Bill Text: IL HR0763 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the House Rules. Makes changes concerning Rules 32 and 49. Adds Rule 21.5.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0763 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HR0763-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the
Rules of the House of Representatives of the 100th General
Assembly are amended by changing Rules 32 and 49 and by adding
Rule 21.5 as follows:
(House Rule 21.5 new)
21.5 Committee and Task Force Hearing Accessibility.
(a) The regular meeting location for committee and task
force hearings shall be the seat of government in Springfield.
Committee and task force hearings may also be held at the
Michael A. Bilandic Building, located at 160 North LaSalle
Street in Chicago, and at other locations authorized by the
Speaker that are suitable for interactive video conference
participation.
(b) Whenever the location for a committee or task force
hearing is not in Springfield, the Clerk shall provide for a
secondary location in Springfield where members and the public
may participate in the hearing through an interactive video
conference.
Notwithstanding any other rule to the contrary, committee
or task force members with voting rights participating in a
hearing through the interactive video conference shall be

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included in the quorum roll call for the hearing and shall be
allowed to participate in the hearing, including speaking in
debate, making motions, and casting votes, in the same manner
as members who are physically present at the hearing location.
Any person wishing to offer testimony at a committee
hearing, pursuant to Rule 26, or a task force hearing may do so
at the secondary location in the same manner as a person who is
physically present at the hearing location.
All votes shall be by roll call whenever one or more
committee or task force members with voting rights are
participating in the hearing through an interactive video
conference. Participation in a hearing at the secondary
location shall not be allowed during any time periods of
interruption in interactive video conference service. No
action of the committee or task force shall be invalidated on
the grounds that the loss of, or poor quality of, the
interactive video conference service prevented a committee or
task force member, or a person wishing to offer testimony, from
participating in the hearing.
The Clerk shall (i) include in the committee or task force
hearing notice the secondary location for the hearing, and (ii)
ensure that a committee clerk is present at the secondary
location to operate necessary equipment, to record committee or
task force member participation in quorum and vote roll calls,
and to record requests to provide testimony.
(c) The Speaker may suspend the requirements of subsection

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(b) for interactive video conference participation when (i) the
Clerk has determined that the condition of equipment or
communication services at the hearing location will not allow
for interactive video conference participation, and (ii) such
conditions are first identified or arise after the hearing was
scheduled. A detailed explanation of the conditions and their
discovery that led to such determination shall be provided by
the Clerk and included in the Journal.
(Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
(House Rule 32)
32. Quorum.
(a) A majority of those elected constitutes a quorum of the
House, and a majority of those appointed constitutes a quorum
of a committee, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to
day, or recess for less than one day, and compel the attendance
of absent members. Members of a committee with voting rights
who are attending a hearing through an interactive video
conference pursuant to Rule 21.5 shall count towards
determining a quorum. When a quorum is not present for a
hearing of a committee, a smaller number may conduct a hearing
on a subject matter as authorized by Rule 21 or Rule 25. The
attendance of absent members may also be compelled by order of
the Speaker. This subsection may not be suspended.
(b) The question of the presence of a quorum in any
committee may not be raised on consideration of a legislative

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measure by the House unless the same question was previously
raised before the committee with respect to that legislative
measure.
(c) Any member not answering the quorum roll call of the
House on any session day who is in attendance and wishes to be
added to that quorum roll call must file a request to be shown
present on the quorum roll call with the Clerk. The request
must be in writing and filed in person by the member on the
same calendar day the quorum roll call was taken.
(Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
(House Rule 49)
49. Voting. The Presiding Officer shall put all questions
distinctly, as follows: "All those in favor vote AYE, and those
opposed vote NAY." No member may vote on any question before
the House unless on the floor before the vote is announced. No
member of a committee may vote except in person or through
interactive video conference participation pursuant to Rule
21.5 at the time of the committee vote, provided the member is
on the committee roll before the vote is announced. Any vote of
the House shall be by record vote whenever 5 Representatives
shall so request or whenever the Presiding Officer shall so
order.
(Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)