||||||
19 | Officer
upon initial reading. The Rules Committee may, with the
| ||||||
20 | concurrence of a majority of those appointed, sponsor motions
| ||||||
21 | or resolutions; notwithstanding any other provision of these
| ||||||
22 | Rules, any motion or resolution sponsored by the Rules
| ||||||
23 | Committee may be immediately considered by the House without
| ||||||
24 | referral to a committee. Any such motion or resolution shall be | ||||||
25 | assigned
standard debate status, subject to Rule 52.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 18)
| ||||||
2 | 18. Referrals to Committees.
| ||||||
3 | (a) All House Bills and Senate Bills, after being
initially | ||||||
4 | read by the Clerk, are automatically referred
to the Rules | ||||||
5 | Committee.
| ||||||
6 | (b) During odd-numbered years, the Rules Committee
shall | ||||||
7 | thereafter refer any such bill before it , and which has a | ||||||
8 | Principal Sponsor, to a
standing committee or a special | ||||||
9 | committee within 3 legislative days , provided that referral | ||||||
10 | shall not be required for a House bill that is introduced after | ||||||
11 | the introduction deadline for House bills or a Senate bill that | ||||||
12 | is referred to the Rules Committee after the deadline for House | ||||||
13 | committee consideration of Senate bills . During
even-numbered | ||||||
14 | years, the Rules Committee shall refer to
a standing committee | ||||||
15 | or a special committee only appropriation bills
implementing | ||||||
16 | the budget and bills deemed by the Rules
Committee, by the | ||||||
17 | affirmative vote of a majority appointed, to be of an
emergency | ||||||
18 | nature or to be of
substantial importance to the operation of | ||||||
19 | government.
This subsection (b) applies equally to House Bills
| ||||||
20 | and Senate Bills introduced into or received by the House.
| ||||||
21 | (b-5) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Rules Committee | ||||||
22 | may refer bills to a joint committee of the House and Senate | ||||||
23 | created by joint resolution. That joint committee shall report | ||||||
24 | back to the Rules Committee any recommendation for action made | ||||||
25 | by that joint committee. The Rules committee may, at any time, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | however, refer the bill to a standing or special committee of | ||||||
2 | the House. | ||||||
3 | (c) A standing committee or a special committee may refer a | ||||||
4 | subject matter
or a legislative measure pending in that | ||||||
5 | committee to a subcommittee of that
committee.
| ||||||
6 | (d) All legislative measures favorably reported by a
| ||||||
7 | standing committee or a special committee, or discharged from a | ||||||
8 | standing
committee or a special committee under Rule 58, shall | ||||||
9 | be referred to the House
and placed on the appropriate order of | ||||||
10 | business, which shall
appear on the daily calendar. All | ||||||
11 | legislative measures, except bills or
resolutions on the | ||||||
12 | Consent Calendar, bills or resolutions assigned short debate
| ||||||
13 | status by a standing committee or special committee, and floor
| ||||||
14 | amendments,
so referred are automatically assigned standard | ||||||
15 | debate status, subject to
Rule 52.
| ||||||
16 | (e) All floor amendments, joint action motions
for final | ||||||
17 | action, conference committee reports, and motions to table | ||||||
18 | committee
amendments, upon
filing with the Clerk, are | ||||||
19 | automatically referred to the Rules
Committee. The Rules | ||||||
20 | Committee may refer any floor amendment, joint
action motion | ||||||
21 | for final action, conference committee report, or motion to | ||||||
22 | table
a committee amendment
to the House or to a standing | ||||||
23 | committee or a special committee
for its review and | ||||||
24 | consideration (in those instances, and notwithstanding
any | ||||||
25 | other provision of these Rules, the standing committee
or | ||||||
26 | special committee may hold a hearing
on and consider those |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | legislative measures pursuant to
a one-hour advance notice). | ||||||
2 | Any floor amendment, joint action motion for final
action, | ||||||
3 | conference committee report, or motion to table a committee | ||||||
4 | amendment
that is not referred to the House by , or discharged | ||||||
5 | from, the Rules
Committee
is out of order, except that any | ||||||
6 | floor amendment, joint
action
motion for final action, | ||||||
7 | conference committee report, or motion to table a
committee | ||||||
8 | amendment favorably reported approved
by , or discharged from, a | ||||||
9 | standing committee or a special committee is deemed referred to
| ||||||
10 | the House by the Rules Committee for purposes of this Rule. All | ||||||
11 | joint action
motions for final action, conference committee | ||||||
12 | reports and motions to table
committee amendments so referred | ||||||
13 | are
automatically assigned standard debate status, subject to
| ||||||
14 | Rule 52.
Floor amendments referred to the House under this Rule | ||||||
15 | are automatically
assigned amendment debate status.
| ||||||
16 | (f) The Rules Committee may at any time refer or
re-refer a | ||||||
17 | legislative measure from a committee to a
Committee of the | ||||||
18 | Whole or to any other committee.
| ||||||
19 | (g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules
| ||||||
20 | Committee only by unanimous consent of the House. Any bill
| ||||||
21 | discharged from the Rules Committee shall be placed on the
| ||||||
22 | order of Second Reading and assigned standard debate status, | ||||||
23 | subject to
Rule 52.
| ||||||
24 | (h) Except for those provisions that require unanimous
| ||||||
25 | consent, this Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative | ||||||
26 | vote of 71
members elected.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 19)
| ||||||
2 | 19. Re-Referrals to the Rules Committee.
| ||||||
3 | (a) All legislative measures that fail to meet
the | ||||||
4 | applicable deadline established under Rule
9 for reporting to | ||||||
5 | the House by a standing committee or a special committee,
for | ||||||
6 | Third Reading and passage, or for consideration of joint action | ||||||
7 | motions and
conference committee reports are automatically
| ||||||
8 | re-referred to the Rules Committee unless:
(i) the deadline has | ||||||
9 | been suspended or revised by the Speaker,
with re-referral to | ||||||
10 | the Rules Committee to occur if the bill
has not been reported | ||||||
11 | to the House in accordance with a
revised deadline; or (ii) the | ||||||
12 | Rules Committee has issued a
written exception to the Clerk | ||||||
13 | with respect to a particular
bill before the reporting | ||||||
14 | deadline, with re-referral
to occur, if at all, in accordance | ||||||
15 | with the written
exception.
| ||||||
16 | (b) All legislative measures pending before the House or
| ||||||
17 | any of its committees are automatically re-referred to the | ||||||
18 | Rules
Committee on the 31st consecutive day that the House has | ||||||
19 | not
convened for session unless: (i) any deadline applicable to | ||||||
20 | the bill or
resolution that has been designated by the Speaker | ||||||
21 | under Rule 9 exceeds 31
days, with re-referral to occur, if at | ||||||
22 | all, in accordance with that deadline;
(ii) this Rule is
| ||||||
23 | suspended under Rule 67; or (iii) the Rules
Committee, by the | ||||||
24 | affirmative vote of a majority appointed, issues a written
| ||||||
25 | exception to the Clerk before that
31st day.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 20)
| ||||||
2 | 20. Reporting by Committees. Committees shall report
to the | ||||||
3 | House, and subcommittees shall report to their parent
| ||||||
4 | committees.
| ||||||
5 | (House Rule 21)
| ||||||
6 | 21. Notice.
| ||||||
7 | (a) Except as provided in Rule 18 (e) or unless
this Rule is | ||||||
8 | suspended under Rule 67 or unless the Rules Committee by | ||||||
9 | majority vote waives the notice requirement for a subject | ||||||
10 | matter hearing of any committee , no standing committees,
| ||||||
11 | committee or special committees, committees created under | ||||||
12 | Article X of these Rules, and subcommittees of those committees | ||||||
13 | shall not committee may consider or conduct a hearing with | ||||||
14 | respect
to a subject matter or a legislative measure absent | ||||||
15 | notice first being given as
follows:
| ||||||
16 | (1) The Chairperson of the committee, or the | ||||||
17 | Co-Chairperson from the
majority caucus of a standing or | ||||||
18 | special committee, shall, no later
than 6 days before any | ||||||
19 | proposed hearing, post a
notice on the House bulletin board | ||||||
20 | identifying each subject matter and each
legislative | ||||||
21 | measure, other than a committee
amendment upon initial | ||||||
22 | consideration under
Rule 40, that may be considered during | ||||||
23 | that
hearing. The notice shall contain the day, hour, and
| ||||||
24 | place of the hearing. Legislative measures and subject |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | matters posted for hearing as provided in this item (1) may | ||||||
2 | also be considered at any committee hearing re-convened | ||||||
3 | following a recess of the committee for which notice was | ||||||
4 | posted, but only if the House has met or was scheduled to | ||||||
5 | meet in regular, veto, or special session on each calendar | ||||||
6 | day from the time of the original committee hearing to the | ||||||
7 | re-convened committee hearing.
| ||||||
8 | (2) Meetings of the Rules Committee may be called
under | ||||||
9 | Rule 15; meetings of the standing
committees and special | ||||||
10 | committees to consider floor amendments,
joint action | ||||||
11 | motions for final consideration, conference committee | ||||||
12 | reports, and
motions to table committee amendments
may be | ||||||
13 | called under Rule 18.
| ||||||
14 | (3) The Chairperson, or Co-Chairperson from the | ||||||
15 | majority caucus of a standing or
special committee, shall, | ||||||
16 | in advance of a committee
hearing, notify all Principal | ||||||
17 | Sponsors of
legislative measures posted for that hearing of | ||||||
18 | the
date, time, and place of hearing. When practical,
the | ||||||
19 | Clerk shall include a notice of all scheduled
hearings, | ||||||
20 | together with all posted bills and
resolutions, in the | ||||||
21 | Daily Calendar of the House.
Regardless of whether a | ||||||
22 | particular legislative
measure or subject matter has been | ||||||
23 | posted for hearing, it is in
order for a committee during | ||||||
24 | any of its meetings to
refer a subject matter or | ||||||
25 | legislative measure pending before it to a
subcommittee of | ||||||
26 | that committee.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (b) Other than the Rules Committee, no committee may meet | ||||||
2 | during any session
of the House, and no commission created by | ||||||
3 | Illinois law that has legislative
membership may meet during | ||||||
4 | any session of the House.
| ||||||
5 | (c) Regardless of whether notice has been
previously given, | ||||||
6 | it is always in order for a committee
to table any legislative | ||||||
7 | measure pending before it
when the Principal Sponsor so | ||||||
8 | requests, subject to Rule 60.
| ||||||
9 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
10 | of 71 members
elected, subject to Rule 25.
| ||||||
11 | (House Rule 22)
| ||||||
12 | 22. Committee Procedure.
| ||||||
13 | (a) A committee may consider any legislative measure
| ||||||
14 | referred to it, except as provided in subsection (b), and may | ||||||
15 | make with
respect to that legislative
measure one of the | ||||||
16 | following reports to the House or to the
parent committee, as | ||||||
17 | appropriate:
| ||||||
18 | (1) that the bill "do pass";
| ||||||
19 | (2) that the bill "do not pass";
| ||||||
20 | (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
| ||||||
21 | (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
| ||||||
22 | (5) that the resolution "be adopted";
| ||||||
23 | (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
| ||||||
24 | (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
| ||||||
25 | (8) that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, | ||||||
2 | conference committee
report, or motion to table a committee | ||||||
3 | amendment referred by the Rules
Committee "be adopted";
| ||||||
4 | (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, | ||||||
5 | conference
committee report, or motion to table a committee | ||||||
6 | amendment referred by the
Rules Committee "be not adopted";
| ||||||
7 | (11) "without recommendation"; or
| ||||||
8 | (12) "tabled".
| ||||||
9 | Any of the foregoing reports may be made only upon the
| ||||||
10 | concurrence of a majority of those appointed. All
legislative | ||||||
11 | measures reported "do pass", "do pass as
amended", "be | ||||||
12 | adopted", or "be adopted as amended"
are favorably reported to | ||||||
13 | the House.
Except as otherwise provided by these Rules,
any | ||||||
14 | legislative measure referred or re-referred to a
committee and | ||||||
15 | not reported under this Rule shall
remain in that committee.
| ||||||
16 | (b) No bill or committee amendment that provides for an | ||||||
17 | appropriation of
money from the State Treasury may be | ||||||
18 | considered by an Appropriations Committee
unless the bill or | ||||||
19 | committee amendment is limited to appropriations to a single
| ||||||
20 | department, office, or institution; this provision does not | ||||||
21 | apply to floor
amendments, joint action motions, or conference | ||||||
22 | committee reports.
| ||||||
23 | No bill that provides for an appropriation
of money from | ||||||
24 | the State Treasury may be
considered for passage by the House | ||||||
25 | unless it has first
been favorably reported by an | ||||||
26 | Appropriations
Committee or:
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations
| ||||||
2 | Committee under Rule 58;
| ||||||
3 | (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a
| ||||||
4 | majority of those appointed to the Rules Committee;
or
| ||||||
5 | (3) this Rule was suspended under Rule 67.
| ||||||
6 | (c) The Chairperson of each committee, or Co-Chairperson | ||||||
7 | from the majority
caucus of a standing or special committee, | ||||||
8 | shall keep, or
cause to be kept by the Clerk's Office , a record | ||||||
9 | in which there shall be entered:
| ||||||
10 | (1) The time and place of each meeting of the
| ||||||
11 | committee.
| ||||||
12 | (2) The attendance of committee members at each | ||||||
13 | meeting.
| ||||||
14 | (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all
| ||||||
15 | legislative measures acted on by the committee.
| ||||||
16 | (4) The "Record of Committee Witness" forms executed by
| ||||||
17 | each person appearing or registering in each
committee | ||||||
18 | meeting, which shall include
identification of the | ||||||
19 | witness, the person, group, or
firm represented by | ||||||
20 | appearance and the capacity
in which the representation is | ||||||
21 | made (if the person
is representing someone other than | ||||||
22 | himself or
herself), his or her position on the legislation
| ||||||
23 | under consideration, and the nature of his or her
desired | ||||||
24 | testimony.
| ||||||
25 | (5) An audio A tape recording of the proceedings.
| ||||||
26 | (6) Such additional information as may be requested by
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the Clerk.
| ||||||
2 | (d) The committee Chairperson, or the Co-Chairperson from | ||||||
3 | the majority
caucus
of a standing or special committee, shall | ||||||
4 | file with the Clerk,
along with every legislative measure | ||||||
5 | reported upon, a written report containing
such information as | ||||||
6 | required by the
Clerk. The Clerk may adopt forms, policies, and | ||||||
7 | procedures
with respect to the preparation, filing, and | ||||||
8 | maintenance of
the reports.
| ||||||
9 | (e) When a committee fails to report a legislative
measure | ||||||
10 | pending before it to the House, or when a committee
fails to | ||||||
11 | hold a public hearing on a legislative measure
pending before | ||||||
12 | it, the exclusive means to bring that
legislative measure | ||||||
13 | directly before the House for its
consideration is as provided | ||||||
14 | in Rule 18 or Rule 58.
| ||||||
15 | (f) No legislative measure may be called for a vote in a | ||||||
16 | standing committee
or special
committee in the absence of the | ||||||
17 | Principal Sponsor. The committee Chairperson, the
committee | ||||||
18 | Minority Spokesperson, or a chief
co-sponsor may present a bill | ||||||
19 | or resolution in committee with the approval of
the Principal | ||||||
20 | Sponsor when the committee consents.
In the case of standing or | ||||||
21 | special committees with Co-Chairpersons from different | ||||||
22 | political
parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
23 | from the majority caucus, and the "Minority Spokesperson" means | ||||||
24 | the Co-Chairperson from the minority caucus.
This subsection | ||||||
25 | may not be suspended.
| ||||||
26 | (g) Motions for committee approval of bills and resolutions |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | are renewable, provided that no
bill or resolution may be voted | ||||||
2 | on more than
twice in any committee on motions to report the | ||||||
3 | bill or
resolution favorably, or to reconsider the vote by | ||||||
4 | which
the committee adopted a motion to report the bill or
| ||||||
5 | resolution unfavorably. A bill or resolution having failed
to | ||||||
6 | receive a favorable recommendation after 2 such record
votes | ||||||
7 | shall be automatically reported with the appropriate
| ||||||
8 | unfavorable recommendation.
| ||||||
9 | (h) A bill or resolution shall be given short debate status
| ||||||
10 | by report of the committee if the bill or resolution was | ||||||
11 | favorably
reported by a three-fifths vote of the members | ||||||
12 | present and voting, including those voting "present".
Bills and | ||||||
13 | resolutions receiving favorable reports may be
placed upon the | ||||||
14 | Consent Calendar as provided in Rule 42.
| ||||||
15 | (i) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
16 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 23)
| ||||||
18 | 23. Witnesses, Oaths, and Subpoenae.
| ||||||
19 | (a) Standing committees may administer oaths and may | ||||||
20 | compel,
by subpoena, any person to appear and give testimony as | ||||||
21 | a witness before the
standing committee and produce papers, | ||||||
22 | documents, and other
materials relating to a legislative | ||||||
23 | measure pending before the standing
committee.
| ||||||
24 | (b) Special committees may administer oaths and may compel,
| ||||||
25 | by subpoena, any person to appear and give testimony before the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | special
committee and produce papers, documents, and other | ||||||
2 | materials
relating
to the subject matter for which the special | ||||||
3 | committee was created or relating
to a legislative measure | ||||||
4 | pending before the special committee.
| ||||||
5 | (c) A Committee
of the Whole
may administer oaths and may | ||||||
6 | compel, by
subpoena, any person to appear and give testimony | ||||||
7 | before the committee of the
whole and produce papers, | ||||||
8 | documents, and other materials relating to the
subject matter | ||||||
9 | for which the committee of the whole was created or relating to
| ||||||
10 | a legislative measure pending before the committee of the | ||||||
11 | whole.
| ||||||
12 | (d) Oaths may be administered under this Rule by the | ||||||
13 | Presiding Officer or by
the Chairperson of a committee or any | ||||||
14 | person sitting in his or her stead.
| ||||||
15 | (e) Subpoenae issued under this Rule must be issued and | ||||||
16 | signed by the
Chairperson of the committee and must comply with | ||||||
17 | Rule 4(c)(9).
| ||||||
18 | (f) In the case of
special committees with
Co-Chairpersons | ||||||
19 | from different political parties, the term "Chairperson" for
| ||||||
20 | purposes of this Rule means the Co-Chairperson from the | ||||||
21 | majority caucus.
| ||||||
22 | (g) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
23 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
24 | (House Rule 24)
| ||||||
25 | 24. Committee Reports.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) All bills favorably reported to the House from a
| ||||||
2 | committee, or with respect to which a committee has been
| ||||||
3 | discharged, shall be reported to the House and shall be placed | ||||||
4 | on the
order of Second Reading and assigned standard debate | ||||||
5 | status, subject to Rule
52. Bills reported to the House from | ||||||
6 | committee
"do not pass", "do not pass as amended", "without | ||||||
7 | recommendation", or "tabled"
shall lie on the table.
| ||||||
8 | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final | ||||||
9 | action,
conference committee reports, and motions to table | ||||||
10 | committee amendments
favorably reported from a standing
| ||||||
11 | committee or special committee shall be referred to the House | ||||||
12 | and eligible for
consideration when the House
is on an | ||||||
13 | appropriate order of business. Amendments to bills that are
not | ||||||
14 | on the order of Second Reading are out of order. All floor
| ||||||
15 | amendments,
joint action motions for final action, conference | ||||||
16 | committee reports, and
motions to table committee amendments | ||||||
17 | that are
reported to the House from committee
"be not adopted", | ||||||
18 | "without recommendation", or "tabled" shall lie on the table.
| ||||||
19 | When the Rules Committee refers a floor amendment, joint action | ||||||
20 | motion for
final action,
conference committee report, or motion | ||||||
21 | to table a committee amendment to a
standing committee or a | ||||||
22 | special committee
that thereafter favorably reports that | ||||||
23 | legislative measure to the
House, the legislative measure shall | ||||||
24 | be referred to the House, assigned
standard debate status | ||||||
25 | subject to Rule 52 (except floor amendments, which
shall be | ||||||
26 | assigned
amendment debate status), and eligible for |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | consideration when the House is on
an appropriate order of | ||||||
2 | business.
| ||||||
3 | (c) All resolutions favorably reported to the House from
| ||||||
4 | the Rules Committee, a standing committee, or a special | ||||||
5 | committee, or with
respect to which the committee has been | ||||||
6 | discharged, shall be referred to the
House and placed on the | ||||||
7 | order of Resolutions and assigned standard debate
status,
| ||||||
8 | subject to Rule 52. All resolutions that are
reported to the | ||||||
9 | House from committee "be not adopted",
"be not adopted as | ||||||
10 | amended", "without
recommendation", or "tabled" shall lie on | ||||||
11 | the table. Floor amendments to
resolutions are subject to the | ||||||
12 | same procedure applicable
to floor amendments to bills.
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 25)
| ||||||
14 | 25. Suspension of Posting Requirements.
| ||||||
15 | (a) A motion to
suspend the posting requirements of Rule 21 | ||||||
16 | must be in
writing, specifying the committee and the bills or
| ||||||
17 | resolutions to which the motion applies, be carried
on the | ||||||
18 | calendar before it may be taken up by the House, and adopted by | ||||||
19 | the
affirmative vote of 60 members elected. The
calendar | ||||||
20 | requirements of this Rule may be suspended only by
unanimous | ||||||
21 | consent. The requirement that the motion be in
writing may not | ||||||
22 | be suspended.
| ||||||
23 | (b) Except for those provisions that may not be suspended | ||||||
24 | or that require
unanimous consent, this Rule may be suspended | ||||||
25 | only by the affirmative vote
of 71 members elected.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 26)
| ||||||
2 | 26. Rights of the Public.
| ||||||
3 | (a) If a bill or resolution has been properly set for
| ||||||
4 | hearing and witnesses are present and wish to testify, the
| ||||||
5 | committee shall hear the witnesses at the scheduled time and
| ||||||
6 | place, subject to Rule 10(c).
| ||||||
7 | (b) Any person wishing to offer testimony to a committee
| ||||||
8 | hearing of a bill or resolution shall be given a reasonable
| ||||||
9 | opportunity to do so, orally or in writing. The Chairperson
may | ||||||
10 | set time limits for presentation of oral testimony. No
| ||||||
11 | testimony in writing is required of any witness, but any
| ||||||
12 | witness may submit a statement in writing for the committee
| ||||||
13 | record. All persons offering testimony shall complete a
"Record | ||||||
14 | of Committee Witness" form and submit it to the
committee clerk | ||||||
15 | before testifying.
In the case of standing or special | ||||||
16 | committees with Co-Chairpersons from different political
| ||||||
17 | parties, the "Chairperson" means the Co-Chairperson from the | ||||||
18 | majority caucus.
| ||||||
19 | (c) A motion to foreclose further oral testimony by
| ||||||
20 | witnesses on a matter before a committee may be
adopted only by | ||||||
21 | a three-fifths majority of those voting on
the motion. No such | ||||||
22 | motion is in order until both
proponents and opponents | ||||||
23 | requesting to be heard have been
given a fair and substantial | ||||||
24 | opportunity to express their
positions. No one shall be | ||||||
25 | prohibited from filing for the
record "Record of Committee |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Witness" forms or written
statements while the matter is before | ||||||
2 | the committee.
| ||||||
3 | (d) Meetings of committees and subcommittees shall be
open | ||||||
4 | to the public. Committee meetings of the House may be
closed to | ||||||
5 | the public if two-thirds of the members elected to
the House | ||||||
6 | determine, by a record vote, that the public interest so | ||||||
7 | requires.
| ||||||
8 | (e) This Rule cannot be suspended retroactively.
| ||||||
9 | (House Rule 27)
| ||||||
10 | 27. Smoking. Smoking is prohibited at any official
| ||||||
11 | committee hearing, and no committee member, staff member, or
| ||||||
12 | member of the public is permitted to smoke in the room
in which | ||||||
13 | the hearing is being held.
| ||||||
14 | ARTICLE III
| ||||||
15 | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
| ||||||
16 | (House Rule 28)
| ||||||
17 | 28. Sessions of the House.
| ||||||
18 | (a) The House is in session whenever it
convenes in | ||||||
19 | perfunctory session, regular session, veto
session, special | ||||||
20 | session, or joint session with the Senate. Members are entitled | ||||||
21 | to per
diem expense reimbursements authorized by law only on | ||||||
22 | those regular, veto,
special session, and joint session days |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | that they are in attendance at the
House and either (i) are | ||||||
2 | recorded as present on the quorum roll call or (ii) personally | ||||||
3 | appear before the Clerk or the Clerk's designee after the | ||||||
4 | quorum roll call but prior to the House adjourning for the day . | ||||||
5 | Attendance by members is not required or
recorded on | ||||||
6 | perfunctory session days.
| ||||||
7 | (b) Regular and veto session days shall be scheduled
with | ||||||
8 | notice by the Speaker under Rule 9.
Special session days shall | ||||||
9 | be scheduled in accordance with
the Constitution and laws of | ||||||
10 | Illinois. The Speaker may convene the House when deemed | ||||||
11 | necessary, regardless of whether a different date or time has | ||||||
12 | been established.
| ||||||
13 | (c) The Speaker may schedule
perfunctory session days | ||||||
14 | during which the Clerk may read into
the House record any | ||||||
15 | legislative measure.
Committees may meet and may consider and | ||||||
16 | act upon legislative
measures during a perfunctory session day, | ||||||
17 | and the Clerk may
receive and read committee reports into the | ||||||
18 | House record
during a perfunctory day. Except for automatic | ||||||
19 | referral
under these Rules, no further action may be taken by
| ||||||
20 | the House with respect to a legislative measure during a
| ||||||
21 | perfunctory session day.
| ||||||
22 | (House Rule 29)
| ||||||
23 | 29. Hour of Meeting. Unless otherwise ordered by the | ||||||
24 | Speaker or Presiding
Officer or as provided in Rule 1, the | ||||||
25 | House
shall regularly convene at 12:30 p.m. on the first day of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | each week that the
House convenes in regular, veto, or special | ||||||
2 | session and shall convene at
noon on all other days.
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 30)
| ||||||
4 | 30. Access to the House Floor.
| ||||||
5 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, only the
| ||||||
6 | following persons shall be admitted to the House while it is
in | ||||||
7 | session: members and officers of the General Assembly;
elected | ||||||
8 | officers of the executive branch; justices of the
Supreme | ||||||
9 | Court; the designated aide to the Governor, except as
limited | ||||||
10 | by the Speaker; the parliamentarian;
majority staff members and | ||||||
11 | minority staff members, except as
limited by the Speaker or | ||||||
12 | Presiding Officer; former members, except as
limited by the | ||||||
13 | Speaker or prohibited under subsection (d);
and employees of | ||||||
14 | the Legislative Reference Bureau, except as
limited by the | ||||||
15 | Speaker. Representatives of the press, while
the House is in | ||||||
16 | session, may have access to the galleries and
places allotted | ||||||
17 | to them by the Speaker. No person is
entitled to the floor | ||||||
18 | unless appropriately attired. Only
members of the General | ||||||
19 | Assembly may use telephones at the
members' desks. Smoking is | ||||||
20 | prohibited on the floor of the House and
in the House | ||||||
21 | galleries.
| ||||||
22 | (b) On days during which the House is in session,
the | ||||||
23 | Doorkeeper shall clear the floor of all persons not
entitled to | ||||||
24 | access to the floor 15 minutes before the
convening time, and | ||||||
25 | the Doorkeeper shall enforce all other
provisions of this Rule.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (c) The Speaker may authorize the admission to the floor of | ||||||
2 | any other
person, except as prohibited under subsection (d).
| ||||||
3 | (d) No person who is directly or indirectly interested
in | ||||||
4 | defeating or promoting any pending legislative measure, if
| ||||||
5 | required to be registered as a lobbyist, shall be allowed
| ||||||
6 | access to the floor of the House at any time during the
| ||||||
7 | session.
| ||||||
8 | (e) When he or she deems it necessary for the
preservation | ||||||
9 | of order, the Presiding Officer may by order
remove any person | ||||||
10 | from the floor of the House. A
Representative may be removed | ||||||
11 | from the floor only under
Article XI or XII of these Rules.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 31)
| ||||||
13 | 31. Standing Order of Business. Unless otherwise | ||||||
14 | determined by the
Presiding Officer, the standing daily order | ||||||
15 | of business of the House
is as follows:
| ||||||
16 | (1) Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, | ||||||
17 | and
Roll Call.
| ||||||
18 | (2) Approval of the Journal.
| ||||||
19 | (3) Reading of House Bills a first time.
| ||||||
20 | (4) Reports from committees, with reports from the | ||||||
21 | Rules
Committee ordinarily made at any time.
| ||||||
22 | (5) Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions, and | ||||||
23 | Messages.
| ||||||
24 | (6) Introduction of House Bills.
| ||||||
25 | (7) Messages from the Senate, not including reading
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Senate Bills a first time.
| ||||||
2 | (8) Reading of House Bills a second time.
| ||||||
3 | (9) Reading of House Bills a third time.
| ||||||
4 | (10) Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
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5 | (11) Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
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6 | (12) Reading of Senate Bills a first time.
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7 | (13) House Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
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8 | (14) Senate Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
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9 | (15) Conference Committee Reports.
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10 | (16) Motions in Writing.
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11 | (17) Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
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12 | (18) Motions with respect to Vetoes.
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13 | (19) Consideration of Resolutions.
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14 | (20) Motions to Discharge Committee.
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15 | (21) Motions to Take from the Table.
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16 | (22) Motions to Suspend the Rules.
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17 | (23) Consideration of Bills on the Order of Postponed
| ||||||
18 | Consideration.
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19 | (House Rule 32)
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20 | 32. Quorum.
| ||||||
21 | (a) A majority of those elected constitutes a
quorum of the | ||||||
22 | House, and a majority of those appointed
constitutes a quorum | ||||||
23 | of a committee, but a smaller number may
adjourn from day to | ||||||
24 | day, or recess for less than one day, and
compel the attendance | ||||||
25 | of absent members. The attendance of
absent members may also be |
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1 | compelled by order of the Speaker.
| ||||||
2 | (b) The question of the presence of a quorum in any
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3 | committee may not be raised on consideration of a legislative
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4 | measure by the House unless the same question was previously
| ||||||
5 | raised before the committee with respect to that legislative
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6 | measure.
| ||||||
7 | (c) Any member not answering the quorum roll call of the | ||||||
8 | House on any session day who is in attendance and wishes to be | ||||||
9 | added to that quorum roll call must file a request to be shown | ||||||
10 | present on the quorum roll call with the Clerk. The request | ||||||
11 | must be in writing and filed in person by the member on the | ||||||
12 | same calendar day the quorum roll call was taken.
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 33)
| ||||||
14 | 33. Approval of the Journal. The Speaker or his or her
| ||||||
15 | designee shall periodically examine and report to the House
any | ||||||
16 | corrections he or she deems should be made in the Journal
| ||||||
17 | before it is approved. If those corrections are approved by
the | ||||||
18 | House, they shall be made by the Clerk.
| ||||||
19 | (House Rule 34)
| ||||||
20 | 34. Executive Sessions. The sessions of the House
shall be | ||||||
21 | open to the public. Sessions and committee meetings
of the | ||||||
22 | House may be closed to the public if two-thirds of the
members | ||||||
23 | elected determine, by a record vote, that the public interest | ||||||
24 | so
requires.
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1 | (House Rule 35)
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2 | 35. Length of Adjournment. The House,
without the consent | ||||||
3 | of the Senate, shall not adjourn for more than 3 days
or to a | ||||||
4 | place other than where the 2 chambers of
the General Assembly | ||||||
5 | are sitting. The House is in
session on any day in which it | ||||||
6 | convenes in perfunctory
session, regular session, veto | ||||||
7 | session, special session, or joint session with the Senate.
| ||||||
8 | (House Rule 36)
| ||||||
9 | 36. Transcript of the House. Nothing contained
in the | ||||||
10 | official transcript of the House shall be changed or
expunged | ||||||
11 | except by written request of a Representative to the
Clerk and | ||||||
12 | Speaker, and that request may be approved only by the
record | ||||||
13 | vote of 71 members elected.
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14 | ARTICLE IV
| ||||||
15 | BILLS AND AMENDMENTS
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16 | (House Rule 37)
| ||||||
17 | 37. Bills.
| ||||||
18 | (a) A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship
of | ||||||
19 | one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on
the | ||||||
20 | reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and in
| ||||||
21 | the Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor shall be the
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1 | first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
| ||||||
2 | than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of the Principal
| ||||||
3 | Sponsor; other co-sponsors shall be separated from the
| ||||||
4 | Principal Sponsor and any chief co-sponsors by a comma.
The | ||||||
5 | Principal Sponsor may change the
sponsorship of a bill to that | ||||||
6 | of one or more other
Representatives, or
to that of the | ||||||
7 | standing committee or special committee to which the bill was
| ||||||
8 | referred or from which the bill was reported. Such change
may | ||||||
9 | be made at any time the bill is pending before the House
or any | ||||||
10 | of its committees by filing a notice with the Clerk, provided | ||||||
11 | that the addition of any member as a Principal Sponsor, chief | ||||||
12 | co-sponsor, or co-sponsor must be with that member's consent.
| ||||||
13 | This subsection may not be suspended.
| ||||||
14 | (b) The Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that
bill. A | ||||||
15 | committee-sponsored bill is
controlled by the Chairperson, or | ||||||
16 | if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by
the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
17 | from the majority caucus, who for purposes of
these Rules is | ||||||
18 | deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may | ||||||
19 | not
have individual co-sponsors.
| ||||||
20 | (c) The Senate sponsor of a bill originating in the
Senate | ||||||
21 | may request substitute House sponsorship of that bill
by filing | ||||||
22 | a notice with the Clerk; such a notice is
automatically | ||||||
23 | referred to the Rules Committee and deemed
adopted if approved | ||||||
24 | by the Rules Committee. If disapproved
by the Rules Committee, | ||||||
25 | the notice shall lie on the table.
If the Rules Committee fails | ||||||
26 | to act on a notice,
that notice may be discharged by unanimous |
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1 | consent.
| ||||||
2 | (d) All bills introduced in the House shall be read by
| ||||||
3 | title a first time, ordered reproduced, and automatically
| ||||||
4 | referred to the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 18. | ||||||
5 | After
a Senate Bill is received and a House member has | ||||||
6 | submitted notification to the Clerk of sponsorship of that | ||||||
7 | bill, it shall be read by title,
ordered reproduced, and
| ||||||
8 | automatically referred to the Rules Committee in
accordance | ||||||
9 | with Rule 18.
| ||||||
10 | (e) All bills introduced into the House shall be
| ||||||
11 | accompanied by 6
copies. Any bill that amends a statute
shall | ||||||
12 | indicate the particular changes in the following
manner:
| ||||||
13 | (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
| ||||||
14 | (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
| ||||||
15 | shall be shown crossed with a line.
| ||||||
16 | (f) No bill shall be passed by the House except on a
record | ||||||
17 | vote of a majority of those elected, subject to Rule 69. A bill | ||||||
18 | that
has
lost on third reading and has not been reconsidered | ||||||
19 | may not thereafter be
revived. If a motion for the adoption of | ||||||
20 | a first conference committee report fails and the motion is not | ||||||
21 | reconsidered, then a second conference committee may be | ||||||
22 | appointed as provided in Rule 76(c). If a motion for the | ||||||
23 | adoption of a second conference committee report fails and is | ||||||
24 | not reconsidered, then the bill may not thereafter be revived.
| ||||||
25 | (House Rule 38)
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1 | 38. Reading and Reproduction of Bills. Every bill shall be
| ||||||
2 | read by title on 3 different days before passage by the
House, | ||||||
3 | and the bill and all amendments adopted to it shall
be | ||||||
4 | reproduced, under Rule 39, before the vote is taken on its | ||||||
5 | final passage.
| ||||||
6 | (House Rule 39)
| ||||||
7 | 39. Reproduction and Distribution. The Clerk shall, as
soon | ||||||
8 | as any bill is reproduced, cause the bill to be
placed upon the | ||||||
9 | desks of the members. Reproduction and distribution
may be done | ||||||
10 | electronically, or the Clerk may establish
a method that any
| ||||||
11 | member may use to secure a copy of
any bill.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 40)
| ||||||
13 | 40. Amendments.
| ||||||
14 | (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted by a
standing | ||||||
15 | committee or special committee when the bill is before that | ||||||
16 | committee.
An amendment to a bill may be adopted
by the House | ||||||
17 | when a bill is on the order of Second Reading
if: (i) the Rules | ||||||
18 | Committee has referred the floor amendment to the
House for | ||||||
19 | consideration under Rule 18; or (ii) a standing committee or | ||||||
20 | special
committee has referred the floor amendment to the | ||||||
21 | House ; or (iii) the floor amendment has been discharged from | ||||||
22 | committee pursuant to Rule 18(g) or Rule 58 . All
amendments | ||||||
23 | must be in
writing.
All committee amendments that have been | ||||||
24 | timely filed, as determined by the
Chairperson, shall be |
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| |||||||
1 | considered by the committee or a subcommittee of that
committee | ||||||
2 | prior to consideration by the committee of the bill to which | ||||||
3 | the
amendment relates.
All amendments not adopted to a bill and | ||||||
4 | that are still pending in a committee or before the House upon | ||||||
5 | the
passage or defeat of a bill on Third Reading are | ||||||
6 | automatically
tabled.
| ||||||
7 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules,
committee | ||||||
8 | amendments may be offered only by the Principal Sponsor or a | ||||||
9 | member of the committee while the affected bill
is before that | ||||||
10 | committee, and shall be adopted by a majority
of those | ||||||
11 | appointed. Floor amendments may be offered for adoption only by
| ||||||
12 | a Representative while the bill is on the order of Second
| ||||||
13 | Reading, subject to Rule 18, and shall be adopted by a majority | ||||||
14 | vote of the
House. The sponsor of a committee or floor | ||||||
15 | amendment may change the sponsorship of the amendment to that | ||||||
16 | of another member, with that other member's consent. Such | ||||||
17 | change may be made at any time the amendment is pending before | ||||||
18 | the House or any of its committees by filing notice with the | ||||||
19 | Clerk. A committee amendment may be the subject of a motion
to | ||||||
20 | "do adopt" or "do not adopt".
A committee amendment may be | ||||||
21 | adopted only by a successful
motion to "do adopt".
The | ||||||
22 | Chairperson of a committee may refer any committee amendment to | ||||||
23 | a
subcommittee of that committee.
| ||||||
24 | (c) Committee amendments shall be filed with the
| ||||||
25 | Chairperson of the committee, and are in order only when
| ||||||
26 | sufficient copies have been filed to provide each member of
the |
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| |||||||
1 | committee with a copy (which may be done in the same manner as | ||||||
2 | distribution
of bills under Rule 39) and 6
additional copies | ||||||
3 | for the
Chairperson.
Floor amendments
shall be filed with the | ||||||
4 | Clerk only while the bill is on the order of Second Reading or | ||||||
5 | Third Reading, and are in order only when 6
copies have
been | ||||||
6 | filed. The Clerk shall number amendments sequentially in the | ||||||
7 | order submitted, and all amendments that are in order shall be | ||||||
8 | considered in ascending numerical order.
| ||||||
9 | (d) The Clerk shall have reproduced all adopted committee
| ||||||
10 | amendments that come before the House.
The Clerk shall also | ||||||
11 | have reproduced all floor amendments referred to the House
by a | ||||||
12 | committee. No floor amendment may be adopted by the House
| ||||||
13 | unless it has been reproduced and placed on the members' desks | ||||||
14 | in the same
manner as for bills under Rule 39.
| ||||||
15 | (e) No floor amendment is in order unless
it has been first | ||||||
16 | referred to the House for consideration by the
Rules Committee | ||||||
17 | under Rule 18, or favorably reported by, or discharged from, by | ||||||
18 | a standing committee or special committee. A floor amendment | ||||||
19 | may be referred to the House for consideration, or to a | ||||||
20 | standing or special committee, only while the bill is on the | ||||||
21 | order of Second Reading or Third Reading.
| ||||||
22 | (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law
shall | ||||||
23 | conform to the requirements of Rule 37(e).
| ||||||
24 | (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as
amended", the | ||||||
25 | committee amendments are deemed adopted by
the committee action | ||||||
26 | and shall be reproduced and placed on
the members' desks (which |
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| |||||||
1 | may be done in the same manner as provided for bills
under Rule | ||||||
2 | 39) before the bill may be read a second time.
| ||||||
3 | (h) In the case of special committees with Co-Chairpersons | ||||||
4 | from different
political parties, the "Chairperson" for the | ||||||
5 | purposes of this Rule is the
Co-Chairperson from the majority | ||||||
6 | caucus.
| ||||||
7 | (House Rule 41)
| ||||||
8 | 41. Note Requests; Quick Takes.
| ||||||
9 | (a) The House shall comply with all Illinois
laws requiring | ||||||
10 | fiscal or other notes. The
notes shall be filed with the Clerk, | ||||||
11 | who shall affix each note with a
time stamp endorsing the date | ||||||
12 | and time received, and attached to
the original of the bill and | ||||||
13 | available for inspection by the members.
As soon as practical, | ||||||
14 | the Clerk shall provide a copy of the note to the
Legislative
| ||||||
15 | Reference Bureau, which shall provide an informative summary
of | ||||||
16 | the note in subsequent issues of the Legislative Digest.
| ||||||
17 | (b) No bill authorizing or directing the conveyance by
the | ||||||
18 | State of any particular interest in real estate to any
| ||||||
19 | individual or entity other than a governmental unit or agency
| ||||||
20 | may be voted upon in committee or upon Second Reading unless
a | ||||||
21 | certified appraisal of the value of the interest has been
| ||||||
22 | filed. The appraisal shall be filed with the Clerk of the | ||||||
23 | House, and shall be part of
the permanent record for that bill.
| ||||||
24 | (c) No bill authorizing the State or a unit of local | ||||||
25 | government to
acquire property by eminent domain using |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | "quick-take" powers
under the Eminent Domain Act Section 7-103 | ||||||
2 | of the Code of Civil Procedure may be voted upon in committee | ||||||
3 | or on Second Reading unless the State or the
unit
of local | ||||||
4 | government, as applicable, has complied with all of the | ||||||
5 | following
procedures:
| ||||||
6 | (1) The State or the unit of local government must | ||||||
7 | notify each
owner of an interest in the property, by | ||||||
8 | certified mail,
of the intention of the State or the unit | ||||||
9 | of local government to
request
approval of legislation by | ||||||
10 | the General Assembly
authorizing the State or the unit of | ||||||
11 | local government to acquire the
property by eminent domain | ||||||
12 | using "quick-take" powers
under Section 7-103 of the Code | ||||||
13 | of Civil Procedure.
| ||||||
14 | (2) The State or the unit of local government must | ||||||
15 | cause notice
of its intention to request authorization to | ||||||
16 | acquire the
property by eminent domain using "quick-take" | ||||||
17 | powers to
be published in a newspaper of general | ||||||
18 | circulation in the
territory sought to be acquired by the | ||||||
19 | State or the unit of local
government.
| ||||||
20 | (3) Following the notices required under paragraphs
| ||||||
21 | (1) and (2), the State or the unit of local government must | ||||||
22 | hold at
least one public hearing, at the place where the | ||||||
23 | unit of
local government normally holds its business | ||||||
24 | meetings (or, in the case
of property sought to be acquired | ||||||
25 | by the State: (i) at a location in the
county in which the | ||||||
26 | property sought to be acquired by the State is
located, or
|
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| |||||||
1 | (ii) if the property is located in Cook County, at a | ||||||
2 | location in the township
in which
the property is located, | ||||||
3 | or (iii) if the property is located in 2 adjacent
counties | ||||||
4 | other than
Cook County or in 2 adjacent townships in Cook | ||||||
5 | County, at a location in the
county or in
the township in | ||||||
6 | Cook County in which the majority of the property is | ||||||
7 | located,
or (iv) if
the property is located in Cook County | ||||||
8 | and an adjacent county, at a location in
the other
county | ||||||
9 | or in the township in Cook County
in which the majority of | ||||||
10 | the property is located),
on
the question of the | ||||||
11 | acquisition
of the property by the State or the unit of | ||||||
12 | local government by eminent
domain using
"quick-take" | ||||||
13 | powers.
| ||||||
14 | (4) In the case of property sought to be acquired by a | ||||||
15 | unit of local
government, following the public hearing or | ||||||
16 | hearings held
under paragraph (3), the unit of local | ||||||
17 | government must
adopt, by recorded vote, a resolution to | ||||||
18 | request approval
of legislation by the General Assembly | ||||||
19 | authorizing the
unit of local government to acquire the | ||||||
20 | property by
eminent domain using "quick-take" powers under | ||||||
21 | the Eminent Domain Act Section
7-103 of the Code of Civil | ||||||
22 | Procedure . The resolution
must include a statement of the | ||||||
23 | time period within which
the unit of local government | ||||||
24 | requests authority to
exercise "quick-take" powers, which | ||||||
25 | may not exceed one
year.
| ||||||
26 | (5) Following the public hearing or hearings held
under |
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| |||||||
1 | paragraph (3), the head of the appropriate State office, | ||||||
2 | department, or
agency or the chief elected official of the | ||||||
3 | unit of
local government, as applicable, must submit to the | ||||||
4 | Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson of the
House
| ||||||
5 | Executive Committee a sworn, notarized affidavit that
| ||||||
6 | contains, or has attached as an incorporated exhibit, all | ||||||
7 | of the following:
| ||||||
8 | (A) The legal description of the property.
| ||||||
9 | (B) The street address of the property.
| ||||||
10 | (C) The name of each State Senator and State
| ||||||
11 | Representative who represents the territory that is | ||||||
12 | the subject of the
proposed
taking.
| ||||||
13 | (D) The date or dates on which the State or the | ||||||
14 | unit of
local government contacted each such State | ||||||
15 | Senator
and State Representative concerning the | ||||||
16 | intention of the State or the
unit of
local government | ||||||
17 | to request approval of
legislation by the General | ||||||
18 | Assembly authorizing the State or the
unit of local | ||||||
19 | government to acquire the property by
eminent domain | ||||||
20 | using "quick-take" powers.
| ||||||
21 | (E) The current name, address, and telephone
| ||||||
22 | number of each owner of an interest in the property.
| ||||||
23 | (F) A summary of all negotiations between the State | ||||||
24 | or the
unit of local government and the owner or owners | ||||||
25 | of
the property concerning the sale of the property to
| ||||||
26 | the State or the unit of local government.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (G) A statement of the date and location of
each | ||||||
2 | public hearing held under paragraph (3).
| ||||||
3 | (H) A statement of the public purpose for which
the | ||||||
4 | State or the unit of local government seeks to acquire | ||||||
5 | the
property.
| ||||||
6 | (I) The certification of the head of the
| ||||||
7 | appropriate State office, department, or agency or the | ||||||
8 | chief elected
official of the unit of local government, | ||||||
9 | as applicable, that (i) the property is located
within | ||||||
10 | the territory under the jurisdiction of the State or | ||||||
11 | the unit of
local government and (ii) the State or the | ||||||
12 | unit of local government
seeks
to acquire the property | ||||||
13 | for a public purpose.
| ||||||
14 | (J) A map of the area in which the property to
be | ||||||
15 | acquired is located, showing the location of the
| ||||||
16 | property.
| ||||||
17 | (K) Photographs of the property.
| ||||||
18 | (L) An appraisal of the property by a real
estate | ||||||
19 | appraiser who is certified or licensed under
the Real | ||||||
20 | Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002.
| ||||||
21 | (M) In the case of property sought to be acquired | ||||||
22 | by a unit of local
government, a copy of the resolution | ||||||
23 | adopted by the
unit of local government under paragraph | ||||||
24 | (4).
| ||||||
25 | (N) Documentation of the public purpose for
which | ||||||
26 | the State or the unit of local government seeks to |
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| |||||||
1 | acquire
the property.
| ||||||
2 | (O) A copy of each notice sent to an owner of
an | ||||||
3 | interest in the property under paragraph (1).
| ||||||
4 | A request for quick-take authority shall not be considered | ||||||
5 | by a House committee fewer than 30 days after the date of the | ||||||
6 | notice to each property owner as required by paragraph (1).
| ||||||
7 | Every affidavit submitted by the State or a unit of
local | ||||||
8 | government pursuant to this Rule 41(c), together with
all | ||||||
9 | documents and other items submitted with the affidavit,
must be | ||||||
10 | made available to any person upon request for
inspection and | ||||||
11 | copying.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 42)
| ||||||
13 | 42. Consent Calendar.
| ||||||
14 | (a) The Clerk shall include a Consent Calendar on the
daily | ||||||
15 | calendar and designate it as a separate calendar. The
Consent | ||||||
16 | Calendar shall contain 3 orders of business:
Consent Calendar - | ||||||
17 | Second Reading, Consent Calendar - Third
Reading, and Consent | ||||||
18 | Calendar - Resolutions. Within each
order of business, bills or | ||||||
19 | resolutions shall be listed in
separate groups according to the | ||||||
20 | number of required days each
has been on that order of business | ||||||
21 | on the Consent Calendar.
No more than 80 bills and resolutions | ||||||
22 | shall be listed in each
group. All bills or resolutions to | ||||||
23 | which amendments have
been adopted shall be so designated.
| ||||||
24 | (b) No debate is in order regarding any item on the
Consent | ||||||
25 | Calendar. The Presiding Officer, however, shall allow a
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| |||||||
1 | reasonable time for questions from the floor and answers to
| ||||||
2 | those questions. No amendment from the floor is in order
| ||||||
3 | regarding any bill or resolution on the Consent Calendar.
| ||||||
4 | (c) A bill on the Consent Calendar shall stand for 2
| ||||||
5 | legislative days on the order of Consent Calendar - Second
| ||||||
6 | Reading, and for at least 2 legislative days on the order
of | ||||||
7 | Consent Calendar - Third Reading, before a vote on the
final | ||||||
8 | passage may be taken. Resolutions on the Consent
Calendar shall | ||||||
9 | stand for at least 4 legislative days
before a vote on adoption | ||||||
10 | may be taken. One record vote on
final passage shall be taken | ||||||
11 | on those bills called for final
passage. Immediately before a | ||||||
12 | vote on the bills on the
Consent Calendar, the Presiding | ||||||
13 | Officer shall call to the attention of
the members the fact | ||||||
14 | that the next legislative action will be
the vote on the | ||||||
15 | Consent Calendar.
| ||||||
16 | (d) A bill or resolution may be placed on the Consent
| ||||||
17 | Calendar by report of a standing committee upon a motion
| ||||||
18 | adopted by a unanimous vote of the members present. For
| ||||||
19 | purposes of this subsection (d), a unanimous vote on the
motion | ||||||
20 | is a vote with no member voting nay.
| ||||||
21 | (e) No bill regarding revenue or appropriations may be
| ||||||
22 | placed on the Consent Calendar. No resolution requiring more
| ||||||
23 | than 60 affirmative votes for adoption and no bill requiring
| ||||||
24 | more than 60 affirmative votes for passage by the House may
be | ||||||
25 | placed on the Consent Calendar.
| ||||||
26 | (f) The Speaker and the Minority Leader shall each
appoint |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 3 members who may challenge the presence of any
bill or | ||||||
2 | resolution on the Consent Calendar. Before a vote
on final | ||||||
3 | passage of any item on the Consent Calendar, an
item shall be | ||||||
4 | removed from the Consent Calendar if
(i) 4 or more members,
| ||||||
5 | (ii) the Principal Sponsor of the bill or resolution, or
(iii) | ||||||
6 | one or more of the appointed challengers
file with the Clerk | ||||||
7 | written objections to the presence of the
bill or resolution on | ||||||
8 | the Consent Calendar. Any bill or
resolution so removed may not | ||||||
9 | be placed thereafter on the
Consent Calendar during that | ||||||
10 | session of the General Assembly,
unless the member or members | ||||||
11 | who objected to the presence of
the bill or resolution on the | ||||||
12 | Consent Calendar consent in
writing to restoration of the bill | ||||||
13 | or resolution on the
Consent Calendar.
| ||||||
14 | Any bill removed from the Consent Calendar shall stand on
| ||||||
15 | the order of Second Reading with short debate status, subject | ||||||
16 | to Rule 52, and
any resolution so removed shall stand on the | ||||||
17 | order of Resolutions with short
debate status, subject to Rule | ||||||
18 | 52.
| ||||||
19 | (House Rule 43)
| ||||||
20 | 43. Changing Order of Business.
| ||||||
21 | (a) Any order of business may be changed at any time by
the | ||||||
22 | Speaker or Presiding Officer.
| ||||||
23 | (b) Any order of business may be changed at any time
upon | ||||||
24 | the motion of any member, supported by 5 additional
members, if | ||||||
25 | the motion is adopted by an affirmative vote of
71 members |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | elected.
| ||||||
2 | (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
3 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
4 | (House Rule 44)
| ||||||
5 | 44. Special Orders; Rules Committee.
| ||||||
6 | (a) A special order of business may be set by the Rules | ||||||
7 | Committee
or by the Speaker. The Principal Sponsor of a bill or | ||||||
8 | resolution must consent
to the placement of the bill or | ||||||
9 | resolution on a special order.
A special order shall fix the | ||||||
10 | day to which it applies and the
matters to be included. The | ||||||
11 | Speaker, or the Rules Committee by a vote of
a majority of the | ||||||
12 | members appointed, may establish time limits for
a special | ||||||
13 | order and may establish limitations on debate
during a special | ||||||
14 | order (notwithstanding Rule 52), in which event the allotted
| ||||||
15 | time
shall be fairly divided between proponents and opponents | ||||||
16 | of
the legislation to be considered. A special order of | ||||||
17 | business
takes the place of the standing order for such time as | ||||||
18 | may be necessary
for its completion. Only matters that may | ||||||
19 | otherwise properly be before
the House may be included in a | ||||||
20 | special order.
| ||||||
21 | (b) A special order shall appear on the Daily Calendar
for | ||||||
22 | 3 legislative days. This subsection (b) may be
suspended only | ||||||
23 | by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
24 | (c) A special order may be suspended, amended, or
modified | ||||||
25 | by motion adopted by an affirmative vote of 60
members. A |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | special order shall be suspended by a written
objection signed | ||||||
2 | by 3 members of the Rules Committee and
filed during the first | ||||||
3 | legislative day on which the special
order appears on the | ||||||
4 | calendar.
| ||||||
5 | ARTICLE V
| ||||||
6 | RESOLUTIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
| ||||||
7 | (House Rule 45)
| ||||||
8 | 45. Resolutions.
| ||||||
9 | (a) A resolution may be introduced in the House by
| ||||||
10 | sponsorship of one or more members of the House, and the
names | ||||||
11 | of all sponsors shall be included in the House Journal
and in | ||||||
12 | the Legislative Digest. Each resolution introduced
shall be | ||||||
13 | accompanied by 6
copies.
Consideration of resolutions shall be | ||||||
14 | governed by Rule 16 and Rule 66.
| ||||||
15 | (b) The Principal Sponsor of a resolution controls that | ||||||
16 | resolution. The Principal Sponsor of a resolution, or the | ||||||
17 | sponsor of an amendment to a resolution, may change the | ||||||
18 | sponsorship of the resolution or amendment, as applicable, to | ||||||
19 | that of another member, with that other member's consent, by | ||||||
20 | filing notice with the Clerk. A standing committee-sponsored | ||||||
21 | resolution is controlled by the Chairperson of the committee, | ||||||
22 | or if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the | ||||||
23 | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus, who for purposes of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | these Rules is deemed the Principal Sponsor. A special | ||||||
2 | committee-sponsored resolution is controlled by the | ||||||
3 | Chairperson, or if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the | ||||||
4 | Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus, who for purposes of | ||||||
5 | these Rules is deemed the Principal Sponsor. | ||||||
6 | Committee-sponsored resolutions may not have individual | ||||||
7 | co-sponsors.
| ||||||
8 | (c)
Any resolution calling for the expenditure of State
| ||||||
9 | funds may be adopted only by a record vote of a majority of
| ||||||
10 | those elected.
| ||||||
11 | (House Rule 46)
| ||||||
12 | 46. State Constitutional Amendments. All resolutions
| ||||||
13 | introduced in the House proposing amendments to the Illinois
| ||||||
14 | Constitution shall be reproduced and distributed in the same | ||||||
15 | manner in which
bills are reproduced and distributed under Rule | ||||||
16 | 39. Every such resolution that
originated in
the Senate and is | ||||||
17 | presented to the House shall be ordered
reproduced and | ||||||
18 | distributed in like manner.
No such resolution shall pass | ||||||
19 | unless read in full in its final form on 3
different days. | ||||||
20 | Amendments are in
order only on First Reading and Second | ||||||
21 | Reading.
Final passage requires the affirmative vote of 71 | ||||||
22 | members elected. No
resolution proposing a change in the | ||||||
23 | Constitution of the State of Illinois may
be considered for | ||||||
24 | passage after the last day preceding the day marking the
| ||||||
25 | beginning of the last 6 months before the general election |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | occurring during
the term of this General Assembly, and all | ||||||
2 | such resolutions still pending shall
be tabled at the end of | ||||||
3 | business on that day.
| ||||||
4 | (House Rule 47)
| ||||||
5 | 47. Federal Constitutional Amendments and
Constitutional | ||||||
6 | Conventions. | ||||||
7 | (a) The affirmative vote of 71 of the
members elected is | ||||||
8 | required to adopt any resolution:
| ||||||
9 | (1) requesting Congress to call a federal | ||||||
10 | constitutional
convention;
| ||||||
11 | (2) ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution
| ||||||
12 | of the United States; or
| ||||||
13 | (3) calling a State convention to ratify a proposed
| ||||||
14 | amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
| ||||||
15 | (b) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
16 | of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 48)
| ||||||
18 | 48. Certificates of Recognition. Any member may
sponsor a | ||||||
19 | certificate of recognition to be signed by the
Speaker and | ||||||
20 | attested by the Clerk to recognize any person,
organization, or | ||||||
21 | event worthy of public commendation. The form
of the | ||||||
22 | Certificate of Recognition shall be determined by the
Clerk | ||||||
23 | with the approval of the Speaker.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | ARTICLE VI
| ||||||
2 | PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 49)
| ||||||
4 | 49. Voting. The Presiding Officer shall put all questions
| ||||||
5 | distinctly, as follows: "All those in favor vote AYE,
and those | ||||||
6 | opposed vote NAY." No member may vote on any question before | ||||||
7 | the
House unless on the floor before the vote is announced. No | ||||||
8 | member of a
committee may vote except in person at the time of
| ||||||
9 | the call of the committee vote. Any vote of the
House shall be | ||||||
10 | by record vote whenever 5
Representatives shall so request or | ||||||
11 | whenever
the Presiding Officer shall so order.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 50)
| ||||||
13 | 50. Announcing a Record Vote. When a record vote is
| ||||||
14 | requested, the Presiding Officer shall put the question and
| ||||||
15 | then announce to the House: "The voting is open." While the
| ||||||
16 | vote is being taken, the Presiding Officer shall state:
"Have | ||||||
17 | all voted who wish?" The voting is closed when
the Presiding | ||||||
18 | Officer announces: "Take the Record." The
Presiding Officer, | ||||||
19 | unless an intervening motion to postpone
consideration by the | ||||||
20 | Principal Sponsor is made, shall then
announce the results of | ||||||
21 | the record vote. After
the record is taken, no member may vote, | ||||||
22 | change his
or her vote, or remove his or her vote as recorded; | ||||||
23 | except that when a record vote is taken on more than one |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | legislative measure at the same time, each member has the right | ||||||
2 | to have his or her votes recorded separately for each of those | ||||||
3 | legislative measures by filing a signed document with the Clerk | ||||||
4 | on the same legislative day.
| ||||||
5 | (House Rule 51)
| ||||||
6 | 51. Decorum.
| ||||||
7 | (a) When any member is about to speak
to the House, he or | ||||||
8 | she shall rise and address the
Presiding Officer as "Speaker". | ||||||
9 | The Presiding Officer,
upon recognizing the member, shall | ||||||
10 | address him or
her by name, and thereupon the engineer
in | ||||||
11 | charge of operating the microphones in the House shall give
the | ||||||
12 | use of the microphone to the member who has been
so recognized. | ||||||
13 | The member in speaking shall confine himself
or herself to the | ||||||
14 | subject matter under discussion and avoid
personalities.
| ||||||
15 | (b) Questions affecting the rights, reputation, and
| ||||||
16 | conduct of members of the House in their representative
| ||||||
17 | capacity are questions of personal privilege. A matter of
| ||||||
18 | personal explanation does not constitute a question of
personal | ||||||
19 | privilege.
| ||||||
20 | (c) If 2 or more members rise at once, the
Presiding | ||||||
21 | Officer shall name the member who is to
speak first.
| ||||||
22 | (d) No person shall give any signs of approbation or
| ||||||
23 | disapprobation while the House is in session.
| ||||||
24 | (e) Recognition of guests by any member is prohibited,
| ||||||
25 | except that the Speaker or Presiding Officer may recognize an |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | honored guest.
| ||||||
2 | (f) While the Presiding Officer is putting a question,
no | ||||||
3 | member shall leave or walk across the House
Chamber. When a | ||||||
4 | member is addressing the House, no
member or other person | ||||||
5 | entitled to the floor shall
entertain private discourse or pass | ||||||
6 | between the member speaking and
the Presiding Officer.
| ||||||
7 | (g) In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct, the
| ||||||
8 | Speaker or Presiding Officer may order that the lobby, gallery, | ||||||
9 | or hallways
adjoining the
House Chamber be cleared.
| ||||||
10 | (h) No literature may be distributed on the House floor.
| ||||||
11 | (i) No member may be absent from a session of the House
| ||||||
12 | unless he or she has leave or is sick or his or her absence is
| ||||||
13 | unavoidable. The switch to the electrical roll call
recording | ||||||
14 | equipment located on the desk of any member who has
been | ||||||
15 | excused or is absent shall be locked by the Clerk and
shall not | ||||||
16 | be unlocked until the member returns
and files with
the Clerk a
| ||||||
17 | request to be shown as present on the quorum roll
call as | ||||||
18 | provided in Rule 32(c).
| ||||||
19 | (House Rule 52)
| ||||||
20 | 52. Debate.
| ||||||
21 | (a) All legislative measures,
except
those legislative | ||||||
22 | measures that are not debatable as provided in these Rules,
are | ||||||
23 | subject to a debate status as follows:
| ||||||
24 | (1) Short Debate: Debate is limited to a 2-minute
| ||||||
25 | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | designated by the
Principal Sponsor, a 2-minute | ||||||
2 | presentation by a member in response,
and one minute for | ||||||
3 | the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other
| ||||||
4 | members; provided that at the request of 7 members before | ||||||
5 | the close of debate,
the debate status shall be opened to | ||||||
6 | standard debate;
| ||||||
7 | (2) Standard Debate: Debate is limited to a
5-minute | ||||||
8 | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
9 | designated
by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 2 | ||||||
10 | additional
proponents of the legislative
measure and by 3 | ||||||
11 | members in response to the legislative measure,
and 3 | ||||||
12 | minutes for the Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield | ||||||
13 | to other
members;
| ||||||
14 | (3) Extended Debate: Debate is limited to a
5-minute | ||||||
15 | presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
16 | designated
by the Principal Sponsor, debate by each of 4 | ||||||
17 | proponents of the
legislative
measure and 5 members in | ||||||
18 | response, and 5 minutes for the
Principal Sponsor to close | ||||||
19 | debate, or yield to other members;
| ||||||
20 | (4) Unlimited Debate: Debate shall consist of a | ||||||
21 | 10-minute
presentation by the Principal Sponsor or a member | ||||||
22 | designated by the
Principal Sponsor, debate by each | ||||||
23 | proponent and member in
response
who seeks recognition, and | ||||||
24 | 5 minutes for the Principal Sponsor to
close debate, or | ||||||
25 | yield to other members; or
| ||||||
26 | (5) Amendment Debate: Debate on floor amendments
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | referred to the House from a committee, or discharged from | ||||||
2 | a committee,
is limited to a 3-minute presentation by the | ||||||
3 | Principal Sponsor,
or a member designated by the Principal | ||||||
4 | Sponsor,
debate by one proponent, debate by each of 2
| ||||||
5 | members in response, and 3
minutes for the Principal | ||||||
6 | Sponsor to close debate, or yield to other members.
| ||||||
7 | No debate is in order on bills or resolutions on the order | ||||||
8 | of First Reading
or Second Reading, except for debate on floor | ||||||
9 | amendments as provided in this
Rule.
| ||||||
10 | (b) All legislative measures, except floor amendments, | ||||||
11 | referred to the House
from a committee, or discharged from a | ||||||
12 | committee, are
automatically
assigned standard debate status, | ||||||
13 | subject to subsection
(c) of
this Rule, except those assigned | ||||||
14 | to the Consent Calendar or short debate status
by a standing | ||||||
15 | committee or a special committee. All floor amendments referred
| ||||||
16 | to the House from a committee,
or discharged from a committee, | ||||||
17 | are automatically assigned amendment
debate
status, subject to | ||||||
18 | subsection (c) of this Rule.
| ||||||
19 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules
to | ||||||
20 | the contrary, the debate status of any legislative measure may | ||||||
21 | be changed
only (i) by the Speaker, as defined in item (27) of | ||||||
22 | Rule 102, by filing a
notice with the Clerk, or (ii) by the | ||||||
23 | Rules Committee
by motion approved by a majority of those | ||||||
24 | appointed. While a legislative
measure is being considered by | ||||||
25 | the House, the debate status may also be
changed by unanimous | ||||||
26 | consent. No legislative measure, however, may be
placed on the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Consent Calendar under this Rule.
No legislative measure, | ||||||
2 | except a floor amendment, may be assigned amendment
debate | ||||||
3 | status under this Rule.
| ||||||
4 | (d) The Speaker or Rules Committee, as the case may be, | ||||||
5 | shall notify the
Clerk of any action
to change the debate | ||||||
6 | status of any legislative measure. The Clerk shall cause
that
| ||||||
7 | information to be reflected on the Daily Calendar on subsequent | ||||||
8 | legislative
days,
provided
the legislative measure is still | ||||||
9 | before the House.
| ||||||
10 | (e) No member shall speak longer than 5 minutes at one
time | ||||||
11 | or more than once on the same question except by leave
of the | ||||||
12 | House. The Principal Sponsor of a measure or a member
| ||||||
13 | designated by the Principal Sponsor, however, shall be
allowed | ||||||
14 | to open the debate and to close the debate
in accordance with | ||||||
15 | subsection (a) of this Rule. The provisions of this
subsection | ||||||
16 | (e)
are subject to and limited by subsections (a), (b), and (c) | ||||||
17 | of this Rule.
A member may yield to another member the time | ||||||
18 | allotted for the member's debate.
| ||||||
19 | (f) The Presiding Officer shall allocate the debate on each | ||||||
20 | legislative
measure alternately, if possible,
between | ||||||
21 | proponents and opponents of the legislative
measure
under | ||||||
22 | debate.
| ||||||
23 | (g) This Rule may not be suspended.
| ||||||
24 | (House Rule 53)
| ||||||
25 | 53. Written Statements.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) Any member may submit a written statement regarding any | ||||||
2 | bill,
resolution, or floor amendment
considered by the House, | ||||||
3 | by submitting that statement to the Clerk within
one
| ||||||
4 | legislative day or 3 business days, whichever is shorter,
after | ||||||
5 | the
day on which the bill, resolution, or floor
amendment to | ||||||
6 | which the
comments
relate
was considered by the House. The | ||||||
7 | Clerk shall affix a
time
stamp to each statement indicating the | ||||||
8 | date on which the statement was
submitted.
Each
statement shall | ||||||
9 | indicate the member or members on whose behalf the
statement is | ||||||
10 | submitted, the bill, resolution, or floor amendment to which it
| ||||||
11 | applies, the names of any other members mentioned in the | ||||||
12 | statement, and the
person who actually submits the statement to | ||||||
13 | the Clerk. Each member on whose
behalf a statement is submitted | ||||||
14 | is under an obligation to ensure that all
required information, | ||||||
15 | specifically including the names of any other members
mentioned | ||||||
16 | in the statement, is indicated at the time a statement is
| ||||||
17 | submitted. Each statement shall
comply with standards as may be | ||||||
18 | established by
the Clerk with the approval of the Speaker. The | ||||||
19 | standards established by the
Clerk, however, shall not relate | ||||||
20 | to the contents of the written statement.
The Clerk shall
| ||||||
21 | maintain
statements that comply with this Rule and established | ||||||
22 | standards in files for
each bill and resolution.
A statement is | ||||||
23 | not considered filed until the Clerk has determined that it
| ||||||
24 | complies with this Rule and established standards. The Clerk | ||||||
25 | shall notify the
member or members on whose behalf a statement | ||||||
26 | was submitted if the statement is
determined not to comply. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Statements filed under this Rule shall be considered
part of | ||||||
2 | the transcript and made available to the public.
| ||||||
3 | (b) If a statement mentions another member, the statement | ||||||
4 | shall not be
considered filed until the member mentioned has an | ||||||
5 | opportunity to respond as a
matter of personal privilege. The | ||||||
6 | Clerk shall notify each member who is
identified at the time a | ||||||
7 | statement is submitted as being
mentioned in the statement. The | ||||||
8 | member identified as mentioned in the
statement shall have one | ||||||
9 | legislative day or 3 business days, whichever is
shorter,
after | ||||||
10 | notification by the Clerk in which to file a written response | ||||||
11 | to the
statement. The original statement and any responsive | ||||||
12 | statement shall both be
considered filed at the close of | ||||||
13 | business on the final day on which a response
may be filed. If, | ||||||
14 | however, a statement is submitted mentioning another member
and
| ||||||
15 | the
name of the member mentioned is not indicated to the Clerk | ||||||
16 | at the time of
submission, the statement shall be stricken at | ||||||
17 | the request of the member
mentioned in the statement. The Clerk | ||||||
18 | shall notify each member on whose behalf
the statement was | ||||||
19 | submitted that the
statement has been stricken from the record.
| ||||||
20 | (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
21 | of
71 members
elected.
| ||||||
22 | (House Rule 54)
| ||||||
23 | 54. Motions.
| ||||||
24 | (a) The following are general rules for all motions:
| ||||||
25 | (1) Every motion, except to adjourn, recess, or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | postpone
consideration, shall be reduced to writing if | ||||||
2 | ordered by the
Presiding Officer. Unless otherwise
| ||||||
3 | provided in these Rules, no second is
required to any | ||||||
4 | motion presented to the House, or in
any committee. The | ||||||
5 | Presiding Officer may refer any
motion to the Rules | ||||||
6 | Committee.
| ||||||
7 | (2) Before the House debates a motion, the Presiding
| ||||||
8 | Officer shall state an oral motion and the Clerk
shall read | ||||||
9 | aloud a written motion.
Each motion, unless otherwise | ||||||
10 | provided in these Rules, is assigned standard
debate | ||||||
11 | status, subject to Rule 52.
| ||||||
12 | (3) After a motion is stated by the Presiding Officer | ||||||
13 | or
read by the Clerk, it is deemed in the
possession of the | ||||||
14 | House, but may be withdrawn at any
time before decision | ||||||
15 | with consent of a majority of the members elected.
| ||||||
16 | (4) If a motion is divisible, any member may call for a
| ||||||
17 | division of the question.
| ||||||
18 | (5) Any question taken under consideration may be
| ||||||
19 | withdrawn, postponed, or tabled by unanimous consent
or, if | ||||||
20 | unanimous consent is denied, by a motion
adopted by a | ||||||
21 | majority of the members elected.
| ||||||
22 | (b) The Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
23 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
24 | (House Rule 55)
| ||||||
25 | 55. Precedence of Motions.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) When a question is under debate, no motion may be
| ||||||
2 | entertained except:
| ||||||
3 | (1) to adjourn to a time certain;
| ||||||
4 | (2) to adjourn;
| ||||||
5 | (3) to question the presence of a quorum;
| ||||||
6 | (4) to recess;
| ||||||
7 | (5) to lay on the table;
| ||||||
8 | (6) for the previous question;
| ||||||
9 | (7) to postpone consideration;
| ||||||
10 | (8) to commit or recommit; or
| ||||||
11 | (9) to amend, except as otherwise provided in these
| ||||||
12 | Rules.
| ||||||
13 | The foregoing motions have precedence in the order in
which | ||||||
14 | they are listed.
| ||||||
15 | (b) During a record vote, no motion (except a motion to
| ||||||
16 | postpone consideration) is in order until after the
| ||||||
17 | announcement of the result of the vote.
| ||||||
18 | (c) A motion to commit or re-commit, until it is
decided, | ||||||
19 | precludes all amendments and debate on the main
question. A | ||||||
20 | motion to postpone consideration, until it is
decided, | ||||||
21 | precludes all amendments and debate on the main question.
| ||||||
22 | (House Rule 56)
| ||||||
23 | 56. Verification.
| ||||||
24 | (a) After any record vote, except for a vote that
requires | ||||||
25 | a specific number of affirmative votes and that has
not |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | received the required votes, and before intervening
business, | ||||||
2 | it is in order for any member to
request verification of the | ||||||
3 | results of the record vote, except that (i) a member voting in | ||||||
4 | the affirmative may not request verification of the affirmative | ||||||
5 | votes and (ii) a member voting in the negative may not request | ||||||
6 | a verification of the negative votes. If a member is | ||||||
7 | disqualified from requesting a verification because of his or | ||||||
8 | her vote, a qualifying member who makes a subsequent request | ||||||
9 | for a verification shall be allowed to proceed with the | ||||||
10 | verification.
| ||||||
11 | (b) In verifying a record vote, the Presiding Officer
shall | ||||||
12 | instruct the Clerk to call the names of those
members whose | ||||||
13 | votes are to be verified. The
member requesting the | ||||||
14 | verification may thereafter
identify those members he or she | ||||||
15 | wishes to verify. If a
member does not answer, his or her vote | ||||||
16 | shall be stricken;
the member's vote shall be restored to the | ||||||
17 | roll, however, if
his or her presence is recognized before the | ||||||
18 | Presiding Officer announces the
final result of the | ||||||
19 | verification. The Presiding Officer shall determine the
| ||||||
20 | presence or absence of each member whose name is called, and
| ||||||
21 | shall then announce the results of the verification.
| ||||||
22 | (c) While the results of any record vote are being
| ||||||
23 | verified, it is in order for any member to
announce his or her | ||||||
24 | presence on the floor and thereby have
his or her vote | ||||||
25 | verified.
| ||||||
26 | (d) A request for a verification of the affirmative and
|
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| |||||||
1 | negative results of a record vote may be made only once on
each | ||||||
2 | record vote.
| ||||||
3 | (House Rule 57)
| ||||||
4 | 57. Appealing a Ruling.
| ||||||
5 | (a) If any appeal is taken from a ruling of the
Presiding | ||||||
6 | Officer, the Presiding Officer shall be sustained
unless 71 of | ||||||
7 | the members elected vote to overrule the
Presiding Officer. | ||||||
8 | Notwithstanding Rule 52, debate on a motion to appeal is
| ||||||
9 | limited to a 2-minute presentation by the Principal Sponsor or | ||||||
10 | a member
designated by the Principal Sponsor, a 2-minute | ||||||
11 | presentation by a member in
response, and one-minute for the | ||||||
12 | Principal Sponsor to close debate, or yield to
other members. A | ||||||
13 | motion to appeal is not in order
if the House has conducted | ||||||
14 | intervening business
since the ruling at issue was made.
| ||||||
15 | (b) If any appeal is taken from a ruling of a committee
| ||||||
16 | Chairperson, the Chairperson shall be sustained unless
| ||||||
17 | three-fifths of those appointed vote to overrule the
| ||||||
18 | Chairperson. A motion to appeal is not
in order if the | ||||||
19 | committee has adjourned or recessed, or if
intervening business | ||||||
20 | has occurred. In the case of special committees with
| ||||||
21 | Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the | ||||||
22 | "Chairperson" for
purposes of this Rule is the Co-Chairperson | ||||||
23 | from the majority caucus.
| ||||||
24 | (c) In an appeal of a ruling of the Presiding Officer or
| ||||||
25 | Chairperson, the question is: "Shall the ruling of the Chair
be |
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1 | sustained?"
| ||||||
2 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
3 | of 71
members elected.
| ||||||
4 | (House Rule 58)
| ||||||
5 | 58. Discharge of Committee.
| ||||||
6 | (a) Any member may move that a standing committee or a
| ||||||
7 | special committee be discharged from consideration of any
| ||||||
8 | legislative measure assigned to it and not reported back | ||||||
9 | unfavorably.
| ||||||
10 | (b) The motion must be in writing and shall be carried
on | ||||||
11 | the Daily Calendar for the next legislative day under the
order | ||||||
12 | of "Motions". No action shall be taken on the motion
until it | ||||||
13 | is on the calendar.
| ||||||
14 | (c) If the motion receives an affirmative vote of 60
| ||||||
15 | members, the legislative measure subject to the motion
shall be | ||||||
16 | referred to the House and placed on the appropriate
order of | ||||||
17 | business.
| ||||||
18 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
19 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
20 | (House Rule 59)
| ||||||
21 | 59. Previous Question.
| ||||||
22 | (a) A motion for the previous question may be made at
any | ||||||
23 | time , except that a member may not move the previous question | ||||||
24 | while participating in debate pursuant to Rule 52 . A motion for |
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| |||||||
1 | the previous question is not
debatable and requires the | ||||||
2 | affirmative vote of 60 members
elected.
| ||||||
3 | (b) The previous question shall be stated in the
following | ||||||
4 | form: "Shall the main question be put?"
Until the previous | ||||||
5 | question is decided, all amendments and
debate are precluded. | ||||||
6 | When it is decided that the main
question shall not be put, the | ||||||
7 | main question
remains under debate.
| ||||||
8 | (c) The effect of the main question being ordered is
to put | ||||||
9 | an end to all debate and bring the House to a
direct vote on the | ||||||
10 | immediately pending motion. After a
motion for the previous | ||||||
11 | question has been approved, unless
the vote on that motion | ||||||
12 | suggests the absence of a quorum, it
is not in order to move | ||||||
13 | for adjournment or to make any
other motion before a decision | ||||||
14 | on the main question.
| ||||||
15 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
16 | of 71
members elected.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 60)
| ||||||
18 | 60. Tabling.
| ||||||
19 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (d) and | ||||||
20 | (e),
a motion to lay on the table applies only to the | ||||||
21 | particular
proposition and is neither debatable nor amendable.
| ||||||
22 | (b) A motion to table a bill or resolution shall
identify | ||||||
23 | the bill or resolution by number. The Principal Sponsor of a | ||||||
24 | bill or
resolution may, with leave of the House,
table that | ||||||
25 | bill or resolution at any time. A motion to
table a committee |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | bill that is before the House may be
adopted only by the | ||||||
2 | affirmative vote of a majority of those elected.
| ||||||
3 | (c) The Principal Sponsor of a bill or resolution before
a | ||||||
4 | committee may, with leave of the committee, table the bill
or | ||||||
5 | resolution. Upon tabling, the Chairperson of the
committee | ||||||
6 | shall return the bill or resolution to the Clerk,
noting | ||||||
7 | thereon that it has been tabled.
| ||||||
8 | (d) If a floor amendment to a bill has been adopted by the | ||||||
9 | House, then a motion to table that amendment is in order and | ||||||
10 | may be adopted only when the bill is on Second Reading. If a | ||||||
11 | floor amendment to a resolution has been adopted by the House, | ||||||
12 | then a motion to table that amendment is in order and may be | ||||||
13 | adopted only when the resolution is pending before the House. | ||||||
14 | Motions to table floor amendments are
debatable and may be | ||||||
15 | adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of those
elected.
| ||||||
16 | (e) If a committee amendment to a bill has been adopted by | ||||||
17 | a committee, then a motion to table that amendment is in order | ||||||
18 | and may be adopted (i) by that committee at any time while the | ||||||
19 | bill is before that committee or (ii) by the House only when | ||||||
20 | the bill is on Second Reading. If a committee amendment to a | ||||||
21 | resolution has been adopted by a committee, then a motion to | ||||||
22 | table that amendment is in order and may be adopted (i) by the | ||||||
23 | committee at any time while the resolution is before that | ||||||
24 | committee or (ii) by the House only when the resolution is | ||||||
25 | pending before the House. No motion to table a committee | ||||||
26 | amendment to a bill or resolution before the House is in order |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | unless it has been
first referred to the House for | ||||||
2 | consideration by the Rules Committee under Rule
18, or by a | ||||||
3 | standing or special committee. Motions to table committee
| ||||||
4 | amendments are debatable and may be adopted by the affirmative | ||||||
5 | vote of a
majority of the members
elected to the House or | ||||||
6 | appointed to the committee, as applicable.
| ||||||
7 | (House Rule 61)
| ||||||
8 | 61. Motion to Take from Table.
| ||||||
9 | (a) A motion to take from the table requires the | ||||||
10 | affirmative vote of a
majority of those elected if the Rules | ||||||
11 | Committee has
previously recommended that action by written | ||||||
12 | notice
filed with the Clerk; otherwise, a motion to take from | ||||||
13 | the
table requires the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
14 | (b) A bill taken from the table shall, as applicable, (i) | ||||||
15 | be placed on the
Daily Calendar on the order on which it | ||||||
16 | appeared before it
was tabled or (ii) be returned to the | ||||||
17 | committee to which it was assigned before it was tabled.
| ||||||
18 | (b-5) An amendment taken from the table shall be returned | ||||||
19 | to the position it held before it was tabled, provided that a | ||||||
20 | floor amendment may be taken from the table only while the bill | ||||||
21 | is on the order of Second Reading and a committee amendment may | ||||||
22 | be taken from the table only while the bill is in committee.
| ||||||
23 | (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
24 | of 71
members elected.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 62)
| ||||||
2 | 62. Motion to Postpone Consideration. A motion to
postpone | ||||||
3 | consideration on a bill or resolution may not be
made more than | ||||||
4 | once on the same bill or resolution. Unless
otherwise provided | ||||||
5 | by these Rules, a motion to postpone
consideration shall be | ||||||
6 | granted as a matter of privilege;
no motion to postpone | ||||||
7 | consideration is in
order, however, if the bill or resolution | ||||||
8 | initially
received a vote of fewer than 47 of the members | ||||||
9 | elected.
| ||||||
10 | (House Rule 63)
| ||||||
11 | 63. Motion on Different Subject. No motion or other
| ||||||
12 | legislative measure on a subject different from that under
| ||||||
13 | consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
| ||||||
14 | (House Rule 64)
| ||||||
15 | 64. Division of Question. If the question under | ||||||
16 | consideration
contains several points, any member may have the | ||||||
17 | question
divided. On a motion to strike out and insert, it is | ||||||
18 | not
in order to move for a division of the question. The
| ||||||
19 | rejection of a motion to strike out and insert one
proposition | ||||||
20 | does not prevent a motion to strike out and
insert a different | ||||||
21 | proposition.
| ||||||
22 | (House Rule 65)
| ||||||
23 | 65. Reconsideration.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) A member who voted on the prevailing side of a
record | ||||||
2 | vote on a legislative measure still within the control
of the | ||||||
3 | House may on the same or the following legislative day
move to | ||||||
4 | reconsider the vote. The motion to reconsider may be
laid on | ||||||
5 | the table without affecting the vote to which it
refers. When | ||||||
6 | the motion to reconsider is made during the
last 3 days of | ||||||
7 | April or any time thereafter during the
regular session, or at | ||||||
8 | any time during a veto or special
session, any member may move | ||||||
9 | that the vote on reconsideration
be taken immediately. A | ||||||
10 | question that requires the affirmative vote of
a majority of | ||||||
11 | those elected or more to carry requires a
majority of those | ||||||
12 | elected to reconsider.
| ||||||
13 | (b) A motion to reconsider a record vote on the adoption
of | ||||||
14 | an amendment to a bill may be made only on Second Reading.
| ||||||
15 | (c) If a motion to reconsider is made under this
Rule and | ||||||
16 | the motion is later tabled, the question shall not
be further | ||||||
17 | reconsidered. This subsection (c) may be suspended only by the
| ||||||
18 | affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
19 | (d) When a motion to reconsider is made within the
time | ||||||
20 | prescribed by these Rules, the Clerk shall not
allow the bill | ||||||
21 | or other subject matter of the motion to pass
out of the | ||||||
22 | possession of the House until after the motion has
been decided | ||||||
23 | or withdrawn. Such a motion shall be deemed
rejected if laid on | ||||||
24 | the table.
| ||||||
25 | (e) A Representative who voted "present" or failed to
vote | ||||||
26 | on a question does not have the right to move for
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | reconsideration.
| ||||||
2 | (f) Upon a motion to reconsider the vote on the final
| ||||||
3 | passage of any bill, the affirmative vote of a majority of
| ||||||
4 | those elected is required to reconsider.
| ||||||
5 | (House Rule 66)
| ||||||
6 | 66. Motion to Adjourn.
| ||||||
7 | (a) A motion to adjourn is in order at any time, except
| ||||||
8 | when a prior motion to adjourn has been defeated and no
| ||||||
9 | intervening business has transpired.
| ||||||
10 | (b) A motion to adjourn is neither debatable nor
amendable.
| ||||||
11 | (c) The Clerk shall enter in the Journal the hour at
which | ||||||
12 | every motion to adjourn is made.
| ||||||
13 | (d) Unless the Presiding Officer otherwise orders, the
| ||||||
14 | standing hour to which the House adjourns is 12:00 noon, except | ||||||
15 | on the last day
of a week in which the House convenes in | ||||||
16 | regular, veto, or special session, in
which case the standing | ||||||
17 | hour to which the House adjourns is 12:30
p.m.
| ||||||
18 | (e) A motion to adjourn for more than 3 days is not
in | ||||||
19 | order unless both chambers of the General Assembly have
adopted | ||||||
20 | a joint resolution permitting that adjournment.
| ||||||
21 | Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules,
a | ||||||
22 | resolution filed under this Rule may be referred to the
Rules | ||||||
23 | Committee by the Presiding Officer or may be immediately | ||||||
24 | considered
and adopted by the House.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 67)
| ||||||
2 | 67. Adoption and Amendment to or Suspension of Rules.
| ||||||
3 | (a) Adoption of Rules. At the commencement of a term,
the | ||||||
4 | House shall adopt new rules of organization and procedure
by | ||||||
5 | resolution setting forth those rules in their entirety. The
| ||||||
6 | resolution must be adopted by the affirmative vote of a | ||||||
7 | majority of those
elected.
These Rules of the House of | ||||||
8 | Representatives
are subject to revision or amendment
only in | ||||||
9 | accordance with this Rule.
| ||||||
10 | (b) Rules may be amended only by resolution. Any
resolution | ||||||
11 | to amend these Rules shall show the proposed changes in the
| ||||||
12 | existing rules by underscoring all new matter and by crossing
| ||||||
13 | out with a line all matter that is to be omitted or
superseded.
| ||||||
14 | (c) Any resolution proposing to amend a House Rule or
any | ||||||
15 | Joint House-Senate Rule, upon initial reading by
the Clerk, is | ||||||
16 | automatically referred to the Rules Committee.
Resolutions to | ||||||
17 | amend the House Rules or any Joint
House-Senate Rules may be | ||||||
18 | initiated and sponsored by the
Rules Committee and may be | ||||||
19 | amended by the Rules Committee; those resolutions shall not be | ||||||
20 | referred to a
committee and may be immediately considered and | ||||||
21 | adopted by the House.
Those resolutions shall be assigned | ||||||
22 | standard debate status,
subject to Rule 52.
| ||||||
23 | (d) A resolution to amend the House Rules or any Joint
| ||||||
24 | House-Senate Rules that has been reported "do adopt" or "do
| ||||||
25 | adopt as amended" by a majority of those appointed to the
Rules | ||||||
26 | Committee requires the affirmative vote of a
majority of those |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | elected for adoption by the House. Any
other resolution | ||||||
2 | proposing to amend the House Rules or any
Joint House-Senate | ||||||
3 | Rules requires the affirmative vote
of 71 of the members | ||||||
4 | elected for adoption by the House.
| ||||||
5 | (e) No House Rule or any Joint House-Senate Rule may be
| ||||||
6 | suspended except by unanimous consent of the members
present or | ||||||
7 | upon a motion supported by the affirmative vote of a
majority | ||||||
8 | of those elected unless a higher number is required
in the Rule | ||||||
9 | sought to be suspended. A committee may not
suspend any Rule.
| ||||||
10 | (f) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote | ||||||
11 | of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 68)
| ||||||
13 | 68. Motion to Commit or Recommit. No motion to commit
or | ||||||
14 | recommit a legislative measure to committee, being decided
in | ||||||
15 | the negative, shall again be allowed on the same day, or
at the | ||||||
16 | same stage of the legislative measure.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 69)
| ||||||
18 | 69. Effective Date.
| ||||||
19 | (a) A bill passed after May 31 of a calendar year shall
not | ||||||
20 | become effective prior to June 1 of the next calendar
year | ||||||
21 | unless an earlier effective date is specified in the
bill and | ||||||
22 | it is approved by the affirmative vote of 71 members
elected.
| ||||||
23 | (b) If a majority of those elected, but fewer than 71,
vote | ||||||
24 | affirmatively for a bill on Third
Reading after May 31 and the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | bill specifies an effective
date earlier than the following | ||||||
2 | June 1, the bill has not
passed, but the Principal Sponsor has | ||||||
3 | the
right to have the bill automatically reconsidered and
| ||||||
4 | returned to the order of Second Reading for an amendment to
| ||||||
5 | remove the earlier effective date. The amendment, if offered
| ||||||
6 | and referred to the House by
a committee, shall be reproduced
| ||||||
7 | and placed on the desks of the members, in the same manner as | ||||||
8 | provided for
bills under Rule 39,
before the bill is
taken up | ||||||
9 | again on the order of Third Reading.
| ||||||
10 | (House Rule 70)
| ||||||
11 | 70. Home Rule. No bill denies or limits any power or
| ||||||
12 | function of a home rule unit under paragraph (g),
(h), (i), | ||||||
13 | (j), or (k) of Sec. 6 of Article VII of the
Constitution unless | ||||||
14 | there is specific language limiting or
denying the power or | ||||||
15 | function and the language specifically
sets forth in what | ||||||
16 | manner and to what extent it is a denial
or limitation of the | ||||||
17 | power or function of a home rule unit.
If a majority of those | ||||||
18 | elected, but fewer than 71,
vote affirmatively for a bill on | ||||||
19 | Third
Reading that requires the affirmative vote of 71 members | ||||||
20 | elected to
deny or limit a power of a home rule unit, the bill | ||||||
21 | has not
passed, but the Principal Sponsor has the
right to have | ||||||
22 | the bill automatically reconsidered and
returned to the order | ||||||
23 | of Second Reading for an amendment to
remove those effects of | ||||||
24 | the bill.
The amendment, if referred to the House by a
| ||||||
25 | committee, shall be reproduced and placed on the desks
of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | members, in the same manner as provided for bills under Rule | ||||||
2 | 39,
before
the bill is taken up again on the order of Third | ||||||
3 | Reading.
| ||||||
4 | ARTICLE VII
| ||||||
5 | (RESERVED)
| ||||||
6 | (House Rule 71)
| ||||||
7 | 71. (Blank.)
| ||||||
8 | ARTICLE VIII
| ||||||
9 | JOINT ACTION
| ||||||
10 | (House Rule 72)
| ||||||
11 | 72. Concurring in or Receding from Amendments.
| ||||||
12 | (a) If a bill or resolution is received back in the
House | ||||||
13 | with one or more amendments added by the Senate, it is in
order | ||||||
14 | for the Principal Sponsor to present a motion "to
concur" or | ||||||
15 | "not to concur and to ask the Senate to recede" with
respect to | ||||||
16 | each, several, or all of those amendments, subject to Rules 18 | ||||||
17 | and 75. A motion to concur shall
be by record vote and shall be | ||||||
18 | adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of
those elected, | ||||||
19 | subject to Rule 69. Any 2 members may demand
a separate vote or | ||||||
20 | a
separate record vote, as applicable, on any of those |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | amendments.
| ||||||
2 | (b) When the Senate has refused to concur in one or more | ||||||
3 | amendments
added to a bill or resolution by the House and has | ||||||
4 | returned
the bill or resolution to the House with a message | ||||||
5 | requesting
the House to recede from one or more of its | ||||||
6 | amendments, it is in order
for the Principal Sponsor to present | ||||||
7 | a motion "to
recede" from the House amendments or "not to | ||||||
8 | recede and to
request a conference", subject to Rules 18 and | ||||||
9 | 75. A motion to recede shall be by record vote and shall be
| ||||||
10 | adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of those elected, | ||||||
11 | subject to Rule
69. Any 2 members may demand a separate vote or | ||||||
12 | a separate
record vote, as applicable, on any of those | ||||||
13 | amendments.
| ||||||
14 | (c) Motions authorized by this Rule
are renewable and may | ||||||
15 | be reconsidered, provided that no such
motion may be voted on | ||||||
16 | more than twice by the House.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 73)
| ||||||
18 | 73. Conference Committees.
| ||||||
19 | (a) A disagreement between the House and Senate exists
with | ||||||
20 | respect to any bill or resolution in the following
situations:
| ||||||
21 | (1) when the Senate refuses to recede from the adoption
| ||||||
22 | of any amendment, after the House has previously
refused to | ||||||
23 | concur in the amendment; or
| ||||||
24 | (2) when the House refuses to recede from the adoption
| ||||||
25 | of any amendment, after the Senate has previously
refused |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | to concur in the amendment.
| ||||||
2 | In those cases of disagreement between the House and
| ||||||
3 | Senate, the House may request a conference.
When such a request | ||||||
4 | is made, both
chambers of the General Assembly shall appoint | ||||||
5 | members to a committee to
confer on the subject of the bill or
| ||||||
6 | resolution giving rise to the disagreement. The combined
| ||||||
7 | membership of the 2 chambers appointed for that purpose is
the | ||||||
8 | conference committee.
| ||||||
9 | (b) The conference committee shall consist of
5 members | ||||||
10 | from each chamber of the General Assembly.
The number of | ||||||
11 | majority caucus members from each chamber shall
be one more | ||||||
12 | than the number of minority caucus members from
each chamber.
| ||||||
13 | (c) Each
conference committee shall be comprised of 5
| ||||||
14 | members of the House, 3 appointed by the
Speaker and 2 | ||||||
15 | appointed by the Minority
Leader. No conference committee | ||||||
16 | report may be filed with the
Clerk until a majority of the | ||||||
17 | House conferees has been
appointed.
| ||||||
18 | (House Rule 74)
| ||||||
19 | 74. Conference Committee Reports.
| ||||||
20 | (a) No subject matter shall be included in any conference
| ||||||
21 | committee report on any bill unless that subject matter
| ||||||
22 | directly relates to the matters of difference between the
House | ||||||
23 | and Senate that have been referred to the conference
committee | ||||||
24 | unless the Rules Committee, by a majority vote of
the members | ||||||
25 | appointed, determines that the proposed subject
matter is of an |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | emergency nature, is of substantial
importance to the operation | ||||||
2 | of government, or is in the best
interests of Illinois.
| ||||||
3 | (b) No conference committee report shall be received by
the | ||||||
4 | Clerk or acted upon by the House unless it has been
signed by | ||||||
5 | at least 6 conferees. The report shall be signed
in duplicate. | ||||||
6 | One of the reports shall be filed with the
Secretary of the | ||||||
7 | Senate and one with the Clerk. The report
shall contain the | ||||||
8 | agreements reached by the committee.
| ||||||
9 | (c) If the conference committee determines
that it is | ||||||
10 | unable to reach agreement, the committee shall so
report to | ||||||
11 | each chamber of the General Assembly and request
appointment of | ||||||
12 | a second conference committee. If there is
agreement, the | ||||||
13 | committee shall so report to each chamber.
| ||||||
14 | (d) No conference committee report shall be adopted by the | ||||||
15 | House except on a
record vote of a majority of those elected, | ||||||
16 | subject to Rule 69.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 75)
| ||||||
18 | 75. House Consideration of Joint Action.
| ||||||
19 | (a) No joint action motion for final action or
conference | ||||||
20 | committee report may be considered by the House
unless it has | ||||||
21 | first been referred to the House by the Rules Committee or a
| ||||||
22 | standing committee or special committee in
accordance with Rule | ||||||
23 | 18, or unless the joint action motion
or conference committee | ||||||
24 | report has been
discharged from the Rules Committee under Rule | ||||||
25 | 18.
Joint action motions for final consideration and conference |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | committee reports
referred to a standing committee or special | ||||||
2 | committee by the Rules Committee
may not be discharged from the | ||||||
3 | standing committee or special committee. This
subsection (a) | ||||||
4 | may be suspended by unanimous consent.
| ||||||
5 | (b) No conference committee report may be considered by
the | ||||||
6 | House unless it has been reproduced and
placed on the members' | ||||||
7 | desks, in the same manner as provided for bills under
Rule 39, | ||||||
8 | for one full day during the period beginning with the convening | ||||||
9 | of the
House on the 2nd Wednesday of January each year and | ||||||
10 | ending on the 30th day
prior to the scheduled adjournment of | ||||||
11 | the regular session established each year
by the Speaker | ||||||
12 | pursuant to Rule 9(a), and for one full hour on any other day.
| ||||||
13 | (c) Before any conference committee report on an
| ||||||
14 | appropriation bill is considered by the House, the
conference | ||||||
15 | committee report shall first be the subject of a
public hearing | ||||||
16 | by a standing Appropriations Committee or a
special committee | ||||||
17 | (the conference committee report need not be referred to an
| ||||||
18 | Appropriations Committee or special committee, but instead may
| ||||||
19 | remain before the Rules Committee or the House, as the case may | ||||||
20 | be).
The hearing shall be held pursuant to not less than one | ||||||
21 | hour
advance notice by announcement on the House floor, or one | ||||||
22 | day
advance notice by posting on the House bulletin board. An
| ||||||
23 | Appropriations Committee or special committee shall not issue
| ||||||
24 | any report with respect to the conference committee report | ||||||
25 | following the
hearing.
| ||||||
26 | (d) Any House Bill amended in the Senate and returned to
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the House for concurrence in the Senate amendment shall lie
| ||||||
2 | upon the desk of the Clerk for not less than one hour before
| ||||||
3 | being further considered.
| ||||||
4 | (e) No House Bill that is
returned to the House with Senate | ||||||
5 | amendments may be called
except by the Principal Sponsor, or by | ||||||
6 | a chief co-sponsor with the consent of
the Principal Sponsor.
| ||||||
7 | This subsection may not be suspended.
| ||||||
8 | (f) Except as otherwise provided in Rule 74, the
report of | ||||||
9 | a conference committee on a non-appropriation bill
or | ||||||
10 | resolution shall be confined to the subject of the bill or
| ||||||
11 | resolution referred to the conference committee. The report
of | ||||||
12 | a conference committee on an appropriation bill shall be
| ||||||
13 | confined to the subject of appropriations.
| ||||||
14 | (House Rule 76)
| ||||||
15 | 76. Action on Conference Committee Reports.
| ||||||
16 | (a) Each chamber of the General Assembly shall inform
the | ||||||
17 | other by message of any action taken with respect to a
| ||||||
18 | conference committee report. Copies of all papers necessary
for | ||||||
19 | a complete understanding of the action shall
accompany the | ||||||
20 | message. The original bill or resolution
shall remain in the | ||||||
21 | chamber of origin.
| ||||||
22 | (b) No conference committee report may be called except by | ||||||
23 | the Principal
Sponsor of the bill for which the conference | ||||||
24 | committee was appointed.
A chief co-sponsor may call a | ||||||
25 | conference committee report with the consent of
the Principal |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Sponsor.
This subsection may not be suspended.
| ||||||
2 | (c) If either chamber refuses to adopt
the report of the | ||||||
3 | conference committee, the report of the conference committee
is | ||||||
4 | laid on the table, or the first
conference committee is unable | ||||||
5 | to reach agreement, either
chamber may request a second | ||||||
6 | conference committee. When such
a request is made, each chamber | ||||||
7 | shall again appoint a
conference committee. If either chamber | ||||||
8 | refuses to
adopt the report of a second conference committee, | ||||||
9 | the 2
chambers shall have adhered to their disagreement, and | ||||||
10 | the
bill or resolution is lost.
| ||||||
11 | ARTICLE IX
| ||||||
12 | VETOES
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 77)
| ||||||
14 | 77. Recording of Vetoes. Upon the receipt by the House
of | ||||||
15 | any bill returned by the Governor under any of the
provisions | ||||||
16 | of Article IV, Sec. 9 of the Constitution, the
Clerk shall | ||||||
17 | enter the objections of the Governor on the
Journal, and shall | ||||||
18 | distribute copies of all veto messages to
each member's desk, | ||||||
19 | together with copies of the vetoed bill
or item, as soon as | ||||||
20 | practical, in the same manner as for bills under Rule 39.
| ||||||
21 | (House Rule 78)
| ||||||
22 | 78. Amendatory Vetoes.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) The Principal Sponsor of a bill that has been passed by
| ||||||
2 | the General Assembly may request the Clerk to notify the
| ||||||
3 | Governor that the Principal Sponsor wishes to be consulted by | ||||||
4 | the
Governor or his or her designee before the
Governor returns | ||||||
5 | the bill together with specific
recommendations for change | ||||||
6 | under subsection (e) of
Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Constitution.
| ||||||
8 | (b) Any bill returned by the Governor together with
| ||||||
9 | specific recommendations for change under subsection (e)
of | ||||||
10 | Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution
shall | ||||||
11 | automatically be placed on the Daily Calendar on the order of | ||||||
12 | amendatory
vetoes, and shall be considered as provided in this | ||||||
13 | Rule.
| ||||||
14 | (c) The Governor's specific recommendations for change
| ||||||
15 | with respect to a bill returned under subsection (e) of
Section | ||||||
16 | 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution shall be
limited | ||||||
17 | to addressing the Governor's objections to portions
of a bill | ||||||
18 | the general merit of which the Governor recognizes
and shall | ||||||
19 | not alter the fundamental purpose or legislative
scheme set | ||||||
20 | forth in the bill as passed.
| ||||||
21 | (d) Any motion to accept the Governor's
specific | ||||||
22 | recommendations for change shall be automatically referred to | ||||||
23 | the
Rules Committee. The Rules Committee shall examine the
| ||||||
24 | Governor's specific recommendations for change and determine
| ||||||
25 | by a majority of the members appointed whether those
| ||||||
26 | recommendations comply with the standard set forth in
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | subsection (c). Any motion to accept specific recommendations
| ||||||
2 | for change that the Rules Committee determines
are in | ||||||
3 | compliance with subsection (c) of this Rule shall be subject to | ||||||
4 | action
by the Rules Committee in the same manner as floor | ||||||
5 | amendments, joint
action motions, conference committee reports | ||||||
6 | and motions to table committee
amendments under Rule 18(e).
| ||||||
7 | (e) Any motion to override the Governor's specific | ||||||
8 | recommendations for
change shall not be referred to a committee | ||||||
9 | and may be immediately considered
and adopted by the House | ||||||
10 | subject to Rule 80(d).
| ||||||
11 | (f) This rule may not be suspended.
| ||||||
12 | (House Rule 79)
| ||||||
13 | 79. Motions to Consider Vetoes. For purposes of this
| ||||||
14 | Article, the term "motions" means motions to
accept or override | ||||||
15 | a veto of the Governor. Motions with
respect to bills returned | ||||||
16 | by the Governor may be made by the
Principal Sponsor, the | ||||||
17 | committee Chairperson in the case of a
committee-sponsored | ||||||
18 | bill, or if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the
| ||||||
19 | Co-Chairperson of the majority caucus in the case of special
| ||||||
20 | committee-sponsored bills.
Motions shall be filed in writing | ||||||
21 | with the Clerk.
Any motion to override a veto of the Governor | ||||||
22 | shall not be referred to a
committee and may be immediately | ||||||
23 | considered and adopted by the House subject to
Rule 80.
All | ||||||
24 | motions shall be
assigned standard debate status, subject to
| ||||||
25 | Rule 52, are renewable, and may be reconsidered, provided that |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | no motion may be voted on more than twice by the House.
| ||||||
2 | (House Rule 80)
| ||||||
3 | 80. Consideration of Motions.
| ||||||
4 | (a) The vote to override a veto of a bill vetoed in its | ||||||
5 | entirety
shall be by record vote and shall be entered on the | ||||||
6 | Journal.
The form of motion with respect to these bills shall | ||||||
7 | be: "I
move that ________ Bill _____ do pass, notwithstanding
| ||||||
8 | the veto of the Governor."
| ||||||
9 | (b) The vote to override an item veto shall be by record
| ||||||
10 | vote as to each item separately and shall be entered on the
| ||||||
11 | Journal. The form of motion with respect to an item shall
be: | ||||||
12 | "I move that the item on page ____, line ____, of ____
Bill | ||||||
13 | _____ do pass, notwithstanding the item veto of the Governor."
| ||||||
14 | (c) The vote to override
an item reduction veto and restore | ||||||
15 | an item that has
been reduced shall be by record vote as to | ||||||
16 | each item separately and shall
be entered on the Journal. The | ||||||
17 | form of motion with respect
to an item shall be: "I move that | ||||||
18 | the item on page ____, line
____, of ____ Bill ____ be | ||||||
19 | restored, notwithstanding the item
reduction of the Governor."
| ||||||
20 | (d) A bill returned together with specific
recommendations | ||||||
21 | of the Governor may be acted upon, by record
vote, in either of | ||||||
22 | the following manners:
| ||||||
23 | (1) By a motion to accept the specific recommendations
| ||||||
24 | of the Governor. The form of motion
shall be: "I move to | ||||||
25 | accept the specific
recommendations of the Governor as to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | _____ Bill
_____ in manner and form as follows: (inserting
| ||||||
2 | herein the language deemed necessary to effectuate
the | ||||||
3 | specific recommendations)."; or
| ||||||
4 | (2) By considering the bill as a vetoed bill and
| ||||||
5 | overriding the recommendation and passing the bill
in its | ||||||
6 | original form. The form of motion
shall be: "I move that | ||||||
7 | _____ Bill _____ do
pass, notwithstanding the specific | ||||||
8 | recommendations
of the Governor.".
| ||||||
9 | (House Rule 81)
| ||||||
10 | 81. Vetoed Bills Considered in Entirety. If
a bill is | ||||||
11 | returned by the Governor containing more than one
item veto, | ||||||
12 | reduction veto, specific recommendation for change, or
| ||||||
13 | combination of them, the bill shall be acted upon in its
| ||||||
14 | entirety before the bill is released from the custody of the
| ||||||
15 | House.
| ||||||
16 | (House Rule 82)
| ||||||
17 | 82. Disposition of Vetoes. When a bill or item has
received | ||||||
18 | the affirmative vote of the number of members
elected necessary | ||||||
19 | under the Constitution, the Presiding
Officer shall declare | ||||||
20 | that the bill or item has been
passed or restored over the veto | ||||||
21 | of the Governor,
or that the specific recommendations for | ||||||
22 | change
have been approved, as the case may be. The bill shall | ||||||
23 | then
be attested to by the Clerk who shall note thereon the day
| ||||||
24 | the bill passed. The bill and the objections of the
Governor |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | shall then be immediately delivered to the
Senate. When | ||||||
2 | specific recommendations have been accepted,
then the | ||||||
3 | accepting language shall be attached to the
original bill, and | ||||||
4 | the bill shall be delivered to the Senate.
| ||||||
5 | ARTICLE X
| ||||||
6 | ELECTION CONTESTS AND QUALIFICATIONS CHALLENGES
| ||||||
7 | (House Rule 83)
| ||||||
8 | 83. Election Contests and Qualifications Challenges.
| ||||||
9 | (a) An election contest places in issue only the
validity | ||||||
10 | of the results of an election of a member to the
House in a | ||||||
11 | representative district. An election contest may
result only in | ||||||
12 | a determination of which candidate in that
election was | ||||||
13 | properly elected to the House and shall be
seated.
| ||||||
14 | (b) A qualifications challenge places in issue only
the | ||||||
15 | qualifications of an incumbent member of the House under
the | ||||||
16 | Constitution, or the legality of an appointment of a
person as | ||||||
17 | a member of the House to fill a vacancy. A
qualifications | ||||||
18 | challenge may result only in a determination
of whether a | ||||||
19 | member of the House is properly seated.
| ||||||
20 | (c) Election contests and qualifications challenges
shall | ||||||
21 | be brought and conducted as provided in these Rules.
| ||||||
22 | (d) If an election contest or qualifications challenge is
| ||||||
23 | filed with the Clerk, the Speaker shall create an Election |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Contest or
Qualifications Challenge Committee, as the case may | ||||||
2 | be, within 3 legislative
days by filing a notice with the | ||||||
3 | Clerk. The creation of any committee
under this Rule shall be | ||||||
4 | governed by Rule 10. The election contest or
qualifications | ||||||
5 | challenge shall be automatically referred
to the Election | ||||||
6 | Contest or Qualifications Challenge Committee, as the
case may | ||||||
7 | be.
For purposes of this Article, the term "committee" means | ||||||
8 | only
the Election Contest or Qualifications Challenge | ||||||
9 | Committees created under this
Rule. This subsection may not be | ||||||
10 | suspended.
| ||||||
11 | (e) The committee may adopt rules to govern election
| ||||||
12 | contests and qualifications challenges, but those
committee | ||||||
13 | rules must be consistent with these Rules, must be
filed with | ||||||
14 | the Clerk, and must be made available to all
parties and to the | ||||||
15 | public. Any committee rule shall be
subject to amendment, | ||||||
16 | suspension, or repeal by House
resolution.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 84)
| ||||||
18 | 84. Initiating Election Contests.
| ||||||
19 | (a) Election contests may be brought only by a
registered | ||||||
20 | voter of the representative district or by a
member of the | ||||||
21 | House.
| ||||||
22 | (b) Election contests may be brought only by the
procedures | ||||||
23 | and within the time limits established by the
Election Code. | ||||||
24 | Notice of intention to contest shall be
served on the person | ||||||
25 | certified as elected to the House from
the representative |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | district within the time limits
established by the Election | ||||||
2 | Code. The requirements of this
subsection apply to a member of | ||||||
3 | the House
appointed to fill a vacancy the same as if that | ||||||
4 | member had
been elected to the House.
| ||||||
5 | (c) Within 10 days after the convening of the House in
| ||||||
6 | January following the general election contested, each
| ||||||
7 | contestant shall file with the Clerk a petition of election
| ||||||
8 | contest and shall serve the petition on the incumbent member
of | ||||||
9 | the House from the representative district. A petition of
| ||||||
10 | election contest shall allege the contestant's qualifications
| ||||||
11 | to bring the contest and to serve as a member of the House,
| ||||||
12 | that he or she believes that a mistake or fraud has been
| ||||||
13 | committed in specified precincts in the counting, return, or
| ||||||
14 | canvass of the votes, or that there was some other specified
| ||||||
15 | irregularity in the conduct of the election in specified
| ||||||
16 | precincts. A petition of election contest shall contain a
| ||||||
17 | prayer specifying the relief requested and the precincts in
| ||||||
18 | which a recount or other inquiry is desired. A petition of
| ||||||
19 | election contest shall be verified by affidavit swearing to
the | ||||||
20 | truth of the allegations or based upon information and
belief, | ||||||
21 | and shall be accompanied by proof of service on all
| ||||||
22 | respondents.
| ||||||
23 | (d) A notice of intent to contest may not be amended to
| ||||||
24 | cure a defect under the statutory requirements. A petition
of | ||||||
25 | election contest, if filed and served after the
notice of | ||||||
26 | intention to contest, may not raise points not
expressed in the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | notice.
| ||||||
2 | (e) The incumbent member of the House from the
| ||||||
3 | representative district is a necessary party to the
initiation | ||||||
4 | of an election contest.
| ||||||
5 | (House Rule 85)
| ||||||
6 | 85. Initiating Qualifications Challenges.
| ||||||
7 | (a) Qualifications challenges may be brought only by a
| ||||||
8 | registered voter of the representative district of the
| ||||||
9 | representative challenged or by a member of the House.
| ||||||
10 | (b) Qualifications challenges must be brought within 90
| ||||||
11 | days after the day the challenged member takes his or her oath
| ||||||
12 | of office as a member of the House, or within 90 days after the
| ||||||
13 | day the petitioner first learns of the information on which
the | ||||||
14 | challenge is based, whichever occurs later.
| ||||||
15 | (c) A qualifications challenge shall be brought by
filing a | ||||||
16 | petition of qualifications challenge with the Clerk,
and by | ||||||
17 | serving a copy of the petition on the respondent
member of the | ||||||
18 | House. The petition must be accompanied by
proof of personal | ||||||
19 | service upon the respondent member and must
be verified by | ||||||
20 | affidavit swearing to the truth of the
allegations or based | ||||||
21 | upon information and belief. A petition
of qualifications | ||||||
22 | challenge shall set forth the grounds on
which the respondent | ||||||
23 | member is alleged to be constitutionally
unqualified, or on | ||||||
24 | which his or her appointment to the House
is claimed to be | ||||||
25 | legally improper, the qualifications of the
petitioner to bring |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the challenge, and a prayer for relief.
| ||||||
2 | (House Rule 86)
| ||||||
3 | 86. Contests and Challenges; Due Process.
| ||||||
4 | (a) Election contests and challenges shall be heard and
| ||||||
5 | determined as expeditiously as possible under adversary
| ||||||
6 | procedures wherein each party to the proceedings has a
| ||||||
7 | reasonable opportunity to present his or her claim, to present | ||||||
8 | any
defense and arguments, and to respond to those of his or | ||||||
9 | her
opponents. All parties may be represented by counsel.
| ||||||
10 | (b) Election contests and qualifications challenges
shall | ||||||
11 | be heard and determined in accordance with the
applicable | ||||||
12 | provisions of the Election Code and other Illinois
statutes, | ||||||
13 | the Illinois Constitution, and the United
States Constitution. | ||||||
14 | Judicial decisions that bear on a
point of law in a contest or | ||||||
15 | challenge shall be admissible in
the arguments of the parties | ||||||
16 | and the deliberations and
decisions of the committee. Judicial | ||||||
17 | decisions applicable to
a point of law or to a fact situation | ||||||
18 | to the committee shall
be given weight as precedent.
| ||||||
19 | (c) In addition to notice of meetings required under
these | ||||||
20 | Rules, the committee and any subcommittee shall give
notice to | ||||||
21 | all parties reasonably in advance of each meeting
or other | ||||||
22 | proceeding. The committee shall also give notice of
all rules, | ||||||
23 | timetables, or deadlines adopted by the committee.
Notice under | ||||||
24 | this subsection shall be in writing and shall be
given either | ||||||
25 | personally with receipt, or by certified mail
(return receipt |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | requested) addressed to the party at his or
her place of | ||||||
2 | residence, and to his or her attorney of record
at the | ||||||
3 | attorney's office if so requested by the party.
| ||||||
4 | (House Rule 87)
| ||||||
5 | 87. Committee Proceedings and Powers in Contests and
| ||||||
6 | Challenges.
| ||||||
7 | (a) All proceedings of the committee and any
subcommittees | ||||||
8 | concerning election contests and qualifications
challenges | ||||||
9 | shall be transcribed by a certified court
reporter. Copies of | ||||||
10 | the transcript shall be made available
to the members of the | ||||||
11 | committee and to the parties.
| ||||||
12 | (b) The committee may dismiss an election contest or
| ||||||
13 | qualifications challenge, or may determine to proceed to a
| ||||||
14 | recount or other inquiry. The committee may limit the issues
to | ||||||
15 | be determined in a contest or challenge, except that when
a | ||||||
16 | recount is conducted in an election contest, any precinct
| ||||||
17 | timely requested by any party to be recounted shall be
| ||||||
18 | recounted by the committee.
| ||||||
19 | (c) In conducting inquiries, investigations, and recounts
| ||||||
20 | in election contests and qualifications challenges, the
| ||||||
21 | committee has the power to send for and compel the
attendance | ||||||
22 | of witnesses and the production of books, papers,
ballots, | ||||||
23 | documents, and records by subpoena signed by the
Chairperson of | ||||||
24 | the committee as provided by law and subject to Rule 4(c)(9).
| ||||||
25 | In
conducting proceedings in election contests and
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | qualifications challenges, the Chairperson of the committee
| ||||||
2 | and the Chairperson of any subcommittee may administer oaths
to | ||||||
3 | witnesses, as provided by law, and for this purpose a
| ||||||
4 | subcommittee is deemed to be a committee of the House.
| ||||||
5 | (d) The committee may issue commissions by its
Chairperson | ||||||
6 | to any officer authorized to take depositions of
any necessary | ||||||
7 | witnesses as may be permitted by law. In
recounting the ballots | ||||||
8 | in any election contest, however, no
person other than a member | ||||||
9 | of the committee shall handle any
ballots, tally sheets, or | ||||||
10 | other election materials without
consent of the committee or | ||||||
11 | subcommittee. The responsibility
for the actual recounting of | ||||||
12 | ballots may not be delegated.
| ||||||
13 | (e) The committee shall maintain an accurate and
complete | ||||||
14 | record of proceedings in every election contest and
| ||||||
15 | qualifications challenge. That record shall include all
| ||||||
16 | notices and pleadings, the transcripts and roll call votes,
all | ||||||
17 | reports and dissents, and all documents that were
admitted into | ||||||
18 | the proceeding. The committee shall file the
record with the | ||||||
19 | Clerk of the House upon the adoption of its
final report. The | ||||||
20 | record shall then be available for
examination in the Clerk's | ||||||
21 | office.
| ||||||
22 | (f) With the approval of the Speaker, the committee may
| ||||||
23 | employ clerks, stenographers, court reporters, professional
| ||||||
24 | staff, and messengers.
| ||||||
25 | (House Rule 88)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 88. Adoption of Reports in Contests and Challenges.
| ||||||
2 | (a) All final decisions of the committee regarding an
| ||||||
3 | election contest or qualification challenge shall be approved | ||||||
4 | by a majority of
the members appointed to the committee and | ||||||
5 | reported
in writing to the House. Reports shall include a | ||||||
6 | specific
recommendation to the House as to the disposition of | ||||||
7 | the
contest or challenge. Final reports following full inquiry
| ||||||
8 | on the merits of a contest or challenge shall contain
findings | ||||||
9 | of fact and, when necessary, conclusions of law.
| ||||||
10 | (b) Any member of the committee may file a dissent from
a | ||||||
11 | report of the committee, a minority report, or a special
| ||||||
12 | concurrence with the majority report or with any minority
| ||||||
13 | report.
| ||||||
14 | (c) A subcommittee shall report to the committee in
writing | ||||||
15 | in the same form as required for the committee
report. | ||||||
16 | Subcommittee members may file dissents, reports, and
special | ||||||
17 | concurrences.
| ||||||
18 | (d) Reports shall not be adopted by the committee or a
| ||||||
19 | subcommittee until a hearing has been held thereon, with
notice | ||||||
20 | to all parties and a reasonable opportunity to examine
and | ||||||
21 | respond to a proposed majority report.
| ||||||
22 | (e) Reports of the committee shall be filed with the
Clerk, | ||||||
23 | reproduced, and placed on the members' desks, along with
any | ||||||
24 | dissents, minority reports, or special concurrences, in the | ||||||
25 | same manner as
provided for bills under Rule 39. The
report | ||||||
26 | shall be listed on the calendar under the heading
"Report of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Election Contest" or "Report of Qualifications
Challenge". The | ||||||
2 | report shall be carried on the Daily
Calendar for 2 legislative | ||||||
3 | days before any action by the
House.
| ||||||
4 | (f) The House shall adopt the majority report or a
minority | ||||||
5 | report in an election contest or qualifications
challenge or | ||||||
6 | shall refuse to adopt any report filed and
re-refer the contest | ||||||
7 | or challenge to the committee for
further proceedings or for a | ||||||
8 | modified report. A report that
has the effect of unseating an | ||||||
9 | incumbent member of the House
shall be adopted only by the | ||||||
10 | affirmative vote of
60 members elected.
| ||||||
11 | (g) Each party to a contest or challenge shall file with
| ||||||
12 | the Clerk of the committee within 10 days after the filing of
| ||||||
13 | the final report a detailed statement of attorney's fees and
| ||||||
14 | expenses incurred by that party in connection with the case.
| ||||||
15 | The committee shall make recommendations to the House
| ||||||
16 | concerning reimbursement of attorney's fees and the expenses
of | ||||||
17 | the parties. The recommendation shall not exceed a sum
that is | ||||||
18 | reasonable, just, and proper.
| ||||||
19 | ARTICLE XI
| ||||||
20 | DISCIPLINE AND PROTEST
| ||||||
21 | (House Rule 89)
| ||||||
22 | 89. Disorderly Behavior.
| ||||||
23 | (a) In accordance with Article IV, Sec. 6(d) of the
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Constitution, the House may punish any of its members for
| ||||||
2 | disorderly behavior and, with the concurrence of two-thirds
of | ||||||
3 | the members elected, expel a member (but not for a
second time | ||||||
4 | for the same offense). The reason for
expulsion shall be | ||||||
5 | entered upon the Journal with the names
and votes of those | ||||||
6 | members voting on the question.
| ||||||
7 | (b) In accordance with Article IV, Sec. 6(d) of the
| ||||||
8 | Constitution, the House during its session may punish by
| ||||||
9 | imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of
disrespect to | ||||||
10 | the House by disorderly or contemptuous
behavior in its | ||||||
11 | presence. That imprisonment shall not extend
beyond 24 hours at | ||||||
12 | one time unless the person persists in
disorderly or | ||||||
13 | contemptuous behavior.
| ||||||
14 | (House Rule 90)
| ||||||
15 | 90. Protest. Any 2 members have the
right to dissent and | ||||||
16 | protest, in respectful language, against
any act or resolution | ||||||
17 | that they may think injurious to the
public or to any | ||||||
18 | individual, and have the reason of their
protest entered upon | ||||||
19 | the Journal. When by motion a majority
of members determines | ||||||
20 | that the language of a protest
is not respectful, the protest | ||||||
21 | shall be referred back to the
protesting members.
| ||||||
22 | ARTICLE XII
| ||||||
23 | DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 91)
| ||||||
2 | 91. Initiating Disciplinary Proceedings.
| ||||||
3 | (a) Disciplinary proceedings may be commenced by
filing | ||||||
4 | with the Speaker a petition for a special investigating | ||||||
5 | committee.
The petition must be signed by at least
one member | ||||||
6 | of the House, and shall contain suggested charges
which, if | ||||||
7 | true, may subject the member named in the petition
to | ||||||
8 | disciplinary action by the House. If the petition is
signed by | ||||||
9 | 3 or more members of the House, the Speaker
shall appoint 3 | ||||||
10 | members of the majority caucus and the
Minority Leader shall | ||||||
11 | appoint 3 members of the minority caucus
to a special | ||||||
12 | investigating committee. If the petition is
signed by fewer | ||||||
13 | than 3 members of the House, the Speaker
shall consult the | ||||||
14 | member named in the petition, and unless
that member objects in | ||||||
15 | writing, the Speaker and the Minority
Leader shall appoint a | ||||||
16 | special investigating committee. If
the member named in the | ||||||
17 | petition objects to the appointment
of a special investigating | ||||||
18 | committee, any member who signed a
petition for an | ||||||
19 | investigation under this Rule may introduce a
resolution to | ||||||
20 | initiate disciplinary proceedings. Unless a
resolution | ||||||
21 | initiating disciplinary proceedings is introduced
under this | ||||||
22 | Rule, the contents of a petition for a
special investigating | ||||||
23 | committee shall be confidential except
as to the member named, | ||||||
24 | the members signing it, the Speaker,
and the members of a | ||||||
25 | special investigating committee.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (b) A resolution to initiate disciplinary proceedings
| ||||||
2 | shall be substantially in the following form:
| ||||||
3 | "BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
4 | ____________ NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF | ||||||
5 | ILLINOIS, that a Special Investigating Committee be appointed | ||||||
6 | to investigate allegations concerning the conduct of | ||||||
7 | Representative _______________________, which, if true, may | ||||||
8 | subject that member to disciplinary action by the House of | ||||||
9 | Representatives."
| ||||||
10 | A resolution to initiate disciplinary proceedings may be
| ||||||
11 | introduced only as permitted under this Rule. It is
improper to | ||||||
12 | attempt to initiate disciplinary proceedings in
any manner not | ||||||
13 | authorized by this Rule.
| ||||||
14 | (c) A resolution to initiate disciplinary proceedings
| ||||||
15 | shall be referred to the Rules Committee. not be assigned to | ||||||
16 | committee, notwithstanding the
provisions of Rule 15. The | ||||||
17 | resolution shall lie on the
Speaker's Table and shall be called | ||||||
18 | within 5 legislative
days.
| ||||||
19 | (d) A resolution to initiate disciplinary proceedings
is | ||||||
20 | debatable.
| ||||||
21 | (e) A resolution initiating disciplinary proceedings may
| ||||||
22 | be adopted only by the affirmative vote of 60 members elected.
| ||||||
23 | (f) This Rule may be suspended only by unanimous
consent.
| ||||||
24 | (House Rule 92)
| ||||||
25 | 92. Preliminary Investigation.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) Pursuant to a petition or upon the adoption of a
| ||||||
2 | resolution initiating disciplinary proceedings, as provided
in | ||||||
3 | Rule 91, a special investigating committee consisting of
6 | ||||||
4 | members shall be appointed, of whom 3 shall be
appointed by the | ||||||
5 | Speaker from the majority caucus and 3
shall be appointed by | ||||||
6 | the Minority Leader from the minority
caucus. The Speaker shall | ||||||
7 | appoint the Chairperson of the
special investigating committee | ||||||
8 | from among the 6 members.
Sponsors of the initiating resolution | ||||||
9 | may not be
appointed to the special investigating committee.
| ||||||
10 | (b) The special investigating committee shall conduct a
| ||||||
11 | thorough investigation of all allegations and charges of
| ||||||
12 | impropriety concerning the member named in the initiating
| ||||||
13 | resolution that are brought to its attention to determine if
| ||||||
14 | reasonable grounds exist to bring charges against the member
| ||||||
15 | for formal disciplinary proceedings by the House. The
special | ||||||
16 | investigating committee shall meet with the Principal Sponsor | ||||||
17 | of the initiating resolution at its initial meeting.
| ||||||
18 | At the initial meeting, the Principal Sponsor of the
| ||||||
19 | initiating resolution shall submit to the special
| ||||||
20 | investigating committee a written list of suggested charges.
| ||||||
21 | The list shall define the scope of the inquiry or
investigation | ||||||
22 | pursuant to the initiating resolution. If the
Principal Sponsor | ||||||
23 | of the initiating resolution fails to
submit a list, the | ||||||
24 | special committee shall report a
resolution of exoneration.
| ||||||
25 | The Principal Sponsor of the initiating resolution shall
| ||||||
26 | also submit to the special investigating committee all
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | information he or she may have relevant to the charges and
| ||||||
2 | allegations.
| ||||||
3 | (c) The special investigating committee shall conduct
all | ||||||
4 | of its proceedings in executive session, and shall
maintain | ||||||
5 | strict confidence as to all of its proceedings and
all | ||||||
6 | witnesses, testimony, information, and exhibits that may
come | ||||||
7 | before it. No transcript or record of proceedings shall
be | ||||||
8 | taken. This subsection shall be adopted and effective
upon an | ||||||
9 | affirmative vote of 79 members. This subsection may
not be | ||||||
10 | suspended.
| ||||||
11 | (d) Except for its initial meeting, any posting or
notice | ||||||
12 | requirements do not apply to meetings of the
special | ||||||
13 | investigating committee, but the Chairperson shall
give notice | ||||||
14 | of all meetings to the member named in and the
Principal | ||||||
15 | Sponsor of the initiating resolution and shall give
reasonable | ||||||
16 | notice to the public. The member who is the
subject of the | ||||||
17 | initiating resolution has the right to
counsel during | ||||||
18 | proceedings of the special investigating
committee.
| ||||||
19 | (e) Except for subsection (c), this Rule may be
suspended | ||||||
20 | only by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
21 | (House Rule 93)
| ||||||
22 | 93. Report of Special Investigating Committee.
| ||||||
23 | (a) The special investigating committee shall report in
| ||||||
24 | writing. All reports shall be signed by the members
supporting | ||||||
25 | the report.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (b) If a majority of those appointed the members of the | ||||||
2 | special
committee determines to prefer charges, it shall file | ||||||
3 | with
the Clerk a formal statement of charges and | ||||||
4 | specifications,
and shall appoint 2 members of the House, one | ||||||
5 | from the
majority caucus and one from the minority caucus, who | ||||||
6 | are not members
of the special investigating committee to be | ||||||
7 | managers for the
House at the hearing on the charges. The | ||||||
8 | statement of
charges shall constitute the report of the special | ||||||
9 | committee,
but the special committee in its discretion may file | ||||||
10 | a
supplementary report stating its reasons for not bringing any
| ||||||
11 | other charges that may have been suggested to it.
| ||||||
12 | (c) If the special committee determines not to prefer
| ||||||
13 | charges, it shall file with the Clerk a resolution
exonerating | ||||||
14 | the member named in the initiating resolution
together with a | ||||||
15 | report stating its reasons for not preferring
charges.
| ||||||
16 | (d) If the special committee cannot by majority vote of | ||||||
17 | those appointed
its members determine whether to prefer | ||||||
18 | charges,
the committee shall file with the Clerk a resolution | ||||||
19 | of
exoneration and a report stating the affirmative reasons for
| ||||||
20 | not preferring charges. That report shall be signed by all
| ||||||
21 | members of the special investigating committee, regardless of
| ||||||
22 | their original vote in the committee proceedings on whether
to | ||||||
23 | prefer charges.
| ||||||
24 | (e) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
vote | ||||||
25 | of 71 members elected.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 94)
| ||||||
2 | 94. Select Committee on Discipline.
| ||||||
3 | (a) When charges are preferred against any member of
the | ||||||
4 | House under Rule 93, the Speaker and the Minority
Leader shall | ||||||
5 | appoint a committee, to be known as a select
committee on | ||||||
6 | discipline, to hear and determine the charges.
The select | ||||||
7 | committee shall consist of 12 members of the
House, 6 of whom | ||||||
8 | shall be appointed by the Speaker from the
majority caucus and | ||||||
9 | 6 of whom shall be appointed by the
Minority Leader from the | ||||||
10 | minority caucus. The Speaker shall
appoint a Chairperson of the | ||||||
11 | select committee from among the
12 members. No member who | ||||||
12 | served on the special
investigating committee or any sponsor of | ||||||
13 | the initiating
resolution may be appointed to the select | ||||||
14 | committee.
| ||||||
15 | (b) All appointments to a select committee on discipline
| ||||||
16 | shall be completed and the select committee shall convene
| ||||||
17 | within 30 days after the filing of charges for which the
| ||||||
18 | committee is appointed.
| ||||||
19 | (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
vote | ||||||
20 | of 79 members elected.
| ||||||
21 | (House Rule 95)
| ||||||
22 | 95. Hearings on Disciplinary Charges.
| ||||||
23 | (a) Proceedings before the select committee on
discipline | ||||||
24 | shall be adversary in form, with the managers for
the House | ||||||
25 | presenting the case for disciplinary action. The
respondent |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | member may be represented by counsel.
| ||||||
2 | (b) Stipulations of fact shall be encouraged by the
select | ||||||
3 | committee.
| ||||||
4 | (c) The rules of evidence applicable to criminal
| ||||||
5 | proceedings apply except as may be waived by the
managers or | ||||||
6 | respondent, as may be appropriate.
| ||||||
7 | (House Rule 96)
| ||||||
8 | 96. Report of Select Committee.
| ||||||
9 | (a) The committee shall vote on each specification and
| ||||||
10 | charge, except that a vote of exoneration on a charge shall
be | ||||||
11 | a vote as to all specifications under that charge. All
final | ||||||
12 | votes on the merits of a charge or specification shall
be by | ||||||
13 | record vote.
| ||||||
14 | (b) A finding of fault or exoneration on any
specification | ||||||
15 | or charge requires an affirmative vote of
a majority of the | ||||||
16 | members appointed to the select committee.
| ||||||
17 | (c) The committee shall file a report of its findings on
| ||||||
18 | each specification and charge and a recommendation as to
| ||||||
19 | penalty with the Clerk. The report shall state the reasons
for | ||||||
20 | each conclusion and recommendation. If the committee
finds the | ||||||
21 | respondent member exonerated regarding any charge,
it shall | ||||||
22 | report a resolution of exoneration together with its
report. If | ||||||
23 | the select committee finds the respondent member
at fault | ||||||
24 | regarding any charge, it shall report a resolution
embodying | ||||||
25 | its findings and recommended penalty.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (d) If a select committee reports a finding of fault
| ||||||
2 | regarding any charge, any member of the select committee may
| ||||||
3 | file a minority report with the Clerk either dissenting from
a | ||||||
4 | finding, reason, or recommendation in the majority report
or | ||||||
5 | stating a concurrence on different grounds. A
dissenting report | ||||||
6 | may include a resolution of exoneration as
to any charge or | ||||||
7 | specifications.
| ||||||
8 | (e) When a select committee has found a member at
fault | ||||||
9 | regarding a charge, the committee shall adopt a
recommendation | ||||||
10 | for disciplinary action. The committee may
recommend a | ||||||
11 | reprimand, a censure, expulsion from the House,
or that no | ||||||
12 | penalty be invoked. The recommendation on
disciplinary action | ||||||
13 | requires an affirmative vote of the
majority of the members | ||||||
14 | appointed to the select committee.
| ||||||
15 | (f) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
vote | ||||||
16 | of 71 members elected.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 97)
| ||||||
18 | 97. House Action on Disciplinary Reports.
| ||||||
19 | (a) The report of a select committee, together with any
| ||||||
20 | dissenting or concurring reports, and any accompanying
| ||||||
21 | resolution, shall be reproduced and placed on the members'
| ||||||
22 | desks, in the same manner as for bills under Rule 39. The | ||||||
23 | report shall be
placed on the calendar under the
heading | ||||||
24 | "Report of Select Committee on Discipline". The
report shall be | ||||||
25 | carried on the Daily Calendar for 2
legislative days before any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | action by the House.
| ||||||
2 | (b) If the report of a select committee or a special
| ||||||
3 | investigating committee exonerates the respondent member, the
| ||||||
4 | House shall take up the resolution or re-refer the case to
the | ||||||
5 | committee for further proceedings.
| ||||||
6 | (c) If the select committee reports a finding of fault
as | ||||||
7 | to any charge, the House shall take up the resolution for
| ||||||
8 | disciplinary action together with any minority resolutions.
| ||||||
9 | The House may amend a resolution for disciplinary action to
| ||||||
10 | decrease the recommended penalty.
| ||||||
11 | (d) The House shall take action by a record vote on each
| ||||||
12 | resolution. Adoption of a resolution finding the
respondent | ||||||
13 | member at fault regarding charges and
specifications shall | ||||||
14 | dispose of any minority resolution of
exoneration on those | ||||||
15 | charges and specifications. If the House
adopts a resolution of | ||||||
16 | exoneration as to any charge or
specification, a majority | ||||||
17 | resolution shall be amended in
accord with that disposition of | ||||||
18 | those charges and
specifications before it may be called for a | ||||||
19 | final vote. If
the adoption of exoneration resolutions disposes | ||||||
20 | of all the
charges and specifications in a majority resolution | ||||||
21 | for
disciplinary action, the majority resolution shall be | ||||||
22 | tabled.
| ||||||
23 | (e) Following record votes on all majority and minority
| ||||||
24 | resolutions arising out of a select committee finding of
fault | ||||||
25 | on a charge or specification, if there remains any
charge or | ||||||
26 | specification on which the House has neither
exonerated the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | member or adopted a finding of fault, then any
member may | ||||||
2 | introduce and move a resolution of exoneration on
that charge | ||||||
3 | or specification.
| ||||||
4 | (f) A resolution finding a member at fault regarding a
| ||||||
5 | charge may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of 71
| ||||||
6 | members elected, except that a resolution the effect of which | ||||||
7 | is to
expel a member may be adopted only by the affirmative | ||||||
8 | vote of
79 members elected.
| ||||||
9 | (g) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
vote | ||||||
10 | of 79 members elected.
| ||||||
11 | ARTICLE XIII
| ||||||
12 | FORCE AND EFFECT
| ||||||
13 | (House Rule 98)
| ||||||
14 | 98. Applicability. The meetings and actions of the
House, | ||||||
15 | including all of its committees, are governed by
these House | ||||||
16 | Rules.
| ||||||
17 | (House Rule 99)
| ||||||
18 | 99. Parliamentary Authority. The rules of
parliamentary
| ||||||
19 | practice appearing in the latest edition of Robert's Rules of
| ||||||
20 | Order govern the House in all cases to which they apply
so long | ||||||
21 | as they are not inconsistent with
these Rules.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (House Rule 100)
| ||||||
2 | 100. Certification by Speaker. With respect to each
bill | ||||||
3 | that is certified
by the Speaker in accordance with Article IV, | ||||||
4 | Sec. 8(d) of
the Constitution, there is an irrebuttable | ||||||
5 | presumption
that the procedural requirements for passage have | ||||||
6 | been met.
| ||||||
7 | (House Rule 101)
| ||||||
8 | 101. Effective Date. These rules are in full
force and | ||||||
9 | effect upon their adoption, and shall remain in
full force and | ||||||
10 | effect except as amended in accordance
with these Rules, or | ||||||
11 | until superseded by new rules adopted as part of
the | ||||||
12 | organization of a newly-constituted General Assembly at
the | ||||||
13 | commencement of a term.
| ||||||
14 | ARTICLE XIV
| ||||||
15 | DEFINITIONS
| ||||||
16 | (House Rule 102)
| ||||||
17 | 102. Definitions. As used in these Rules, terms have
the | ||||||
18 | meanings ascribed to them as follows, unless the
context | ||||||
19 | clearly requires a different meaning:
| ||||||
20 | (1) Chairperson. "Chairperson" means that
| ||||||
21 | Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as chair | ||||||
22 | of
a committee.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (2) Co-Chairperson. "Co-Chairperson" means a | ||||||
2 | Representative
designated by the Speaker to serve as | ||||||
3 | co-chair of a standing or special committee.
| ||||||
4 | (3) Clerk. "Clerk" means the elected Clerk of the
| ||||||
5 | House.
| ||||||
6 | (4) Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the
| ||||||
7 | House and includes a standing committee, the Rules | ||||||
8 | Committee,
a special committee, committees created
under | ||||||
9 | Article X and Article XII of these Rules, and a
| ||||||
10 | subcommittee of a committee. "Committee" does not mean a | ||||||
11 | conference
committee, and the procedural and notice | ||||||
12 | requirements
applicable to committees do not apply to | ||||||
13 | conference
committees.
| ||||||
14 | (5) Constitution. "Constitution" means the
| ||||||
15 | Constitution of the State of Illinois.
| ||||||
16 | (6) General Assembly. "General Assembly" means the
| ||||||
17 | current General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
| ||||||
18 | (7) House. "House" means the House of Representatives
| ||||||
19 | of the General Assembly.
| ||||||
20 | (8) Joint Action Motions. "Joint action motions"
means | ||||||
21 | the following motions before the House:
to concur in a | ||||||
22 | Senate amendment, to non-concur in a Senate
amendment, to | ||||||
23 | recede from a House amendment, to refuse to
recede from a | ||||||
24 | House amendment, to request that a conference
committee be | ||||||
25 | appointed, and to adopt a conference committee
report.
| ||||||
26 | (9) Legislative Digest. "Legislative Digest" means the
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Legislative Synopsis and Digest that is prepared by the
| ||||||
2 | Legislative Reference Bureau of the General Assembly.
| ||||||
3 | (10) Legislative Measures. "Legislative measures" | ||||||
4 | means
all matters brought before the House for | ||||||
5 | consideration,
whether originated in the House or Senate, | ||||||
6 | and includes
bills, amendments, resolutions, conference | ||||||
7 | committee reports,
motions, messages, notices, and | ||||||
8 | Executive Orders from the
executive branch.
| ||||||
9 | (11) Majority. "Majority" means a majority of those
| ||||||
10 | members present and voting on a question. Unless otherwise
| ||||||
11 | specified with respect to a particular House Rule, for
| ||||||
12 | purposes of determining the number of members present and
| ||||||
13 | voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be | ||||||
14 | counted.
| ||||||
15 | (12) Majority Caucus. "Majority caucus" means that
| ||||||
16 | group of Representatives from the numerically strongest
| ||||||
17 | political party in the House.
| ||||||
18 | (13) Majority of those Appointed. "Majority of those
| ||||||
19 | appointed" means a majority of the total number of
| ||||||
20 | Representatives authorized under these Rules to be | ||||||
21 | appointed to a committee.
| ||||||
22 | (14) Majority of those Elected. "Majority of those
| ||||||
23 | elected" means a majority of the total number of
| ||||||
24 | Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
| ||||||
25 | regardless of the number of elected or appointed
| ||||||
26 | Representatives actually serving in office. So long as 118
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Representatives are entitled to be elected to the House,
| ||||||
2 | "majority of those elected" means 60 affirmative votes;
71 | ||||||
3 | affirmative votes means three-fifths of the
members | ||||||
4 | elected; and 79 affirmative votes means two-thirds of the
| ||||||
5 | members elected.
| ||||||
6 | (15) Member. "Member" means a Representative. Where
| ||||||
7 | the context so requires, "member" may also mean a Senator | ||||||
8 | of
the Illinois Senate.
| ||||||
9 | (16) Members Appointed. "Members appointed" means the
| ||||||
10 | total number of Representatives authorized under these | ||||||
11 | Rules to be appointed to
a committee.
| ||||||
12 | (17) Members Elected. "Members elected" means the 118
| ||||||
13 | Representatives entitled to be elected to the House,
| ||||||
14 | regardless of the number of elected or appointed
| ||||||
15 | Representatives actually serving in office.
| ||||||
16 | (18) Minority Caucus. "Minority caucus" means that
| ||||||
17 | group of Representatives from the second numerically
| ||||||
18 | strongest political party in the House.
| ||||||
19 | (19) Minority Leader. "Minority Leader" means the
| ||||||
20 | Minority Leader of the House elected under Rule 2.
| ||||||
21 | (20) Minority Spokesperson. "Minority spokesperson"
| ||||||
22 | means that Representative designated by the Minority | ||||||
23 | Leader
to serve as the minority spokesperson of a | ||||||
24 | committee.
| ||||||
25 | (21) Perfunctory Session. "Perfunctory session" means
| ||||||
26 | the convening of the House, pursuant to the scheduling of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the
Speaker, for purposes consistent with Rule 28.
| ||||||
2 | (22) Presiding Officer. "Presiding Officer" means that
| ||||||
3 | Representative serving as the presiding officer of the | ||||||
4 | House,
whether that Representative is the Speaker or | ||||||
5 | another
Representative designated by the Speaker under | ||||||
6 | Rule 4.
| ||||||
7 | (23) Principal Sponsor. "Principal sponsor" means the
| ||||||
8 | first listed House sponsor of any legislative measure; with
| ||||||
9 | respect to a standing committee-sponsored bill or | ||||||
10 | resolution, it means
the Chairperson of the committee or ; | ||||||
11 | with respect to a special committee-sponsored
bill or | ||||||
12 | resolution, it means the Co-Chairperson from the majority | ||||||
13 | caucus.
| ||||||
14 | (24) Record Vote. "Record vote" means a vote by ayes
| ||||||
15 | and nays entered on the journal.
| ||||||
16 | (25) Representative. "Representative" means any duly
| ||||||
17 | elected or duly appointed Illinois State Representative, | ||||||
18 | and
means the same as "member".
| ||||||
19 | (26) Senate. "Senate" means the Senate of the General
| ||||||
20 | Assembly.
| ||||||
21 | (27) Speaker. "Speaker" means the Speaker of the
House | ||||||
22 | elected as provided in Rule 1.
| ||||||
23 | (28) Term. "Term" means the 2-year term of a General
| ||||||
24 | Assembly.
| ||||||
25 | (29) Vice-Chairperson. "Vice-Chairperson" means that
| ||||||
26 | Representative designated by the Speaker to serve as
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Vice-Chairperson of a committee.
|