Bill Text: IL SR0002 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Adopts the Senate Rules for the 100th General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-11 - Resolution Adopted; 058-000-000 [SR0002 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0002-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the following (which | ||||||
4 | are the same as the Rules of the Senate of the Ninety-Ninth | ||||||
5 | General Assembly except as indicated by striking and | ||||||
6 | underscoring) are adopted as the Rules of the Senate of the One | ||||||
7 | Hundredth General Assembly:
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8 | ARTICLE I
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9 | DEFINITIONS
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10 | As used in these Senate Rules, the following terms have the | ||||||
11 | meanings ascribed
to them in this Article I, unless the context | ||||||
12 | clearly requires a different
meaning:
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13 | (Senate Rule 1-1)
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14 | 1-1. Chairperson. "Chairperson" means that Senator | ||||||
15 | designated by the
President to serve as chair of a committee.
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16 | (Senate Rule 1-2)
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17 | 1-2. Committee. "Committee" means a committee of the Senate | ||||||
18 | and
includes a standing committee, a special committee, and a | ||||||
19 | special
subcommittee of a committee. "Committee" does not mean |
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1 | a conference
committee,
and the procedural and notice | ||||||
2 | requirements applicable to committees do not
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3 | conference committees.
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4 | (Senate Rule 1-3)
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5 | 1-3. Constitution. "Constitution" means the Constitution | ||||||
6 | of the
State of Illinois.
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7 | (Senate Rule 1-3.5)
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8 | 1-3.5. Deputy Minority Leader. "Deputy Minority Leader" | ||||||
9 | means a Senator designated by the Senate Minority Leader to | ||||||
10 | assist the Minority Leader with the operation of the minority | ||||||
11 | caucus of the Senate.
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12 | (Senate Rule 1-4)
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13 | 1-4. General Assembly. "General Assembly" means the | ||||||
14 | current
General Assembly of the State of Illinois.
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15 | (Senate Rule 1-5)
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16 | 1-5. House. "House" means the House of Representatives of | ||||||
17 | the General
Assembly.
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18 | (Senate Rule 1-6)
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19 | 1-6. Joint Action Motion. "Joint action motion" means any
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20 | of the following motions before the Senate: to concur in a | ||||||
21 | House amendment, to
non-concur in a House amendment, to recede |
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1 | from a Senate amendment, to refuse
to recede from a Senate | ||||||
2 | amendment,
and to request that a conference committee be | ||||||
3 | appointed.
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4 | (Senate Rule 1-7)
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5 | 1-7. Legislative Digest. "Legislative Digest" means the | ||||||
6 | Legislative
Synopsis and Digest that is prepared by the | ||||||
7 | Legislative Reference Bureau of
the General Assembly.
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8 | (Senate Rule 1-8)
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9 | 1-8. Legislative Measure. "Legislative measure" means any | ||||||
10 | matter
brought before the Senate for consideration, whether | ||||||
11 | originated in the Senate
or House, and includes bills, | ||||||
12 | amendments, resolutions, conference committee
reports, | ||||||
13 | motions, and messages from the executive branch.
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14 | (Senate Rule 1-9)
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15 | 1-9. Majority. "Majority" means a simple majority of those | ||||||
16 | members
present and voting on a question. Unless otherwise | ||||||
17 | specified with respect to
a particular Senate Rule, for | ||||||
18 | purposes of determining the number of members
present and | ||||||
19 | voting on a question, a "present" vote shall not be counted.
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20 | (Senate Rule 1-10)
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21 | 1-10. Majority Caucus. "Majority caucus" means that group | ||||||
22 | of Senators
from the numerically strongest political party in |
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1 | the Senate. "Majority
caucus" also includes any Senator who is | ||||||
2 | not from the numerically strongest
or numerically second | ||||||
3 | strongest political party in the Senate but who casts his
or | ||||||
4 | her final vote for President of the Senate Senate President for | ||||||
5 | the person who is elected President of the Senate Senate
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6 | President .
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7 | (Senate Rule 1-10.5)
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8 | 1-10.5. Majority Leader. "Majority Leader" means a Senator
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9 | designated by the President of the Senate Senate President to | ||||||
10 | serve as the Majority Leader and assist the President with the | ||||||
11 | operation of the Senate and the majority caucus of the Senate.
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12 | (Senate Rule 1-11)
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13 | 1-11. Majority of those Appointed. "Majority of those | ||||||
14 | appointed" means
an absolute majority of the total number of | ||||||
15 | Senators appointed to a committee.
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16 | (Senate Rule 1-12)
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17 | 1-12. Majority of those Elected. "Majority of those | ||||||
18 | elected" means an
absolute majority of the total number of | ||||||
19 | Senators entitled to be elected to the
Senate, irrespective of | ||||||
20 | the number of elected or appointed Senators actually
serving in | ||||||
21 | office. So long as 59 Senators are entitled to be elected to | ||||||
22 | the
Senate, "majority of those elected" shall mean 30 | ||||||
23 | affirmative votes.
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1 | (Senate Rule 1-13)
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2 | 1-13. Member. "Member" means a Senator. Where the context | ||||||
3 | so requires,
"member" may also mean a Representative of the | ||||||
4 | Illinois House of
Representatives.
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5 | (Senate Rule 1-14)
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6 | 1-14. Members Appointed. "Members appointed" means the | ||||||
7 | total number of
Senators appointed to a committee.
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8 | (Senate Rule 1-15)
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9 | 1-15. Members Elected. "Members elected" means the total | ||||||
10 | number of
Senators entitled to be elected to the Senate, | ||||||
11 | irrespective of the number of
elected or appointed Senators | ||||||
12 | actually serving in office. So long as 59
Senators are entitled | ||||||
13 | to be elected in the Senate, "members elected" shall mean
59 | ||||||
14 | Senators.
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15 | (Senate Rule 1-16)
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16 | 1-16. Minority Caucus. "Minority caucus" means that group | ||||||
17 | of Senators
from other than the majority caucus.
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18 | (Senate Rule 1-17)
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19 | 1-17. Minority Leader. "Minority Leader" means the | ||||||
20 | Minority Leader of
the Senate.
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1 | (Senate Rule 1-18)
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2 | 1-18. Minority Spokesperson. "Minority Spokesperson" means | ||||||
3 | that Senator
designated by the Minority Leader to serve as the | ||||||
4 | Minority Spokesperson of a
committee.
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5 | (Senate Rule 1-19)
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6 | 1-19. Perfunctory Session. "Perfunctory session" means the | ||||||
7 | convening of
the Senate, pursuant to the scheduling of the | ||||||
8 | President, for purposes
consistent with Rule 4-1(c) or (d).
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9 | (Senate Rule 1-20)
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10 | 1-20. President. "President" means the President of the | ||||||
11 | Senate.
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12 | (Senate Rule 1-21)
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13 | 1-21. Presiding Officer. "Presiding Officer" means that | ||||||
14 | Senator serving
as the presiding officer of the Senate, whether | ||||||
15 | that Senator is the President
or another Senator designated by | ||||||
16 | the President, in his or her capacity as
presiding officer.
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17 | (Senate Rule 1-22)
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18 | 1-22. Principal Sponsor. "Principal sponsor" means the | ||||||
19 | first listed
Senate sponsor of any legislative measure; with | ||||||
20 | respect to a
committee-sponsored bill or resolution, it means | ||||||
21 | the Chairperson of the
committee.
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1 | (Senate Rule 1-23)
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2 | 1-23. Secretary. "Secretary" means the elected Secretary | ||||||
3 | of the Senate.
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4 | (Senate Rule 1-24)
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5 | 1-24. Senate. "Senate" means the Senate of the General | ||||||
6 | Assembly.
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7 | (Senate Rule 1-25)
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8 | 1-25. Senator. "Senator" means any of the duly elected or | ||||||
9 | duly
appointed Illinois State Senators, and means the same as | ||||||
10 | "member".
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11 | (Senate Rule 1-26)
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12 | 1-26. Term. "Term" means the two-year term of a General | ||||||
13 | Assembly.
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14 | (Senate Rule 1-27)
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15 | 1-27. Vice-Chairperson. "Vice-Chairperson" means that | ||||||
16 | Senator
designated by the President to serve as | ||||||
17 | Vice-Chairperson of a committee.
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18 | ARTICLE II
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19 | ORGANIZATION
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1 | (Senate Rule 2-1)
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2 | 2-1. Adoption of Rules. At the commencement of a term, the | ||||||
3 | Senate shall
adopt new Rules of organization and procedure by | ||||||
4 | resolution setting forth those
Rules in their entirety. The | ||||||
5 | resolution must be adopted by a majority of
those elected. | ||||||
6 | These Rules of the Senate are
subject to revision or amendment | ||||||
7 | only in accordance with Rule 7-17.
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8 | (Senate Rule 2-2)
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9 | 2-2. Election of the President.
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10 | (a) Prior to the election of the
President, the Governor | ||||||
11 | shall convene the Senate, designate a Temporary
Secretary of | ||||||
12 | the Senate, and preside during the nomination and election of | ||||||
13 | the
President. As the first item of business each day prior to | ||||||
14 | the election of the
President, the Governor shall order the | ||||||
15 | Temporary Secretary to call the roll of
the members to | ||||||
16 | establish the presence of a quorum as required by the
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17 | Constitution. If a majority of those elected are not present, | ||||||
18 | the Senate shall
stand adjourned until the hour of 12:00 noon | ||||||
19 | on the next calendar day,
excepting weekends and official State | ||||||
20 | Holidays. If a quorum of members is present, the Governor shall | ||||||
21 | then
call for nominations of members for the Office of | ||||||
22 | President. All such
nominations shall require a second. When | ||||||
23 | the nominations are completed, the
Governor shall direct the | ||||||
24 | Temporary Secretary to call the roll of the members
to elect | ||||||
25 | the President.
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1 | (b) The election of the President shall require the | ||||||
2 | affirmative vote of a
majority of those elected. Debate shall | ||||||
3 | not be in order following nominations
and preceding or during | ||||||
4 | the vote, and Senators may not explain their vote on
the | ||||||
5 | election of the President.
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6 | (c) No bills may be considered and no committees may be | ||||||
7 | appointed or meet
prior to the election of the President.
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8 | (d) When a vacancy in the Office of President occurs, the | ||||||
9 | foregoing
procedure shall be employed to elect a new President; | ||||||
10 | however, when the
Governor is of a political party other than | ||||||
11 | that of the majority caucus,
the Assistant Majority Leader | ||||||
12 | having the greatest seniority of service in the
Senate shall | ||||||
13 | preside
during the nomination and election of the successor | ||||||
14 | President. No legislative
measures, other than such | ||||||
15 | nominations and election, may be considered by the
Senate | ||||||
16 | during a vacancy in the Office of President.
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17 | (Senate Rule 2-3)
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18 | 2-3. Election of the Minority Leader. The Senate shall | ||||||
19 | elect a Minority
Leader in a manner consistent with the | ||||||
20 | Constitution and laws of Illinois.
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21 | (Senate Rule 2-4)
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1 | 2-4. Majority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, and | ||||||
2 | Assistant Leaders.
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3 | (a) The President shall appoint from within the Majority | ||||||
4 | Caucus a Majority Leader and a President Pro Tempore. The | ||||||
5 | Minority Leader shall appoint from within the Minority Caucus a | ||||||
6 | Deputy Minority Leader. The President and the Minority Leader | ||||||
7 | shall
appoint from within their respective caucuses the number | ||||||
8 | of Assistant Majority
Leaders and Assistant Minority Leaders as | ||||||
9 | are allowed by law.
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10 | (b) These appointments shall take effect upon their being
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11 | filed with the Secretary and shall remain effective for the | ||||||
12 | duration of the
term unless
a vacancy occurs by
reason of | ||||||
13 | resignation or because an assistant
leader has ceased to be a | ||||||
14 | Senator. Successor assistant leaders shall be
appointed in the | ||||||
15 | same manner as their predecessors. Assistant leaders
shall have | ||||||
16 | those powers delegated to them by the President or Minority | ||||||
17 | Leader,
as the
case may be.
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18 | (Senate Rule 2-5)
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19 | 2-5. Powers and Duties of the President.
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20 | (a) The President shall have
those powers conferred upon | ||||||
21 | him or her by the Constitution, the laws of
Illinois, and any | ||||||
22 | motions or resolutions adopted by the Senate or jointly by
the | ||||||
23 | Senate and House.
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1 | (b) Except as provided by law with respect to the Senate | ||||||
2 | Operations
Commission, the President is the chief | ||||||
3 | administrative officer of the
Senate and shall have those | ||||||
4 | powers necessary to carry out that function. The
President may | ||||||
5 | delegate his or her administrative duties as he or she deems
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6 | appropriate.
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7 | (c) The powers and duties of the President shall include, | ||||||
8 | but are not
limited to, the following:
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9 | (1) To preside at all sessions of the Senate, although | ||||||
10 | the President may
call
on any member to preside | ||||||
11 | temporarily.
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12 | (2) To open the session at the time at which the Senate | ||||||
13 | is to meet by
taking
the podium and calling the members to | ||||||
14 | order. The President may call on any
member, or the | ||||||
15 | Secretary in case of perfunctory session, to open the | ||||||
16 | session.
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17 | (3) To announce the business before the Senate in the | ||||||
18 | order in which it is
to be acted upon.
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19 | (4) To recognize those members entitled to the floor.
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20 | (5) To state and put to vote all questions that are |
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1 | regularly moved or
that necessarily arise in the course of | ||||||
2 | the proceedings, and to announce the
result of the vote.
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3 | (6) To preserve order and decorum.
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4 | (7) To decide all points of order, subject to appeal, | ||||||
5 | and to speak thereon
in
preference to other members.
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6 | (8) To inform the Senate when necessary, or when any | ||||||
7 | question is raised,
on any point of order or practice | ||||||
8 | pertinent to the pending business.
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9 | (9) To sign or authenticate all acts, proceedings, or | ||||||
10 | orders of the
Senate. All writs, warrants, and subpoenas | ||||||
11 | issued by order of the Senate or one of its committees | ||||||
12 | shall
be signed by the President and attested by the | ||||||
13 | Secretary.
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14 | (10) To sign all bills passed by both chambers of the | ||||||
15 | General Assembly
in order to certify that the procedural | ||||||
16 | requirements for passage have been met.
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17 | (11) To have general supervision, including the duty to | ||||||
18 | protect the security
and safety, of the Senate chamber, | ||||||
19 | galleries, and adjoining and connecting
hallways and | ||||||
20 | passages, including the power to clear them when necessary.
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1 | (12) To have general supervision of the Secretary and | ||||||
2 | his or her assistants,
the Sergeant-at-Arms and his or her | ||||||
3 | assistants, the majority caucus staff, and
all employees of | ||||||
4 | the Senate except the minority caucus staff.
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5 | (13) To determine the number of majority caucus members | ||||||
6 | and minority caucus members to be appointed to all | ||||||
7 | committees, except the Committee on Assignments created by | ||||||
8 | Rule 3-5.
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9 | (14) To appoint or replace all majority caucus members | ||||||
10 | of committees and to designate
all Chairpersons, | ||||||
11 | Co-Chairpersons, and Vice-Chairpersons of committees, | ||||||
12 | except as the Senate
otherwise orders in accordance with | ||||||
13 | these Senate Rules.
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14 | (15) To enforce all constitutional provisions, | ||||||
15 | statutes, rules, and
regulations applicable to the Senate.
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16 | (16) To guide and direct the proceedings of the Senate | ||||||
17 | subject to the
control
and will of the members as provided | ||||||
18 | in these Senate Rules.
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19 | (17) To direct the Secretary during regular session, | ||||||
20 | veto session, special session, or perfunctory session to |
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1 | read into the Senate record legislative measures and other | ||||||
2 | papers.
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3 | (18) To direct the Secretary to correct | ||||||
4 | non-substantive errors in the
Journal.
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5 | (19) To assign meeting places and meeting times to | ||||||
6 | committees.
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7 | (20) To decide, subject to the control and will of the | ||||||
8 | members in accordance
with these Senate Rules, all | ||||||
9 | questions relating to the priority of business.
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10 | (21) To appoint a parliamentarian to serve at the | ||||||
11 | pleasure of the President.
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12 | (22) To promulgate forms for nominees subject to the | ||||||
13 | advice and consent of the Senate, for temporary appointment | ||||||
14 | messages, and for messages designating acting appointees.
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15 | (d) The President, at his or her discretion, may designate | ||||||
16 | from among those
members serving in the statutorily created | ||||||
17 | positions of assistant majority
leader, no more than one member | ||||||
18 | to serve as the Senate Majority Leader. The
Senate Majority | ||||||
19 | Leader shall serve at the pleasure of the President and shall
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20 | receive no additional compensation other than that provided |
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1 | statutorily for the
position of assistant majority leader.
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2 | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | ||||||
3 | the members
elected.
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4 | (Senate Rule 2-6)
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5 | 2-6. Powers and Duties of the Minority Leader.
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6 | (a) The Minority Leader
shall have those powers conferred | ||||||
7 | upon him or her by the Constitution, the laws
of Illinois, and | ||||||
8 | any motions or resolutions adopted by the Senate or jointly by
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9 | the Senate and House.
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10 | (b) The Minority Leader shall appoint to all committees the | ||||||
11 | members from the
minority caucus, and may replace those | ||||||
12 | members, and shall designate a Minority Spokesperson for each | ||||||
13 | committee,
except as the Senate otherwise orders in accordance | ||||||
14 | with these Senate
Rules.
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15 | (c) The Minority Leader shall have general supervision of | ||||||
16 | the minority
caucus staff.
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17 | (Senate Rule 2-7)
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18 | 2-7. Secretary of the Senate.
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19 | (a) The Senate shall elect a
Secretary, who may adopt | ||||||
20 | appropriate policies or procedures for the conduct of
his or | ||||||
21 | her office. Except where the authority is by law given to the |
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1 | Senate
Operations Commission, the President shall be the final | ||||||
2 | arbiter of any dispute
arising in connection with
the operation | ||||||
3 | of the Office of the Secretary.
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4 | (b) The duties of the Secretary shall include the | ||||||
5 | following:
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6 | (1) To have custody of all bills, papers, and records | ||||||
7 | of the Senate, which
shall not be taken out of the | ||||||
8 | Secretary's custody except in the regular course
of | ||||||
9 | business in the Senate.
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10 | (2) To endorse on every original bill and each copy its | ||||||
11 | number, names of
sponsors, the date of introduction, and | ||||||
12 | the several orders taken on it. When
printed, the names of | ||||||
13 | the sponsors shall appear on the front page of the bill
in | ||||||
14 | the same order they appeared when introduced.
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15 | (3) To cause each bill to be placed on the desks of the | ||||||
16 | members as soon as
it
is printed, or alternatively to | ||||||
17 | provide for a method that any Senator may
use to secure a | ||||||
18 | copy of any bill he or she desires.
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19 | (4) To keep the Journal of the proceedings of the | ||||||
20 | Senate and, under the
direction of the President, correct | ||||||
21 | errors in the Journal.
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1 | (5) To keep the transcripts of the debates of the | ||||||
2 | Senate and make them
available to the public under | ||||||
3 | reasonable conditions.
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4 | (6) To keep the necessary records for the Senate and | ||||||
5 | its committees and to
prepare the Senate Calendar for each | ||||||
6 | legislative day.
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7 | (7) To examine all Senate Bills and Constitutional | ||||||
8 | Amendment Resolutions
following Second Reading and prior | ||||||
9 | to final passage, for the purpose of
correcting any | ||||||
10 | non-substantive errors therein, and to report the same back | ||||||
11 | to
the President promptly; to supervise the enrolling and | ||||||
12 | engrossing of bills
and resolutions, subject to the | ||||||
13 | direction of the President; and to certify
passage
or | ||||||
14 | adoption of legislative measures, and to note thereon the | ||||||
15 | date of final
Senate action. Any corrections suggested to | ||||||
16 | the President by the Secretary,
and thereafter approved by | ||||||
17 | the Senate, shall be entered upon the Journal.
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18 | (8) To transmit bills, other documents, and other | ||||||
19 | messages to the House
and
secure a receipt therefor, and to | ||||||
20 | receive from the House bills, documents, and
receipts | ||||||
21 | therefor.
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1 | (9) To file with the Secretary of State those debate | ||||||
2 | transcripts and
Senate
documents as are required by law.
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3 | (10) To attend every session of the Senate; record the | ||||||
4 | roll and roll calls as directed by the Presiding Officer ; | ||||||
5 | and read into the Senate record legislative measures and | ||||||
6 | other papers as directed by the Presiding Officer.
Bills | ||||||
7 | shall be read
by title only. Upon initial reading, motions | ||||||
8 | may be read by title and sponsor
only.
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9 | (11) To supervise all Assistant Secretaries and other | ||||||
10 | employees of his or
her
office, as well as all committee | ||||||
11 | clerks in their capacity as committee clerks.
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12 | (12) To establish the format for all documents, forms, | ||||||
13 | and committee records
prepared by committee clerks.
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14 | (13) To perform those duties as assigned by the | ||||||
15 | President.
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16 | (Senate Rule 2-8)
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17 | 2-8. Assistant Secretary of the Senate. The Senate shall, | ||||||
18 | in a manner
consistent with the laws of Illinois, elect an | ||||||
19 | Assistant Secretary, who shall
perform those duties assigned to | ||||||
20 | him or her by the Secretary.
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1 | (Senate Rule 2-9)
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2 | 2-9. Sergeant-at-Arms. The Senate shall elect a
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3 | Sergeant-at-Arms who shall perform those duties assigned to him | ||||||
4 | or her by law,
or as are ordered by the President or Presiding | ||||||
5 | Officer. Such duties shall
include the following:
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6 | (1) To attend the Senate during its sessions and | ||||||
7 | execute the commands of
the
Senate, together with all | ||||||
8 | process issued by authority of the Senate, that are
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9 | directed to him or her by the President or Presiding | ||||||
10 | Officer.
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11 | (2) To maintain order among spectators admitted into | ||||||
12 | the Senate chambers,
galleries, and adjoining or | ||||||
13 | connecting hallways and passages.
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14 | (3) To take proper measures to prevent interruption of | ||||||
15 | the Senate.
| ||||||
16 | (4) To supervise any Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.
| ||||||
17 | (5) To perform those duties as assigned by the | ||||||
18 | President.
| ||||||
19 | (Senate Rule 2-10)
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20 | 2-10. Schedule.
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1 | (a) The President shall periodically establish a
schedule | ||||||
2 | of days on which the Senate shall convene in regular and veto | ||||||
3 | session,
with that schedule subject to revisions at the | ||||||
4 | discretion of the President.
The President may also at his or | ||||||
5 | her discretion schedule perfunctory sessions of the Senate. The | ||||||
6 | President may establish deadlines for the following
| ||||||
7 | legislative
actions:
| ||||||
8 | (1) Final day to request bills from the Legislative | ||||||
9 | Reference Bureau.
| ||||||
10 | (2) Final day for introduction of bills.
| ||||||
11 | (3) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | ||||||
12 | report Senate bills,
except Senate appropriations bills.
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13 | (4) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | ||||||
14 | report Senate
appropriation bills.
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15 | (5) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | ||||||
16 | bills, except Senate
appropriation bills.
| ||||||
17 | (6) Final day for Third Reading and passage of Senate | ||||||
18 | appropriation bills.
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19 | (7) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to |
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1 | report House
appropriation bills.
| ||||||
2 | (8) Final day for standing committees of the Senate to | ||||||
3 | report House bills,
except appropriation bills.
| ||||||
4 | (9) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
| ||||||
5 | appropriation bills.
| ||||||
6 | (10) Final day for Third Reading and passage of House
| ||||||
7 | non-appropriation bills.
| ||||||
8 | (b) The President may establish additional deadlines for | ||||||
9 | final action on
conference committee reports and any categories | ||||||
10 | of joint action motions.
| ||||||
11 | (c) The foregoing deadlines shall become effective upon | ||||||
12 | being filed by the
President with the Secretary. The Secretary | ||||||
13 | shall Journalize the deadlines.
| ||||||
14 | (d) At any time, the President may schedule alternative | ||||||
15 | deadlines for any legislative action
pursuant to written notice | ||||||
16 | filed with
the Secretary.
| ||||||
17 | (e) The President may schedule deadlines for any other | ||||||
18 | legislative measure as he or she deems appropriate pursuant to | ||||||
19 | written notice filed with the Secretary.
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1 | ARTICLE III
| ||||||
2 | COMMITTEES
| ||||||
3 | (Senate Rule 3-1)
| ||||||
4 | 3-1. Committees.
| ||||||
5 | (a) The committees of the Senate are: (i) the
standing | ||||||
6 | committees listed in Rule 3-4; (ii)
special committees created | ||||||
7 | by resolution or notice under Rule 3-3; and (iii)
special | ||||||
8 | subcommittees created by standing committees or by special | ||||||
9 | committees
under Rule 3-3. Subcommittees may not create | ||||||
10 | subcommittees.
| ||||||
11 | (b) All committees shall have a Chairperson and Minority | ||||||
12 | Spokesperson, who
shall not be of the same caucus, except as | ||||||
13 | provided in Rule 3-2.
Committees of the whole shall
consist of | ||||||
14 | all Senators. The number of majority caucus members and | ||||||
15 | minority
caucus members of all standing committees, and all | ||||||
16 | other committees unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate in | ||||||
17 | accordance with
these Senate Rules, shall be determined by the | ||||||
18 | President. The numbers of
majority caucus and minority caucus | ||||||
19 | members shall become final upon the
President filing with the | ||||||
20 | Secretary an appropriate notice, which shall be
Journalized.
| ||||||
21 | (c) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority |
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1 | to call the
committee to order, designate which legislative | ||||||
2 | measures that are assigned to the committee
shall be taken up, | ||||||
3 | order the roll call vote to be taken on each
legislative | ||||||
4 | measure called for a vote, preserve order and decorum during
| ||||||
5 | committee meetings, assign legislative measures to special | ||||||
6 | subcommittees of the parent committee, jointly sign and issue | ||||||
7 | subpoenas with the President, and implement and supervise the | ||||||
8 | business of the committee.
The
Vice-Chairperson of a committee | ||||||
9 | may preside over its meetings in the absence or
at
the
| ||||||
10 | direction of the Chairperson.
| ||||||
11 | (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the Chairperson or | ||||||
12 | Minority Spokesperson
position on a committee, occurs when a | ||||||
13 | member resigns from that
position or ceases to be a Senator. | ||||||
14 | Resignations shall be made in writing to
the Secretary, who | ||||||
15 | shall promptly notify the President and Minority Leader.
Absent | ||||||
16 | concurrence by a majority of those elected, or as otherwise | ||||||
17 | provided in
Rule 3-5, no member who resigns from a committee | ||||||
18 | shall be reappointed to that
committee for
the remainder of the | ||||||
19 | term. Replacement members shall be of the same caucus
as that | ||||||
20 | of the member who resigns, and shall be appointed by the
| ||||||
21 | President or Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the
| ||||||
22 | resigning member. In the case of vacancies on special | ||||||
23 | subcommittees that were
created by committees, any vacancy | ||||||
24 | shall be filled pursuant to the motion adopted to create the | ||||||
25 | subcommittee but if the motion does not specify how a vacancy |
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| |||||||
1 | is filled then the parent committee shall fill the vacancy by | ||||||
2 | motion.
| ||||||
3 | (e) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | ||||||
4 | to call meetings
of
that committee, subject to the approval of | ||||||
5 | the President in accordance with
Rule
2-5(c)(19). Except as | ||||||
6 | otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, committee
meetings | ||||||
7 | shall be convened in accordance with Rule
3-11.
| ||||||
8 | (Senate Rule 3-2)
| ||||||
9 | 3-2. Membership and Officers of Standing Committees.
| ||||||
10 | (a) At the
commencement of the term, the members of each | ||||||
11 | standing committee shall be
appointed for the term
by the | ||||||
12 | President and the Minority
Leader, except as provided in | ||||||
13 | subsection (c) of this Rule or in Rule 3-5. The
President shall | ||||||
14 | appoint the
Chairperson and the remaining
committee members of | ||||||
15 | the majority caucus (one of whom the President shall
designate | ||||||
16 | as Vice-Chairperson), and the Minority Leader shall appoint the
| ||||||
17 | Minority Spokesperson and the remaining committee members of | ||||||
18 | the minority
caucus, except as provided in paragraph (b) of | ||||||
19 | this Rule. The appointments
shall become immediately effective | ||||||
20 | upon the delivery
of
appropriate correspondence from each of | ||||||
21 | the respective leaders to the
Secretary, regardless of whether | ||||||
22 | the Senate is in session.
The Chairperson and Minority | ||||||
23 | Spokesperson shall serve at the pleasure of the
President or | ||||||
24 | Minority Leader, as the case may be. The Secretary shall
|
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| |||||||
1 | Journalize all appointments. A
standing committee is empowered | ||||||
2 | to conduct
business when a majority of the total number of | ||||||
3 | committee members has been
appointed.
| ||||||
4 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | ||||||
5 | Rules, the
President may appoint any two members to serve as | ||||||
6 | Co-Chairpersons of a
standing committee. Co-Chairpersons shall | ||||||
7 | not be of the same caucus
and shall serve at the pleasure of | ||||||
8 | the President.
A standing committee with Co-Chairpersons shall | ||||||
9 | not have a Minority
Spokesperson. For purposes of Section 1 of | ||||||
10 | the General Assembly Compensation
Act (25 ILCS 115/1),
one | ||||||
11 | Co-Chairperson shall be considered "chairman" and
the other | ||||||
12 | shall be considered "minority spokesperson". Co-Chairperson
| ||||||
13 | appointments shall become immediately
effective upon the | ||||||
14 | delivery of appropriate correspondence
from the President to | ||||||
15 | the Secretary, regardless of whether the Senate is
in session. | ||||||
16 | The Secretary shall Journalize all appointments.
| ||||||
17 | (c) To maintain the efficient operation of the Senate, any | ||||||
18 | committee member
may be temporarily replaced due to illness or | ||||||
19 | an unforeseen absence from the Capitol at the time of the | ||||||
20 | committee hearing. The temporary appointment is
effective upon | ||||||
21 | delivery of appropriate correspondence from the President or
| ||||||
22 | Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the member | ||||||
23 | affected, and shall
remain effective for the duration of the | ||||||
24 | illness or temporary absence from the Capitol. If the member |
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| |||||||
1 | returns to the Capitol while the committee is meeting, then the | ||||||
2 | temporary appointment shall remain effective until the | ||||||
3 | committee recesses or adjourns.
| ||||||
4 | (Senate Rule 3-3)
| ||||||
5 | 3-3. Special Committee and Subcommittees.
| ||||||
6 | (a) The Senate may create
special committees by resolution | ||||||
7 | adopted by a majority of those elected. The
President also may | ||||||
8 | create special committees by filing a notice of the creation
of | ||||||
9 | the special committee with the Secretary. The
appointed members | ||||||
10 | of a special committee shall be designated by the
President
and | ||||||
11 | the Minority Leader in the same manner outlined in Rule 3-2 | ||||||
12 | with respect to
standing committees.
| ||||||
13 | (b) A committee may create a special subcommittee by motion | ||||||
14 | adopted by a
majority of those appointed. The members of a | ||||||
15 | special subcommittee shall come
from the membership of the | ||||||
16 | creating committee, and shall be appointed in the
manner | ||||||
17 | determined by the creating committee.
| ||||||
18 | (c) The resolution, motion, or notice creating a special | ||||||
19 | committee or
special
subcommittee shall specify the subject | ||||||
20 | matter of the special committee or
subcommittee and the number | ||||||
21 | of members to be appointed thereto, and may specify
a
reporting | ||||||
22 | date during the term (in which event the special committee or
| ||||||
23 | subcommittee is abolished as of that date). Unless an earlier |
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| |||||||
1 | date is
specified by resolution, motion, or notice, special | ||||||
2 | committees and
subcommittees
shall expire at the end of the | ||||||
3 | term.
| ||||||
4 | (d) When the Senate is not in session, Special Temporary | ||||||
5 | Committees may be
created and appointed by the President. The | ||||||
6 | actions of the President and of
a Special Temporary Committee | ||||||
7 | shall stand as the action of the Senate unless
the action is | ||||||
8 | amended or modified on a roll call vote by a majority of
those | ||||||
9 | elected during the next day the Senate convenes.
| ||||||
10 | (e) In accordance with Section 1 of the General Assembly | ||||||
11 | Compensation Act
(25 ILCS 115/1), no Chairperson or Minority | ||||||
12 | Spokesperson of a committee created
under this Rule shall | ||||||
13 | receive additional compensation for such service.
| ||||||
14 | (Senate Rule 3-4)
| ||||||
15 | 3-4. Standing Committees. The Standing Committees of the | ||||||
16 | Senate are as
follows:
| ||||||
17 | AGRICULTURE
| ||||||
18 | APPROPRIATIONS I
| ||||||
19 | APPROPRIATIONS II
|
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1 | COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
| ||||||
2 | CRIMINAL LAW
| ||||||
3 | EDUCATION
| ||||||
4 | ENERGY AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
| ||||||
5 | ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
| ||||||
6 | EXECUTIVE
| ||||||
7 | EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
| ||||||
8 | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
| ||||||
9 | GAMING
| ||||||
10 | GOVERNMENT REFORM
| ||||||
11 | HUMAN SERVICES
| ||||||
12 | HIGHER EDUCATION
| ||||||
13 | INSURANCE
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | JUDICIARY
| ||||||
2 | LABOR
| ||||||
3 | LICENSED ACTIVITIES AND PENSIONS
| ||||||
4 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| ||||||
5 | PUBLIC HEALTH
| ||||||
6 | REVENUE
| ||||||
7 | STATE GOVERNMENT AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
| ||||||
8 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
| ||||||
9 | TRANSPORTATION
| ||||||
10 | VETERANS AFFAIRS
| ||||||
11 | (Senate Rule 3-5)
| ||||||
12 | 3-5. Service Committees.
| ||||||
13 | (a) In addition to the standing
committees, there is a | ||||||
14 | permanent service committee are 2 permanent service
committees | ||||||
15 | known as the "Committee on Assignments" and the "Committee on | ||||||
16 | Legislative Petitions" . The Committee on Assignments shall |
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1 | have those
powers and duties that are outlined in these Senate | ||||||
2 | Rules, as well as those
that may be periodically ordered in | ||||||
3 | accordance with these Senate
Rules. The Committee on | ||||||
4 | Legislative Petitions shall have those powers and duties | ||||||
5 | outlined in Senate Rule 3-14, as well as those that may be | ||||||
6 | periodically ordered in accordance with these Senate Rules.
| ||||||
7 | (b) The Committee on Assignments shall consist of five | ||||||
8 | members, three of whom shall
be
appointed by the President and | ||||||
9 | two of whom shall be appointed by the Minority
Leader. Both the | ||||||
10 | President and the Minority Leader shall be eligible to be
| ||||||
11 | appointed to the Committee on Assignments. The Committee on | ||||||
12 | Assignments shall be empowered to
conduct business when a | ||||||
13 | majority of the total number of its members has been
appointed.
| ||||||
14 | (c) The majority caucus members of the Committee on | ||||||
15 | Assignments shall serve at the
pleasure of the President, and | ||||||
16 | the minority caucus members shall serve at the
pleasure of the | ||||||
17 | Minority Leader. Appointments thereto shall be by notice filed
| ||||||
18 | with the Secretary, and shall be effective for the balance of | ||||||
19 | the term or until
a replacement appointment is made, whichever | ||||||
20 | first occurs. Appointments shall
take effect upon filing with | ||||||
21 | the Secretary regardless of whether the
Senate is in session. | ||||||
22 | Notwithstanding any other provision of these
Senate Rules, any | ||||||
23 | Senator who is replaced on the Committee on Assignments may be
| ||||||
24 | reappointed to the Committee on Assignments without |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | concurrence of the Senate.
| ||||||
2 | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | ||||||
3 | Rules, the
Committee on Assignments and the Committee on | ||||||
4 | Legislative Petitions may meet upon reasonable public notice. | ||||||
5 | All legislative measures
pending before
the Committee on | ||||||
6 | Assignments or Legislative Petitions pending before the | ||||||
7 | Committee on Legislative Petitions shall be eligible for | ||||||
8 | consideration at any meeting thereof,
and
all such legislative | ||||||
9 | measures shall be deemed posted for hearing by the
Committee on | ||||||
10 | Assignments for all of its meetings.
| ||||||
11 | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | ||||||
12 | the members
elected.
| ||||||
13 | (Senate Rule 3-6)
| ||||||
14 | 3-6. Referrals of Resolutions, Messages, and | ||||||
15 | Reorganization Orders.
| ||||||
16 | (a) All resolutions, after being initially read by the | ||||||
17 | Secretary, shall be
automatically referred to the Committee on | ||||||
18 | Assignments unless the
Presiding Officer
determines that the | ||||||
19 | resolution is a death resolution and
orders that the
resolution | ||||||
20 | be placed on the
Resolutions Consent Calendar. Resolutions | ||||||
21 | determined by the Committee on Assignments to
be of a | ||||||
22 | non-substantive, commemorative, or congratulatory nature shall | ||||||
23 | be
returned to the principal sponsor for action pursuant to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Rule 6-4. No
resolution may be placed on the
Resolutions
| ||||||
2 | Consent Calendar if any member objects.
| ||||||
3 | (b) All messages from the Governor or any other executive | ||||||
4 | branch
Constitutional Officer or other appointing authority | ||||||
5 | regarding appointments that require confirmation by the
Senate | ||||||
6 | shall, after having been initially read by the Secretary,
| ||||||
7 | automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments.
| ||||||
8 | (c) All executive reorganization orders of the Governor | ||||||
9 | issued pursuant to
Article V, Section 11 of the Constitution, | ||||||
10 | after being read into the
record by the Secretary, shall | ||||||
11 | automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments
for
| ||||||
12 | its referral to a committee, the latter of which may issue a
| ||||||
13 | recommendation to the Senate with respect to the executive | ||||||
14 | order.
The Senate may disapprove of any executive order only by | ||||||
15 | resolution
adopted by a majority of those elected; no such | ||||||
16 | resolution is in order
until a committee has reported to the | ||||||
17 | Senate on the executive
reorganization, or until the executive | ||||||
18 | order has been discharged pursuant to
Rule 7-9.
| ||||||
19 | (Senate Rule 3-7)
| ||||||
20 | 3-7. Committee on Assignments.
| ||||||
21 | (a) The Committee on Assignments may consider any
| ||||||
22 | legislative measure referred to it pursuant to Rules 3-6, 3-8 | ||||||
23 | and 3-9, by
motion or
resolution, or by order of the Presiding |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Officer upon initial reading. The
Committee on Assignments may, | ||||||
2 | with the concurrence of a majority of those appointed,
sponsor | ||||||
3 | motions or resolutions; notwithstanding any other provision of | ||||||
4 | these
Senate Rules, any motion or resolution sponsored by the | ||||||
5 | Committee on Assignments may be
immediately considered by the | ||||||
6 | Senate without reference to a committee.
| ||||||
7 | (b) During even-numbered years, the Committee on | ||||||
8 | Assignments shall refer to a
committee of the Senate only | ||||||
9 | appropriation bills implementing the
budget and other | ||||||
10 | legislative measures deemed by the
Committee on Assignments
to | ||||||
11 | be of an emergency nature or
to be of substantial importance to | ||||||
12 | the operation of government. This
subsection (b) applies | ||||||
13 | equally to Senate Bills and House Bills introduced
into or | ||||||
14 | received by the Senate.
| ||||||
15 | (Senate Rule 3-8)
| ||||||
16 | 3-8. Referrals to Committees.
| ||||||
17 | (a) All Senate Bills and House Bills shall,
after having | ||||||
18 | been initially read by the Secretary, be automatically
referred | ||||||
19 | to the Committee on Assignments, which may thereafter refer any | ||||||
20 | bill
before it to a committee. The Committee on Assignments may | ||||||
21 | refer any
resolution before it to a committee. No bill or | ||||||
22 | resolution may be
referred to a
committee except pursuant to | ||||||
23 | this Rule or Rule 7-17. A standing
or special committee may | ||||||
24 | refer a matter pending in that committee to a special
|
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| |||||||
1 | subcommittee of
that committee.
| ||||||
2 | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final | ||||||
3 | action, and
conference committee reports shall, upon filing | ||||||
4 | with
the Secretary, be automatically referred to the Committee | ||||||
5 | on Assignments. No such
amendment, joint action motion,
or | ||||||
6 | conference committee report may be considered by the Senate | ||||||
7 | unless approved
for consideration by the
Committee on | ||||||
8 | Assignments. The Committee on Assignments may approve for | ||||||
9 | consideration to the
Senate any floor amendment, joint
action | ||||||
10 | motion for final action, or conference committee report that: | ||||||
11 | (i)
consists of language that has previously been
favorably | ||||||
12 | reported to the Senate by a committee; (ii) consists of | ||||||
13 | technical or
clarifying language; or (iii) consists of
language | ||||||
14 | deemed by the Committee on Assignments to be of an emergency | ||||||
15 | nature, of
substantial importance to the operation of | ||||||
16 | government, or in the best interests
of Illinois. The Committee | ||||||
17 | on Assignments may refer any floor amendment, joint action
| ||||||
18 | motion for final action, or conference committee report to a | ||||||
19 | committee
for
its review and consideration (in those instances, | ||||||
20 | and notwithstanding any other
provision of these Senate Rules, | ||||||
21 | the committee may
hold a hearing on and consider those | ||||||
22 | legislative measures pursuant to one-hour
advance notice). Any | ||||||
23 | floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, or
| ||||||
24 | conference committee report that is not
approved for | ||||||
25 | consideration or referred by the Committee on Assignments, and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | is attempted
to be acted upon by a committee shall be out of | ||||||
2 | order, except as provided for
under
Rule 8-4.
| ||||||
3 | (b-1) A floor amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | ||||||
4 | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | ||||||
5 | from which the bill was reported (or to another standing | ||||||
6 | committee as the Committee on Assignments may determine) upon | ||||||
7 | adjournment of the Senate on the third regular session day | ||||||
8 | following the day on which the floor amendment was filed, | ||||||
9 | unless (i) the Committee on Assignments referred the floor | ||||||
10 | amendment to a standing committee or acted on the floor | ||||||
11 | amendment in the first instance and referred it to the Senate | ||||||
12 | for consideration; (ii) the bill is no longer pending before | ||||||
13 | the Senate; (iii) the floor amendment deals with the subject of | ||||||
14 | appropriations or State revenue; or (iv) the Committee on | ||||||
15 | Assignments has determined by a majority vote that the floor | ||||||
16 | amendment substantively alters the nature and scope of the | ||||||
17 | underlying bill. If the Committee on Assignments makes a | ||||||
18 | determination under item (iv) of this subsection, then the | ||||||
19 | Committee on Assignments may, in its discretion, (A) refer the | ||||||
20 | floor amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | ||||||
21 | floor amendment to any other committee.
| ||||||
22 | (c) All committee amendments shall, upon filing with the | ||||||
23 | Secretary, be
automatically referred to the Committee on | ||||||
24 | Assignments. No committee amendment may be
considered by a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | committee unless the committee amendment is referred to the
| ||||||
2 | committee by the
Committee on Assignments and the committee | ||||||
3 | amendment has first been made available electronically or | ||||||
4 | otherwise for not less than one hour. Any committee amendment | ||||||
5 | referred by the
Committee on Assignments shall be referred
to | ||||||
6 | the committee before which the underlying bill or resolution is
| ||||||
7 | pending.
Any committee amendment that is not referred by the
| ||||||
8 | Committee on Assignments to a committee, and is attempted to be | ||||||
9 | acted upon by a committee
shall be out of order.
| ||||||
10 | (c-1) A committee amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | ||||||
11 | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | ||||||
12 | to which the bill was assigned upon adjournment of the Senate | ||||||
13 | on the third regular session day following the day on which the | ||||||
14 | committee amendment was filed, unless (i) the Committee on | ||||||
15 | Assignments referred the committee amendment to the standing | ||||||
16 | committee to which the bill was assigned; (ii) the bill is no | ||||||
17 | longer pending before the committee; (iii) the committee | ||||||
18 | amendment deals with the subject of appropriations or State | ||||||
19 | revenue; or (iv) the Committee on Assignments has determined by | ||||||
20 | a majority vote that the committee amendment substantively | ||||||
21 | alters the nature and scope of the underlying bill. If the | ||||||
22 | Committee on Assignments makes a determination under item (iv) | ||||||
23 | of this subsection, then the Committee on Assignments may, in | ||||||
24 | its discretion, (A) refer both the bill and the committee | ||||||
25 | amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | committee amendment to any other committee.
| ||||||
2 | (d) The Committee on Assignments may at any time re-refer a | ||||||
3 | legislative measure from
a committee to a Committee of the | ||||||
4 | Whole or to any other committee.
| ||||||
5 | (d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | ||||||
6 | Rules, any bill pending before the Committee on Assignments | ||||||
7 | shall be immediately referred to the indicated standing | ||||||
8 | committee if the chief sponsor of the bill files a discharge | ||||||
9 | motion for that bill that is signed by no less than | ||||||
10 | three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority | ||||||
11 | caucus, and each of the members signing the discharge motion is | ||||||
12 | a sponsor of the bill. This subsection does not apply to bills | ||||||
13 | dealing with the subject of appropriations or State revenue.
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14 | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | ||||||
15 | the members
elected.
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16 | (Senate Rule 3-9)
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17 | 3-9. Re-Referrals to the Committee on Assignments.
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18 | (a) All legislative
measures, with the exception of | ||||||
19 | resolutions to amend the State Constitution and Legislative | ||||||
20 | Petitions,
that have
failed to meet the applicable deadline | ||||||
21 | established in accordance with Rule 2-10
for reporting to the | ||||||
22 | Senate by a standing committee shall automatically be
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1 | re-referred to the Committee on Assignments unless: (i) the | ||||||
2 | deadline has been
suspended
pursuant to Rule 7-17, with | ||||||
3 | re-referral to the Committee on Assignments to occur if the
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4 | bill has not been reported to the Senate in accordance with the | ||||||
5 | revised
deadline; or (ii) the Committee on Assignments has | ||||||
6 | issued a written exception to the
Secretary with respect to a | ||||||
7 | particular bill prior to the reporting deadline,
with | ||||||
8 | re-referral to occur, if at all, in accordance with the written
| ||||||
9 | exception. Should the President in accordance with Rule 2-10 | ||||||
10 | establish
deadlines for action on joint action motions or | ||||||
11 | conference
committee reports, the foregoing re-referral
| ||||||
12 | provisions and exceptions shall apply with respect to those | ||||||
13 | legislative
measures
that fail to meet those deadlines.
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14 | (b) All legislative measures, with the exception of | ||||||
15 | resolutions to amend the
State Constitution and Appointment | ||||||
16 | Messages, pending before the Senate or any of its committees | ||||||
17 | shall
automatically be re-referred to the Committee on | ||||||
18 | Assignments on the 31st consecutive day
that the Senate has not | ||||||
19 | convened for session unless: (i) this Rule has been
suspended | ||||||
20 | in accordance with Rule 7-17; or (ii) the Committee on | ||||||
21 | Assignments has issued
a written exception to the Secretary | ||||||
22 | prior to that 31st day.
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23 | (Senate Rule 3-10)
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24 | 3-10. Reporting by Committees. Committees shall report to |
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1 | the Senate, and
subcommittees shall report to their parent | ||||||
2 | committees.
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3 | (Senate Rule 3-11)
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4 | 3-11. Committee Procedure.
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5 | (a) A committee may consider any
legislative measure | ||||||
6 | referred to it and may make with respect to that
legislative | ||||||
7 | measure one of the following reports to the Senate or to the | ||||||
8 | parent
committee, as appropriate:
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9 | (1) that the bill "do pass";
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10 | (2) that the bill "do not pass";
| ||||||
11 | (3) that the bill "do pass as amended";
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12 | (4) that the bill "do not pass as amended";
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13 | (5) that the resolution "be adopted";
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14 | (6) that the resolution "be not adopted";
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15 | (7) that the resolution "be adopted as amended";
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16 | (8) that the resolution "be not adopted as amended";
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1 | (9) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, or | ||||||
2 | conference committee
report "recommend do adopt";
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3 | (10) that the floor amendment, joint action motion, or | ||||||
4 | conference committee
report "recommend do not adopt";
| ||||||
5 | (11) "without recommendation";
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6 | (12) that the legislative measure "be re-referred to | ||||||
7 | the Committee on Assignments";
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8 | (13) that the Appointment Message be reported "do | ||||||
9 | recommend advise and consent"; or
| ||||||
10 | (14) that the Appointment Message be reported "do not | ||||||
11 | recommend advise and consent".
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12 | Any of the foregoing reports may only be made upon the | ||||||
13 | concurrence of a
majority of those appointed. All legislative | ||||||
14 | measures reported "do pass", "do
pass as amended", "be | ||||||
15 | adopted", "be adopted as amended", or "be approved for
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16 | consideration" shall be deemed favorably reported to the | ||||||
17 | Senate. All Appointment Messages reported "do recommend advise | ||||||
18 | and consent", "do not recommend advise and consent", or | ||||||
19 | "without recommendation" shall be deemed reported to the | ||||||
20 | Senate. Except as
otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, any |
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1 | legislative measure referred to a
committee and not reported | ||||||
2 | pursuant to this Rule shall remain in that
committee. Pursuant | ||||||
3 | to Rules 3-11(g) and 7-10, a committee may report a
legislative | ||||||
4 | measure as tabled.
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5 | (b) No bill that provides for an appropriation or | ||||||
6 | expenditure of money from
the State Treasury may be considered | ||||||
7 | for passage by the Senate unless it has
first been reported to | ||||||
8 | the Senate by an Appropriations Committee, unless:
| ||||||
9 | (1) the bill was discharged from an Appropriations | ||||||
10 | Committee in accordance
with Rule 7-9;
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11 | (2) the bill was exempted from this requirement by a | ||||||
12 | majority of those
appointed to the Committee on | ||||||
13 | Assignments; or
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14 | (3) this Rule was suspended in accordance with Rule | ||||||
15 | 7-17.
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16 | (c) The Chairperson of each committee shall keep, or cause | ||||||
17 | to be kept, a
record in which there shall be entered:
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18 | (1) The time and place of each meeting of the | ||||||
19 | committee.
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1 | (2) The attendance of committee members at each | ||||||
2 | meeting.
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3 | (3) The votes cast by the committee members on all | ||||||
4 | legislative measures
acted
upon by the committee.
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5 | (4) All witness slips that may have been presented to | ||||||
6 | the committee.
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7 | (5) Such additional information as may be requested by | ||||||
8 | the Secretary.
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9 | (d) The committee Chairperson shall file with the | ||||||
10 | Secretary, along with
every
bill or resolution reported upon, a | ||||||
11 | sheet containing such information as is
required by the | ||||||
12 | Secretary. The Secretary may adopt forms, policies, and
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13 | procedures with respect to the preparation, filing, and | ||||||
14 | maintenance of these
reports.
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15 | (e) Except as provided in Rule 3-5 or 3-8 or unless this | ||||||
16 | Rule is suspended
pursuant
to Rule 7-17, no committee may | ||||||
17 | consider or conduct a hearing with respect to a
legislative | ||||||
18 | measure absent notice first being given as follows:
| ||||||
19 | (1) The Chairperson of the committee shall, no later | ||||||
20 | than six days before
any proposed hearing, post a notice on |
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1 | the Senate bulletin board, or electronically make the | ||||||
2 | notice available, identifying
each legislative measure | ||||||
3 | that may be considered during that hearing. The
notice | ||||||
4 | shall contain the day, hour, and place of the hearing.
| ||||||
5 | (2) Meetings of the Committee on Assignments may be | ||||||
6 | called pursuant to Rule 3-5;
meetings of committees to | ||||||
7 | consider floor amendments, joint action
motions, and | ||||||
8 | conference committee reports may be called pursuant to Rule | ||||||
9 | 3-8.
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10 | (3) The Chairperson shall, in advance of a committee | ||||||
11 | hearing, notify all
principal sponsors of legislative | ||||||
12 | measures posted for hearing of the date,
time, and place of | ||||||
13 | hearing. When practicable, the Secretary shall include a
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14 | notice of all scheduled hearings, together with all posted | ||||||
15 | bills and
resolutions, in the Daily Calendar of the Senate.
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16 | Irrespective of whether a legislative measure has been posted | ||||||
17 | for
hearing, it shall be in order for a committee during any of | ||||||
18 | its meetings to
refer that legislative measure pending before | ||||||
19 | it to a subcommittee of that
committee.
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20 | (f) Other than the Committee on Assignments and properly | ||||||
21 | convened committees as permitted by Rule 4-1(c) , no committee | ||||||
22 | may meet during any session
of the Senate, and no
commission
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1 | created by Illinois law that has legislative membership may | ||||||
2 | meet during any
session of the Senate. A perfunctory session is | ||||||
3 | not deemed to be a session for the purposes of this provision.
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4 | (g) Regardless of whether notice has been previously given, | ||||||
5 | it is
always in order for a committee to order any legislative | ||||||
6 | measure pending
before it to lie on the table when the | ||||||
7 | principal sponsor so requests. When
reported to the Senate, | ||||||
8 | such committee action shall stand as the action of the
Senate.
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9 | (h) When a committee fails to report a legislative measure | ||||||
10 | pending before
it
to the Senate, or when a committee fails to | ||||||
11 | hold a public hearing on a
legislative measure pending before | ||||||
12 | it, the exclusive means of bringing
that
legislative measure | ||||||
13 | directly before the Senate for its consideration is
pursuant to | ||||||
14 | Rule
7-9.
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15 | (i) No legislative measure may be called for a vote in | ||||||
16 | committee in the
absence of the principal sponsor, except that, | ||||||
17 | with the approval of the principal sponsor and the consent of | ||||||
18 | the committee, a legislative measure may be called for a vote | ||||||
19 | in committee by a chief cosponsor of the legislative measure or | ||||||
20 | by a member of the same caucus as the principal sponsor who is | ||||||
21 | either the Committee Chairperson, Committee Co-Chairperson, | ||||||
22 | Committee Vice-Chairperson, or Minority Spokesperson.
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1 | (j) A committee may conduct a legislative investigation | ||||||
2 | with regard to legislative measures pending before the | ||||||
3 | committee.
| ||||||
4 | (Senate Rule 3-12)
| ||||||
5 | 3-12. Committee Reports.
| ||||||
6 | (a) All bills favorably reported to the
Senate
from a | ||||||
7 | committee, or with respect to which a committee has been | ||||||
8 | discharged,
shall stand on the order of Second Reading unless | ||||||
9 | otherwise ordered by the
Senate, and may be amended only on | ||||||
10 | Second Reading. Bills reported to the
Senate from committee "do | ||||||
11 | not pass", "do not pass as amended", or "without | ||||||
12 | recommendation"
shall lie on
the table.
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13 | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions, and | ||||||
14 | conference committee
reports favorably reported to the Senate | ||||||
15 | from a committee shall be before the
Senate and eligible for | ||||||
16 | consideration by the Senate when it is on an
appropriate order | ||||||
17 | of business (floor amendments may be considered
by the Senate | ||||||
18 | only when the bill to be amended is on Second
Reading). All | ||||||
19 | floor
amendments, joint action motions, and conference | ||||||
20 | committee reports that are
reported to the Senate from | ||||||
21 | committee "recommend do not adopt" or "without recommendation" | ||||||
22 | shall lie on the table.
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23 | (c) All resolutions favorably reported to the Senate from a |
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1 | committee, or
with respect to which a committee has been | ||||||
2 | discharged, shall stand on the order
of Resolutions. All | ||||||
3 | resolutions that are reported to the Senate from committee
"be | ||||||
4 | not adopted", "be not adopted as amended", or "without | ||||||
5 | recommendation"
shall
lie on the table. Floor amendments to | ||||||
6 | resolutions shall be subject to the same
procedure applicable | ||||||
7 | to floor amendments to bills.
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8 | (d) All Appointment Messages reported to the Senate from a | ||||||
9 | committee, or with respect to which a committee has been | ||||||
10 | discharged, shall stand on the order of Executive Appointments.
| ||||||
11 | (Senate Rule 3-13)
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12 | 3-13. Witnesses, Oaths, Affirmations, and Subpoenas.
| ||||||
13 | (a) Standing committees may administer oaths (or | ||||||
14 | affirmations) and may compel,
by subpoena, any person or entity | ||||||
15 | to (i) appear and give testimony as a witness before the
| ||||||
16 | standing committee, (ii) produce papers, documents, and other
| ||||||
17 | materials relating to a legislative measure pending before the | ||||||
18 | standing
committee or a subject matter within the jurisdiction | ||||||
19 | of the standing
committee, or (iii) do both (i) and (ii).
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20 | (b) Special committees may administer oaths (or | ||||||
21 | affirmations) and may compel,
by subpoena, any person or entity | ||||||
22 | to (i) appear and give testimony before the special
committee, | ||||||
23 | (ii) produce papers, documents, and other materials
relating
to |
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1 | the subject matter for which the special committee was created | ||||||
2 | or relating
to a legislative measure pending before the special | ||||||
3 | committee, or (iii) do both (i) and (ii).
| ||||||
4 | (c) A committee of the whole may administer oaths (or | ||||||
5 | affirmations) and may compel, by
subpoena, any person or entity | ||||||
6 | to (i) appear and give testimony before the committee of the
| ||||||
7 | whole, (ii) produce papers, documents, and other materials | ||||||
8 | relating to the
subject matter for which the committee of the | ||||||
9 | whole was created or relating to
a legislative measure pending | ||||||
10 | before the committee of the whole, or (iii) do both (i) and | ||||||
11 | (ii).
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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.
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15 | (e) Subpoenas issued under this Rule must be issued and | ||||||
16 | signed by the
Chairperson of the committee and must comply with | ||||||
17 | Rule 2-5(c)(9).
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18 | (f) A subpoena may specify terms and times of production | ||||||
19 | other than at a meeting or hearing of the committee issuing the | ||||||
20 | subpoena.
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21 | (g) A subpoenaed witness has all the rights and privileges |
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1 | afforded him or her under the rules, laws, and constitution of | ||||||
2 | the State of Illinois.
| ||||||
3 | (h) A witness who gives testimony under subpoena has a | ||||||
4 | right to counsel of his or her own choosing.
| ||||||
5 | (i) A witness who gives testimony under subpoena may be | ||||||
6 | compensated for travel expenses to the same extent as | ||||||
7 | legislators and legislative employees under the Rules of the | ||||||
8 | Legislative Travel Control Board.
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9 | (j) The President and the Chairperson of the committee | ||||||
10 | issuing a subpoena each have standing to enforce the subpoena | ||||||
11 | in any court of competent jurisdiction within the State of | ||||||
12 | Illinois, and seek enforcement remedies recognized under the | ||||||
13 | rules, laws, and constitution of the State of Illinois.
| ||||||
14 | (k) In the case of
special committees with
Co-Chairpersons | ||||||
15 | from different political parties, the term "Chairperson" for
| ||||||
16 | purposes of this Rule means the Co-Chairperson from the | ||||||
17 | majority caucus.
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18 | (Senate Rule 3-14) | ||||||
19 | 3-14. (Blank). Legislative Petitions. | ||||||
20 | (a) The Senate recognizes that the people of Illinois have | ||||||
21 | a right to petition their government to make known their |
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1 | opinions and to apply for redress of grievances, and encourages | ||||||
2 | them to do so. For that reason, the Senate hereby creates a | ||||||
3 | process by which the people may propose legislative action | ||||||
4 | through the filing of petitions. | ||||||
5 | (b) The people may submit these petitions to any Senator or | ||||||
6 | to the Chairperson of the Committee on Legislative Petitions. | ||||||
7 | (c) Any petition submitted shall succinctly state the | ||||||
8 | relevant subject matter, the underlying factual circumstances, | ||||||
9 | and a proposed legislative remedy. The petition shall also | ||||||
10 | contain the signatures of at least ten Illinois residents (in | ||||||
11 | print or electronic format). At least one original petition and | ||||||
12 | one copy must be presented to the Senator or Chairperson of the | ||||||
13 | Committee. | ||||||
14 | (d) Upon receipt of a petition, a member may file a | ||||||
15 | Legislative Petition with the Secretary of the Senate. Each | ||||||
16 | Legislative Petition shall have one principal sponsor whose | ||||||
17 | name shall appear on the Legislative Petition and may be joined | ||||||
18 | by no more than four chief cosponsors with the approval of the | ||||||
19 | principal sponsor; other cosponsors shall be separated from the | ||||||
20 | principal sponsor and any chief cosponsor by a comma. All | ||||||
21 | Legislative Petitions introduced into the Senate shall be | ||||||
22 | accompanied by the original petition received by the Senator | ||||||
23 | and eight copies of the petition drafted by the Legislative |
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1 | Reference Bureau. The Secretary shall retain the original | ||||||
2 | petition for archive purposes. | ||||||
3 | (e) All Legislative Petitions shall be drafted by the | ||||||
4 | Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided in | ||||||
5 | this Rule. | ||||||
6 | (f) Legislative Petitions submitted shall be assigned a | ||||||
7 | sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating | ||||||
8 | the order in which they were received and read into the Senate | ||||||
9 | record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the | ||||||
10 | Senate President. A Legislative Petition is received by the | ||||||
11 | Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned a | ||||||
12 | sequential number. | ||||||
13 | (g) All Legislative Petitions shall, after having been read | ||||||
14 | into the Senate record, be automatically referred to the | ||||||
15 | Committee on Legislative Petitions. | ||||||
16 | (h) A Legislative Petition that does not conform to the | ||||||
17 | requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the | ||||||
18 | President of the Senate, (i) be ruled non-compliant and out of | ||||||
19 | order, and (ii) be returned by the Secretary of the Senate to | ||||||
20 | the Senator who filed it.
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21 | (i) A Legislative Petition shall be unamendable, and any |
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1 | Legislative Petition pending when the Senate adjourns sine die | ||||||
2 | shall not carry over into the next General Assembly.
| ||||||
3 | (j) Form.
| ||||||
4 | SENATE PETITION | ||||||
5 | The undersigned petitioner, individually and on behalf of those | ||||||
6 | residents of the State of Illinois supporting this petition, | ||||||
7 | hereby petitions the Chairperson and Members of the Senate | ||||||
8 | Committee on Legislative Petitions to hold one or more public | ||||||
9 | hearings to consider whether the following proposal should be | ||||||
10 | introduced as legislation in the Illinois State Senate: | ||||||
11 | Primary Petitioner: (Insert name of first person signing | ||||||
12 | petition) | ||||||
13 | Brief Summary of Proposal: (Insert Summary) | ||||||
14 | Summary provided by petitioner and reproduced without | ||||||
15 | alteration. | ||||||
16 | Detailed Description of Proposal: (Insert Description or | ||||||
17 | Specify "Not Provided") |
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1 | Description provided by petitioner and reproduced without | ||||||
2 | alteration. | ||||||
3 | (Senate Rule 3-15) | ||||||
4 | 3-15. (Blank). Committee on Legislative Petitions. | ||||||
5 | (a) In addition to standing committees and the Committee on | ||||||
6 | Assignments, there shall be a permanent service committee known | ||||||
7 | as the "Committee on Legislative Petitions". The Committee on | ||||||
8 | Legislative Petitions shall have those powers and duties that | ||||||
9 | are outlined in these Senate Rules, as well as those that may | ||||||
10 | be periodically ordered in accordance with these Senate Rules. | ||||||
11 | (b) The appointed members of the Committee on Legislative | ||||||
12 | Petitions shall be designated by the President and the Minority | ||||||
13 | Leader in the same manner outlined in Rule 3-2 with respect to | ||||||
14 | standing committees. In accordance with Section 1 of the | ||||||
15 | General Assembly Compensation Act (25 ILCS 115/1), no | ||||||
16 | Chairperson or Minority Spokesperson of the Committee on | ||||||
17 | Legislative Petitions shall receive additional compensation | ||||||
18 | for his or her service. The Committee may create subcommittees | ||||||
19 | under Rule 3-3. | ||||||
20 | (c) It shall be the duty of the Committee on Legislative | ||||||
21 | Petitions to consider petitions for legislation submitted to | ||||||
22 | the Senate under these Senate Rules. After conducting one or | ||||||
23 | more public hearings and receiving testimony, the Committee on |
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1 | Legislative Petitions may, by a majority of those appointed, | ||||||
2 | issue a report to the full Senate outlining the testimony | ||||||
3 | received, the positions of any witnesses, and any | ||||||
4 | recommendations made by Committee members regarding the | ||||||
5 | petition.
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6 | ARTICLE IV
| ||||||
7 | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
| ||||||
8 | (Senate Rule 4-1)
| ||||||
9 | 4-1. Sessions of the Senate.
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10 | (a) The Senate shall be deemed in session
whenever it | ||||||
11 | convenes in perfunctory session, regular session, veto | ||||||
12 | session, or
special session. Members shall be entitled to per | ||||||
13 | diem expense reimbursements
only on those regular, veto, and | ||||||
14 | special session days that they are in
attendance at the Senate. | ||||||
15 | Attendance by members is not required or
recorded during | ||||||
16 | perfunctory sessions.
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17 | (b) Regular and veto session days shall be scheduled with | ||||||
18 | notice by the
President in accordance with Rule 2-10. Special | ||||||
19 | session days
shall be scheduled in accordance with the | ||||||
20 | Constitution and laws of Illinois.
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21 | (c) The President, at his or her discretion, may schedule |
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1 | perfunctory
sessions
during which the Secretary may read into | ||||||
2 | the Senate record any
legislative measure. Properly convened | ||||||
3 | committees may meet and may consider
and act upon legislative | ||||||
4 | measures during a perfunctory
session, and the Secretary may | ||||||
5 | receive and read committee reports into the
Senate record | ||||||
6 | during a perfunctory session. Excepting any automatic referral
| ||||||
7 | provisions of these Senate Rules, no action may be taken by the
| ||||||
8 | Senate with
respect to a legislative measure during a | ||||||
9 | perfunctory session.
| ||||||
10 | (d) The President may also schedule perfunctory sessions | ||||||
11 | for the purpose
of affording those members designated by the | ||||||
12 | President and Minority Leader an
opportunity to negotiate with | ||||||
13 | respect to any unfinished business of the Senate
without | ||||||
14 | necessitating the presence of all members and the related costs | ||||||
15 | to
Illinois taxpayers.
| ||||||
16 | (Senate Rule 4-2)
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17 | 4-2. Hour of Meeting. Unless otherwise ordered by the | ||||||
18 | Presiding Officer
or by a majority of those elected, the Senate | ||||||
19 | shall regularly convene at noon.
| ||||||
20 | (Senate Rule 4-3)
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21 | 4-3. Entitled to Floor.
| ||||||
22 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in these Senate Rules, | ||||||
23 | only
the following persons shall be admitted to the Senate |
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1 | while it is in session:
members and officers of the General | ||||||
2 | Assembly; elected officers of the executive
branch; justices of | ||||||
3 | the Supreme Court; the designated aides to the Governor; the
| ||||||
4 | parliamentarian; majority staff members and minority staff | ||||||
5 | members, except as
limited by the Presiding Officer; former | ||||||
6 | Presidents of
the Senate, except as limited by the President or | ||||||
7 | prohibited under subsection
(d); former members who served in | ||||||
8 | the Senate at any time during the past four
years, except as | ||||||
9 | limited by the President or prohibited under subsection (d);
| ||||||
10 | and employees of the Legislative Reference Bureau and the | ||||||
11 | Legislative Information System, except as limited by the
| ||||||
12 | President. Representatives of the press, while the Senate is in | ||||||
13 | session, may
have access to the galleries and places allotted | ||||||
14 | to them by the President. No
person is entitled to the floor | ||||||
15 | unless appropriately attired.
| ||||||
16 | (b) On days during which the Senate is in session, the
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17 | Sergeant-at-Arms
shall clear the floor of all persons not | ||||||
18 | entitled to access the floor a quarter
hour before the | ||||||
19 | convening time, and he or she shall enforce all
other | ||||||
20 | provisions of this Rule.
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21 | (c) The Senate may authorize, by motion adopted by majority | ||||||
22 | vote, the
admission to the floor of any
other person, except as | ||||||
23 | prohibited under subsection (d).
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1 | (d) No person who is directly or indirectly interested in | ||||||
2 | defeating or
promoting any pending legislative measure, if | ||||||
3 | required to be registered as a
lobbyist, is allowed access to | ||||||
4 | the floor of the Senate at any time during
the session.
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5 | (e) When he or she deems it necessary for the preservation | ||||||
6 | of order, the
Presiding Officer may by order remove any person | ||||||
7 | from the floor of the Senate.
A Senator may be removed from the | ||||||
8 | floor only pursuant to Rule 11-1.
| ||||||
9 | (Senate Rule 4-4)
| ||||||
10 | 4-4. Daily Order. Unless otherwise determined by the | ||||||
11 | Presiding Officer,
the daily order of business of the Senate | ||||||
12 | shall be as follows:
| ||||||
13 | (1) Call to Order, Invocation, and Pledge of | ||||||
14 | Allegiance.
| ||||||
15 | (2) Reading and Approval of the Journal.
| ||||||
16 | (3) Introduction and Reading of Senate Bills a first | ||||||
17 | time.
| ||||||
18 | (4) Reports from committees, with reports from the | ||||||
19 | Committee on Assignments
ordinarily made at any time.
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1 | (5) Presentation of Resolutions, Petitions, and | ||||||
2 | Messages.
| ||||||
3 | (6) Introduction of Senate Bills.
| ||||||
4 | (6) (7) Messages from the House, not including reading | ||||||
5 | House Bills a first
time.
| ||||||
6 | (7) (8) Reading of Senate Bills a second time.
| ||||||
7 | (8) (9) Reading of Senate Bills a third time.
| ||||||
8 | (9) (10) Reading of House Bills a third time.
| ||||||
9 | (10) (11) Reading of House Bills a second time.
| ||||||
10 | (11) (12) Reading of House Bills a first time.
| ||||||
11 | (12) (13) Senate Bills on the Order of Concurrence.
| ||||||
12 | (13) (14) House Bills on the Order of Non-Concurrence.
| ||||||
13 | (14) (15) Conference Committee Reports.
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14 | (15) (16) Motions in Writing.
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| |||||||
1 | (16) (17) Constitutional Amendment Resolutions.
| ||||||
2 | (17) (18) Motions with respect to Vetoes.
| ||||||
3 | (18) (19) Consideration of Resolutions.
| ||||||
4 | (19) (20) Motions to Discharge Committee.
| ||||||
5 | (20) (21) Motions to Take from the Table.
| ||||||
6 | (21) (22) Motions to Suspend the Rules.
| ||||||
7 | (22) (23) Consideration of Bills on the Order of | ||||||
8 | Postponed Consideration.
| ||||||
9 | (Senate Rule 4-5)
| ||||||
10 | 4-5. Quorum.
| ||||||
11 | (a) A majority of those elected shall constitute a quorum
| ||||||
12 | of the Senate, and a majority of those appointed shall | ||||||
13 | constitute a quorum of a
committee, but a smaller number may | ||||||
14 | adjourn from day to day or recess for less
than one day. The | ||||||
15 | attendance of
absent members may be compelled by order of the | ||||||
16 | President.
| ||||||
17 | (b) The question of the presence of a quorum in any | ||||||
18 | committee may not be
raised on consideration of a legislative |
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| |||||||
1 | measure by the Senate unless the same
question was previously | ||||||
2 | raised before the committee with respect to that
legislative | ||||||
3 | measure.
| ||||||
4 | (Senate Rule 4-6)
| ||||||
5 | 4-6. Approval of the Journal. The President or his or her | ||||||
6 | designee shall
periodically examine and report to the Senate | ||||||
7 | any corrections he or she deems
should be made in the Journal | ||||||
8 | before it is approved. If these corrections are
approved by the | ||||||
9 | Senate, they shall be made by the Secretary.
| ||||||
10 | (Senate Rule 4-7)
| ||||||
11 | 4-7. Executive Sessions. The sessions of the Senate shall | ||||||
12 | be open to
the public. Sessions and committee meetings of the | ||||||
13 | Senate may be closed to the
public if, pursuant to Article IV, | ||||||
14 | Section 5(c) of the Constitution,
two-thirds of the members | ||||||
15 | elected determine that the public interest so
requires.
| ||||||
16 | (Senate Rule 4-8)
| ||||||
17 | 4-8. Length of Adjournment. Pursuant to Article IV, Section | ||||||
18 | 15(a) of
the Constitution, the Senate shall not adjourn, | ||||||
19 | without the consent of the
House, for more than three days, nor | ||||||
20 | to another place than that in which the
two chambers of the | ||||||
21 | General Assembly are sitting. The Senate shall be in
session on | ||||||
22 | any day in which it shall convene in perfunctory session, | ||||||
23 | regular
session, veto session, or special session.
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| |||||||
1 | (Senate Rule 4-9)
| ||||||
2 | 4-9. Transcript of the Senate. In accordance with Article | ||||||
3 | IV, Section
7(b) of the Constitution, nothing contained in the | ||||||
4 | official transcript of the
Senate shall be changed or expunged | ||||||
5 | except by written request of a Senator to
the Secretary and | ||||||
6 | Presiding Officer, which request may be approved only on a
roll | ||||||
7 | call vote of three-fifths of the members elected.
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8 | ARTICLE V
| ||||||
9 | BILLS AND AMENDMENTS
| ||||||
10 | (Senate Rule 5-1)
| ||||||
11 | 5-1. Bills.
| ||||||
12 | (a) A bill may be introduced in the Senate by sponsorship
| ||||||
13 | of one or more members of the Senate, whose names shall be on | ||||||
14 | the printed
copies of the bills, in the Senate Journal, and in | ||||||
15 | the Legislative Digest. The
principal sponsor shall be the | ||||||
16 | first name to appear on the bill and may be
joined by no more | ||||||
17 | than four chief cosponsors with the approval of the
principal | ||||||
18 | sponsor; other cosponsors shall be separated from the principal
| ||||||
19 | sponsor and any chief cosponsors by a comma. By motion, the | ||||||
20 | sponsorship of a
bill may be changed to that of another Senator | ||||||
21 | (or Senators, as the case may
be), or to that of the standing | ||||||
22 | committee to which the bill was referred or
from which the bill |
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| |||||||
1 | was reported. Such a motion may be made at any time the
bill is | ||||||
2 | pending before the Senate or any of its committees. If the | ||||||
3 | principal sponsor of a measure still pending before the General | ||||||
4 | Assembly ceases to be a member of the Senate, sponsorship of | ||||||
5 | such pending measures shall be automatically transferred to the | ||||||
6 | leader of that former member's party or the party with which | ||||||
7 | the former member caucused, either the President or Minority | ||||||
8 | Leader. If the principal sponsor is not a member of either the | ||||||
9 | President or Minority Leader's party, then the sponsorship | ||||||
10 | shall be transferred to the President.
| ||||||
11 | (b) The principal sponsor of a bill shall control the bill | ||||||
12 | and may allow a chief cosponsor (i) to present the bill on | ||||||
13 | Third Reading with written approval or (ii) to move the bill | ||||||
14 | from Second Reading to Third Reading. A
committee-sponsored | ||||||
15 | bill shall be controlled by the Chairperson of the
committee, | ||||||
16 | who for purposes of these Senate Rules shall be deemed the | ||||||
17 | principal
sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may not have | ||||||
18 | individual cosponsors.
| ||||||
19 | (c) (1) The House sponsor of a bill originating in the | ||||||
20 | House may request
substitute
Senate sponsorship of that bill by | ||||||
21 | filing a notice with the Secretary; that
notice shall | ||||||
22 | automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments and | ||||||
23 | deemed
adopted if approved by the Committee on Assignments.
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1 | (2) The notice shall include the bill number, the name of | ||||||
2 | the Senate chief sponsor to be substituted, the signature of | ||||||
3 | the House sponsor, the signature of the substitute Senate chief | ||||||
4 | sponsor, and a statement that the original Senate sponsor was | ||||||
5 | provided with notice of intent to request a substitute Senate | ||||||
6 | sponsor.
| ||||||
7 | (3) The Committee on Assignments shall act on any notice | ||||||
8 | within three session days (excluding perfunctory session | ||||||
9 | days). If the Committee on Assignments fails to act on that | ||||||
10 | notice within three session days, then the notice shall be | ||||||
11 | deemed approved and the Senate sponsorship of the House Bill | ||||||
12 | will be substituted pursuant to the notice. The President of | ||||||
13 | the Senate Senate President may suspend in writing the | ||||||
14 | operation of the three session day automatic approval process | ||||||
15 | set forth under this subsection (c) if the President determines | ||||||
16 | that the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives has | ||||||
17 | failed to act on any Senator's request to substitute House | ||||||
18 | sponsorship of a Senate Bill.
| ||||||
19 | (d) All bills introduced in the Senate shall be read by | ||||||
20 | title a first time,
ordered printed, and automatically referred | ||||||
21 | to the Committee on Assignments in
accordance with Rule 3-8. | ||||||
22 | When a House Bill is received, it shall be taken up,
ordered | ||||||
23 | printed, and placed on the order of House Bills on First
| ||||||
24 | Reading; after having been read a first time, it shall |
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1 | automatically
be referred to the Committee on Assignments in | ||||||
2 | accordance with Rule 3-8.
| ||||||
3 | (e) All bills introduced into the Senate shall be | ||||||
4 | accompanied by six eight
copies.
Any bill that amends a statute | ||||||
5 | shall indicate the particular changes in the
following manner:
| ||||||
6 | (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
| ||||||
7 | (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded | ||||||
8 | shall be shown crossed
with a line.
| ||||||
9 | (f) No bill shall be passed by the Senate except on a roll | ||||||
10 | call vote of a
majority of those elected. A bill that has lost | ||||||
11 | and has not been reconsidered
may not thereafter be revived.
| ||||||
12 | (Senate Rule 5-2)
| ||||||
13 | 5-2. Reading and Printing of Bills. Every bill shall be | ||||||
14 | read by title
on three different days prior to passage by the | ||||||
15 | Senate, and the bill and all
adopted amendments thereto shall | ||||||
16 | be printed before the vote is taken on its
final passage.
| ||||||
17 | (Senate Rule 5-3)
| ||||||
18 | 5-3. Printing and Distribution. The Secretary shall, as | ||||||
19 | soon as any
bill is printed, deliver to the Sergeant-at-Arms | ||||||
20 | sufficient copies to furnish
each Senator with a copy, and the |
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| |||||||
1 | Sergeant-at-Arms shall at once cause the
bills to be | ||||||
2 | distributed upon the desks of the Senators. Alternatively, and
| ||||||
3 | pursuant to Rule 2-7(b)(3), the Secretary may establish a | ||||||
4 | method any Senator
may use to secure a copy of any bill he or | ||||||
5 | she desires.
| ||||||
6 | (Senate Rule 5-4)
| ||||||
7 | 5-4. Amendments.
| ||||||
8 | (a) An amendment to a bill may be adopted either by a
| ||||||
9 | standing committee when the bill is before that committee, or | ||||||
10 | by the Senate
when a bill is on the order of Second
Reading. | ||||||
11 | The former shall be known as a "committee amendment" and the | ||||||
12 | latter
as a "floor amendment". All amendments must be in | ||||||
13 | writing. All amendments
still pending in a committee upon the | ||||||
14 | passage or defeat of a bill on Third
Reading shall | ||||||
15 | automatically be tabled.
| ||||||
16 | (b) Committee amendments may only be offered by the | ||||||
17 | principal sponsor or a
member of the
committee while the | ||||||
18 | affected bill is before the committee, and shall be
adopted by | ||||||
19 | a majority of those appointed. Floor amendments may only be
| ||||||
20 | offered by a Senator while the bill is on the order of Second
| ||||||
21 | Reading, and shall be adopted by a majority vote of the Senate. | ||||||
22 | An amendment
may be the subject of a motion to "do adopt" or | ||||||
23 | "do not adopt", and may only be
adopted pursuant to a | ||||||
24 | successful motion to "do adopt".
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1 | (c) Committee amendments and
floor amendments shall be | ||||||
2 | filed with the Secretary, and shall
be in order only when eight | ||||||
3 | copies have been filed.
The Secretary shall provide copies of | ||||||
4 | committee amendments to the Chairperson
and Minority | ||||||
5 | Spokesperson of the appropriate committee as soon as | ||||||
6 | practicable.
| ||||||
7 | (d) The Secretary shall have printed all adopted committee | ||||||
8 | amendments that
come before
the Senate pursuant to Rule 3-12. | ||||||
9 | The Secretary shall also have
printed all
adopted floor | ||||||
10 | amendments. No floor amendment may be adopted by the
Senate | ||||||
11 | unless it has been first reproduced and placed on the members' | ||||||
12 | desks or made available electronically .
| ||||||
13 | (e) No floor or committee amendment shall be in order | ||||||
14 | unless approved or
referred by the
Committee on Assignments in | ||||||
15 | accordance with Rule 3-8 or brought before the Senate pursuant | ||||||
16 | to
Rule 7-9.
| ||||||
17 | (f) Amendments that propose to alter any existing law shall | ||||||
18 | set forth
completely the statutory Sections amended, and shall | ||||||
19 | conform to the
requirements of Rule 5-1(e).
| ||||||
20 | (g) If a committee reports a bill "do pass as amended", the | ||||||
21 | committee
amendments shall be deemed adopted by the committee |
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| |||||||
1 | action and shall be
reproduced and placed on the members' desks | ||||||
2 | or made available electronically before the bill may be read a
| ||||||
3 | second time.
| ||||||
4 | (Senate Rule 5-5)
| ||||||
5 | 5-5. Fiscal and Other Notes. The Senate shall comply with | ||||||
6 | all effective
Illinois laws requiring notes on any bill, | ||||||
7 | including without limitation the
Fiscal Note Act, the Pension | ||||||
8 | Impact Note
Act, the Judicial Note Act,
the State Debt Impact | ||||||
9 | Note
Act, the Correctional Budget and Impact Note Act, the Home | ||||||
10 | Rule Note Act, the
Balanced Budget Note Act, the Housing | ||||||
11 | Affordability Impact Note Act, and the
State Mandates Act, all | ||||||
12 | as amended. All such
notes shall be filed with the Secretary | ||||||
13 | with a time stamp endorsing the date
and time received, and | ||||||
14 | shall then be attached to the original of the bill and
be | ||||||
15 | available for inspection by the members. As soon as | ||||||
16 | practicable, the
Secretary shall provide a copy of the note to | ||||||
17 | the Legislative Reference Bureau,
which shall provide an | ||||||
18 | informative summary of the note in subsequent issues of
the | ||||||
19 | Legislative Digest.
| ||||||
20 | (Senate Rule 5-6) | ||||||
21 | 5-6. Quick-Take. Amendments to Taxpayer Accountability and | ||||||
22 | Budget Stabilization Act. No bill authorizing the State or a | ||||||
23 | unit of local government to
acquire property by eminent domain | ||||||
24 | using "quick-take" powers
under the Eminent Domain Act may be |
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| |||||||
1 | voted upon in committee or on Third Reading unless the State or | ||||||
2 | the
unit
of local government, as applicable, has complied with | ||||||
3 | all of the following
procedures:
| ||||||
4 | (a) The State or the unit of local government must notify | ||||||
5 | each
owner of an interest in the property, by certified mail,
| ||||||
6 | of the intention of the State or the unit of local government | ||||||
7 | to
request
approval of legislation by the General Assembly
| ||||||
8 | authorizing the State or the unit of local government to | ||||||
9 | acquire the
property by eminent domain using "quick-take" | ||||||
10 | powers
under Section 20-5-5 of the Eminent Domain Act.
| ||||||
11 | (b) The State or the unit of local government must cause | ||||||
12 | notice
of its intention to request authorization to acquire the
| ||||||
13 | property by eminent domain using "quick-take" powers to
be | ||||||
14 | published in a newspaper of general circulation in the
| ||||||
15 | territory sought to be acquired by the State or the unit of | ||||||
16 | local
government.
| ||||||
17 | (c) Following the notices required under subsections
(a) | ||||||
18 | and (b), the State or the unit of local government must hold at
| ||||||
19 | least one public hearing, at the place where the unit of
local | ||||||
20 | government normally holds its business meetings (or, in the | ||||||
21 | case
of property sought to be acquired by the State: (i) at a | ||||||
22 | location in the
county in which the property sought to be | ||||||
23 | acquired by the State is
located, or
(ii) if the property is |
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| |||||||
1 | located in Cook County, at a location in the township
in which
| ||||||
2 | the property is located, or (iii) if the property is located in | ||||||
3 | 2 adjacent
counties other than
Cook County or in 2 adjacent | ||||||
4 | townships in Cook County, at a location in the
county or in
the | ||||||
5 | township in Cook County in which the majority of the property | ||||||
6 | is located,
or (iv) if
the property is located in Cook County | ||||||
7 | and an adjacent county, at a location in
the other
county or in | ||||||
8 | the township in Cook County
in which the majority of the | ||||||
9 | property is located),
on
the question of the acquisition
of the | ||||||
10 | property by the State or the unit of local government by | ||||||
11 | eminent
domain using
"quick-take" powers.
| ||||||
12 | (d) In the case of property sought to be acquired by a unit | ||||||
13 | of local
government, following the public hearing or hearings | ||||||
14 | held
under subsection (3), the unit of local government must
| ||||||
15 | adopt, by recorded vote, a resolution to request approval
of | ||||||
16 | legislation by the General Assembly authorizing the
unit of | ||||||
17 | local government to acquire the property by
eminent domain | ||||||
18 | using "quick-take" powers under the Eminent Domain Act. The | ||||||
19 | resolution
must include a statement of the time period within | ||||||
20 | which
the unit of local government requests authority to
| ||||||
21 | exercise "quick-take" powers, which may not exceed one
year.
| ||||||
22 | (e) Following the public hearing or hearings held
under | ||||||
23 | subsection (c), the head of the appropriate State office, | ||||||
24 | department, or
agency or the chief elected official of the unit |
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| |||||||
1 | of
local government, as applicable, must submit to the | ||||||
2 | President of the Senate, or his or her designee, and the | ||||||
3 | Minority Leader, or his or her designee, a sworn, notarized | ||||||
4 | affidavit that
contains, or has attached as an incorporated | ||||||
5 | exhibit, all of the following:
| ||||||
6 | (1) The legal description of the property.
| ||||||
7 | (2) The street address of the property.
| ||||||
8 | (3) The name of each State Senator and State
| ||||||
9 | Representative who represents the territory that is the | ||||||
10 | subject of the
proposed
taking.
| ||||||
11 | (4) The date or dates on which the State or the unit of
| ||||||
12 | local government contacted each such State Senator
and | ||||||
13 | State Representative concerning the intention of the State | ||||||
14 | or the
unit of
local government to request approval of
| ||||||
15 | legislation by the General Assembly authorizing the State | ||||||
16 | or the
unit of local government to acquire the property by
| ||||||
17 | eminent domain using "quick-take" powers.
| ||||||
18 | (5) The current name, address, and telephone
number of | ||||||
19 | each owner of an interest in the property.
| ||||||
20 | (6) A summary of all negotiations between the State or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the
unit of local government and the owner or owners of
the | ||||||
2 | property concerning the sale of the property to
the State | ||||||
3 | or the unit of local government.
| ||||||
4 | (7) A statement of the date and location of
each public | ||||||
5 | hearing held under subsection (c).
| ||||||
6 | (8) A statement of the public purpose for which
the | ||||||
7 | State or the unit of local government seeks to acquire the
| ||||||
8 | property.
| ||||||
9 | (9) The certification of the head of the
appropriate | ||||||
10 | State office, department, or agency or the chief elected
| ||||||
11 | official of the unit of local government, as applicable, | ||||||
12 | that (i) the property is located
within the territory under | ||||||
13 | the jurisdiction of the State or the unit of
local | ||||||
14 | government and (ii) the State or the unit of local | ||||||
15 | government
seeks
to acquire the property for a public | ||||||
16 | purpose.
| ||||||
17 | (10) A map of the area in which the property to
be | ||||||
18 | acquired is located, showing the location of the
property.
| ||||||
19 | (11) Photographs of the property.
| ||||||
20 | (12) An appraisal of the property by a real
estate |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | appraiser who is certified or licensed under
the Real | ||||||
2 | Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002.
| ||||||
3 | (13) In the case of property sought to be acquired by a | ||||||
4 | unit of local
government, a copy of the resolution adopted | ||||||
5 | by the
unit of local government under subsection (d).
| ||||||
6 | (14) Documentation of the public purpose for
which the | ||||||
7 | State or the unit of local government seeks to acquire
the | ||||||
8 | property.
| ||||||
9 | (15) A copy of each notice sent to an owner of
an | ||||||
10 | interest in the property under subsection (a).
| ||||||
11 | A request for quick-take authority shall not be considered | ||||||
12 | by the Senate fewer than 30 days after the date of the notice | ||||||
13 | to each property owner as required by subsection (a).
| ||||||
14 | Every affidavit submitted by the State or a unit of
local | ||||||
15 | government pursuant to this Rule, together with
all documents | ||||||
16 | and other items submitted with the affidavit,
must be made | ||||||
17 | available to any person upon request for
inspection and | ||||||
18 | copying.
| ||||||
19 | (a) From the commencement of the 97th General Assembly | ||||||
20 | until June 30, 2015, no bill that amends or refers to Section |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 201.5 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, or that seeks to | ||||||
2 | appropriate or transfer money pursuant to a declaration of a | ||||||
3 | fiscal emergency under Section 201.5 of that Act, may be moved | ||||||
4 | from the order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading | ||||||
5 | unless a motion to approve such measure for consideration has | ||||||
6 | been adopted by a record vote of 36 members. If such a bill is | ||||||
7 | on the order of concurrence or in the form of a conference | ||||||
8 | committee report, no motion to concur or to adopt that | ||||||
9 | conference committee report is in order unless a motion to | ||||||
10 | approve such measure for consideration has been adopted by a | ||||||
11 | record vote of 36 members. Nothing in this Senate Rule shall be | ||||||
12 | deemed to alter the vote requirement for final passage of a | ||||||
13 | legislative measure required by the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
14 | (b) Any motion to approve a legislative measure for | ||||||
15 | consideration, authorized by subsection (a), must be in | ||||||
16 | writing. Upon receipt of the written motion, the Secretary | ||||||
17 | shall immediately notify the President and the Minority Leader. | ||||||
18 | The motion shall not be referred to a committee. The motion | ||||||
19 | must be carried on the calendar before it may be taken up by | ||||||
20 | the Senate and may then be immediately considered and adopted | ||||||
21 | by the Senate. The motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, | ||||||
22 | provided that once that motion is adopted, it shall not be | ||||||
23 | reconsidered. | ||||||
24 | (c) This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | consent by record vote. | ||||||
2 | (Senate Rule 5-7) | ||||||
3 | 5-7. (Blank). Amendments to State Pension Funds Continuing | ||||||
4 | Appropriation Act. | ||||||
5 | (a) From the commencement of the 97th General Assembly | ||||||
6 | until June 30, 2015, no bill that amends or refers to the State | ||||||
7 | Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act may be moved from | ||||||
8 | the order of Second Reading to the order of Third Reading | ||||||
9 | unless a motion to approve such measure for consideration has | ||||||
10 | been adopted by a record vote of 36 members. If such a bill is | ||||||
11 | on the order of concurrence or in the form of a conference | ||||||
12 | committee report, no motion to concur or to adopt that | ||||||
13 | conference committee report is in order unless a motion to | ||||||
14 | approve such measure for consideration has been adopted by a | ||||||
15 | record vote of 36 members. Nothing in this Senate Rule shall be | ||||||
16 | deemed to alter the vote requirement for final passage of a | ||||||
17 | legislative measure required by the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
18 | (b) Any motion to approve a legislative measure for | ||||||
19 | consideration, authorized by subsection (a), must be in | ||||||
20 | writing. Upon receipt of the written motion, the Secretary | ||||||
21 | shall immediately notify the President and the Minority Leader. | ||||||
22 | The motion shall not be referred to a committee. The motion | ||||||
23 | must be carried on the calendar before it may be taken up by | ||||||
24 | the Senate and may then be immediately considered and adopted |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | by the Senate. The motion is renewable and may be reconsidered, | ||||||
2 | provided that once that motion is adopted, it shall not be | ||||||
3 | reconsidered. | ||||||
4 | (c) This Rule may not be suspended except by unanimous | ||||||
5 | consent by record vote.
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6 | ARTICLE VI
| ||||||
7 | RESOLUTIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
| ||||||
8 | (Senate Rule 6-1)
| ||||||
9 | 6-1. Resolutions.
| ||||||
10 | (a) A resolution shall be introduced in the Senate
by
| ||||||
11 | sponsorship of one or more members of the Senate, and the names | ||||||
12 | of all sponsors
shall be printed in the Senate Journal and in | ||||||
13 | the Legislative Digest. Each
resolution introduced shall be | ||||||
14 | accompanied by eight copies.
| ||||||
15 | (b) Any resolution calling for the expenditure of State | ||||||
16 | funds may be
adopted only by a roll call vote of a majority of | ||||||
17 | those elected.
| ||||||
18 | (c) The Secretary shall periodically print a Resolutions | ||||||
19 | Consent Calendar,
which the Secretary shall periodically | ||||||
20 | distribute prior to its consideration by
the Senate (generally |
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| |||||||
1 | the last
daily session of the week). No debate is in order | ||||||
2 | regarding any
resolution appearing on the Resolutions Consent | ||||||
3 | Calendar. All resolutions
appearing on the Resolutions Consent | ||||||
4 | Calendar may be adopted in one motion;
however, any Senator may | ||||||
5 | vote "no" or "present" on any resolution appearing on
the | ||||||
6 | Resolutions Consent Calendar by providing written notice of | ||||||
7 | that intention
to the Secretary prior to the vote on the | ||||||
8 | Resolutions Consent Calendar. Prior
to the adoption of any | ||||||
9 | resolution on the Resolutions Consent Calendar, if any
three | ||||||
10 | members file with the Secretary a written objection to the | ||||||
11 | presence of a
resolution thereon, that resolution shall be | ||||||
12 | removed from the Resolutions
Consent Calendar and is | ||||||
13 | automatically referred to the Committee on Assignments.
| ||||||
14 | (Senate Rule 6-2)
| ||||||
15 | 6-2. State Constitutional Amendments. All resolutions | ||||||
16 | introduced in the
Senate proposing amendments to the | ||||||
17 | Constitution shall be printed in the same
manner in which bills | ||||||
18 | are printed. Every such resolution that originated in
the House | ||||||
19 | and is presented to the Senate shall be ordered printed in like
| ||||||
20 | manner unless the resolution has been similarly printed by the | ||||||
21 | House in the
same form in which it was presented to the Senate. | ||||||
22 | No such resolution may be
adopted unless read in full in its | ||||||
23 | final form on three different days.
Amendments to these | ||||||
24 | resolutions may be in order on the initial First and Second
| ||||||
25 | Readings only.
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| |||||||
1 | (Senate Rule 6-3)
| ||||||
2 | 6-3. Federal Constitutional Amendments and Constitutional | ||||||
3 | Conventions.
The affirmative vote of three-fifths of those | ||||||
4 | elected shall be required to
adopt any resolution:
| ||||||
5 | (1) requesting Congress to call a federal | ||||||
6 | constitutional convention;
| ||||||
7 | (2) ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution | ||||||
8 | of the United
States;
or
| ||||||
9 | (3) to call a State convention to ratify a proposed | ||||||
10 | amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.
| ||||||
11 | (Senate Rule 6-4)
| ||||||
12 | 6-4. Certificates of Recognition. Any member may sponsor a | ||||||
13 | certificate
of recognition with the name and signature of the | ||||||
14 | member, and attested by the
Secretary with the State Seal | ||||||
15 | attached to
recognize any person, organization, or event worthy | ||||||
16 | of public commendation.
The
form of the Certificate of | ||||||
17 | Recognition shall be determined by the Secretary
with the | ||||||
18 | approval of the President and Minority Leader.
| ||||||
19 | ARTICLE VII
|
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1 | PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
| ||||||
2 | (Senate Rule 7-1)
| ||||||
3 | 7-1. Voting within Bar. No Senator shall be permitted to | ||||||
4 | vote on any
question before the Senate unless on the floor | ||||||
5 | before the vote is announced.
No member of a
committee may vote | ||||||
6 | except in person at the time of the call of the committee
vote. | ||||||
7 | Any vote of the Senate shall be by roll call whenever two | ||||||
8 | Senators
so request or whenever the Presiding Officer so | ||||||
9 | orders.
| ||||||
10 | (Senate Rule 7-2)
| ||||||
11 | 7-2. Announcing a Roll Call Vote. When a roll call vote is | ||||||
12 | requested,
the Presiding Officer shall put the question and | ||||||
13 | then announce to the Senate:
"The voting is open.". While the | ||||||
14 | roll call is being taken, the Presiding
Officer shall state: | ||||||
15 | "Have all voted who wish?". The voting is
closed when the | ||||||
16 | Presiding Officer announces: "Take the Record.". The
Presiding | ||||||
17 | Officer shall then announce the results of the roll
call. No
| ||||||
18 | Senator is permitted to vote or to change his or her vote after | ||||||
19 | the Presiding
Officer announces: "Take the Record.".
| ||||||
20 | (Senate Rule 7-3)
| ||||||
21 | 7-3. Decorum and Debate.
| ||||||
22 | (a) When any Senator is about to speak or
deliver any | ||||||
23 | matter to the Senate, he or she shall rise and address the
|
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| |||||||
1 | Presiding Officer as "Mister President" or "Madam President", | ||||||
2 | as the case may
be. Upon being recognized by the Chair, the
| ||||||
3 | latter will address the Senator by name and thereupon, and not | ||||||
4 | until then, the
engineer in charge of operating the microphones | ||||||
5 | in the Senate will give the use
of the microphone to the | ||||||
6 | Senator who has been so recognized. The Senator in
speaking | ||||||
7 | shall confine himself or herself to the subject matter under
| ||||||
8 | discussion and avoid personalities.
| ||||||
9 | (b) The Presiding Officer may at his or her discretion, and | ||||||
10 | with
consideration for the efficient operation of the Senate, | ||||||
11 | determine whether
any member shall be afforded the floor for | ||||||
12 | the purpose of introduction of
guests in the gallery. Questions | ||||||
13 | affecting the rights,
reputation, and conduct of members of the | ||||||
14 | Senate in their representative
capacity are questions of | ||||||
15 | personal privilege. A matter of personal explanation
does not | ||||||
16 | constitute a question of personal privilege.
| ||||||
17 | (c) If any Senator in speaking (or otherwise) transgresses | ||||||
18 | these Senate
Rules, the Presiding Officer shall, or any Senator | ||||||
19 | may, call him or her to
order, in which case the Senator so | ||||||
20 | called to order shall sit down, unless
permitted to explain; | ||||||
21 | and the Senate, if appealed to, shall decide on the case
| ||||||
22 | without debate. If the decision is in favor of the Senator | ||||||
23 | called to order, he
or she is at liberty to proceed. If | ||||||
24 | otherwise, and the case requires it,
he or she is liable to the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | censure of the Senate.
| ||||||
2 | (d) If any Senator is called to order for words spoken in | ||||||
3 | debate, the person
calling him or her to order shall repeat the | ||||||
4 | words excepted to, and they shall
be taken down by the | ||||||
5 | Secretary. No Senator shall be held to answer or be
subject to | ||||||
6 | the censure of the Senate for words spoken in debate if any | ||||||
7 | Senator
has spoken in debate or other business has intervened | ||||||
8 | after the words spoken
and
before exceptions to them shall have | ||||||
9 | been taken.
| ||||||
10 | (e) If two or more Senators rise at once, the Presiding | ||||||
11 | Officer shall name
the Senator who is to speak first.
| ||||||
12 | (f) No person shall give any signs of approbation or | ||||||
13 | disapprobation while
the
Senate is in session.
| ||||||
14 | (g) No Senator shall speak more than five minutes on the | ||||||
15 | same question
without the consent of the Senate, nor more than | ||||||
16 | twice on that question. No
Senator shall speak more than once | ||||||
17 | until every Senator choosing to speak has
spoken. However, the | ||||||
18 | Presiding Officer, in his or her discretion, may set time | ||||||
19 | limits for the presentation of a legislative measure by the | ||||||
20 | principal
sponsor or a member designated by the principal | ||||||
21 | sponsor and debate by Senators seeking to debate the | ||||||
22 | legislative measure. No Senator may explain his or her vote.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (h) While the Presiding Officer is putting a question, no | ||||||
2 | Senator shall
leave
or walk across the Senate Chamber. When a | ||||||
3 | Senator is addressing the Senate, no
Senator or other person | ||||||
4 | entitled to the floor shall entertain private discourse
or pass | ||||||
5 | between the speaker and the Presiding Officer.
| ||||||
6 | (i) In case of any disturbances or disorderly conduct in | ||||||
7 | the lobby, gallery,
or hallways adjoining the chamber, the | ||||||
8 | President shall have the power to order
the same to be cleared.
| ||||||
9 | (j) All material placed on the desks of Senators shall | ||||||
10 | contain the name of
the Senator requesting its distribution.
| ||||||
11 | (Senate Rule 7-4)
| ||||||
12 | 7-4. Motions, Generally. The following are general rules | ||||||
13 | for all
motions:
| ||||||
14 | (1) Every motion, except to adjourn, recess, or | ||||||
15 | postpone consideration,
shall
be reduced to writing if the | ||||||
16 | Presiding Officer desires it. Unless otherwise
provided in | ||||||
17 | these Senate Rules, no second shall be required to any | ||||||
18 | motion
presented to the Senate. The Presiding Officer may | ||||||
19 | refer any motion to the
Committee on Assignments.
| ||||||
20 | (2) Before the Senate debates a motion, the Presiding |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Officer shall state an
oral motion and the Secretary shall | ||||||
2 | read aloud a written motion.
| ||||||
3 | (3) After a motion is stated by the Presiding Officer | ||||||
4 | or read by the
Secretary, it shall be deemed in the | ||||||
5 | possession of the Senate, but may be
withdrawn at any time | ||||||
6 | before decision by consent of a majority of the Senate.
| ||||||
7 | (4) If a motion is divisible, any member may call for a | ||||||
8 | division of the
question.
| ||||||
9 | (5) Any question taken under consideration may be | ||||||
10 | withdrawn, postponed, or
tabled by unanimous consent or, if | ||||||
11 | unanimous consent is denied, by a motion
adopted by a | ||||||
12 | majority vote.
| ||||||
13 | (Senate Rule 7-5)
| ||||||
14 | 7-5. Precedence of Motions.
| ||||||
15 | (a) When a question is under debate, no
motion may be | ||||||
16 | entertained except:
| ||||||
17 | (1) to adjourn to a time certain;
| ||||||
18 | (2) to adjourn;
| ||||||
19 | (3) to question the presence of a quorum;
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (4) to recess;
| ||||||
2 | (5) to lay on the table;
| ||||||
3 | (6) for the previous question;
| ||||||
4 | (7) to postpone consideration;
| ||||||
5 | (8) to commit or recommit; and
| ||||||
6 | (9) to amend, except as otherwise provided in these | ||||||
7 | Senate Rules.
| ||||||
8 | The foregoing motions shall have precedence in the order in | ||||||
9 | which they are
listed.
| ||||||
10 | (b) During a roll call, no motion (except a motion to | ||||||
11 | postpone
consideration) shall be in order until after the | ||||||
12 | announcement of the result of
the vote.
| ||||||
13 | (c) A motion to commit or re-commit, until it is decided, | ||||||
14 | precludes all
amendments and debate on the main question. A | ||||||
15 | motion to postpone
consideration, until it is decided, | ||||||
16 | precludes all amendments on the
main question.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (Senate Rule 7-6)
| ||||||
2 | 7-6. Verification.
| ||||||
3 | (a) After any roll call vote, except for a vote
that
| ||||||
4 | requires a specific number of affirmative votes and that has | ||||||
5 | not received the
required votes, and before intervening | ||||||
6 | business, it shall be in order for any
Senator to request | ||||||
7 | verification of the results of the roll call.
| ||||||
8 | (b) In verifying a roll call vote, the Presiding Officer | ||||||
9 | shall instruct the
Secretary to call the names of those | ||||||
10 | Senators whose votes are to be verified.
The Senator requesting | ||||||
11 | the verification may thereafter identify those members
he or | ||||||
12 | she wishes to verify. If a member does not answer, his or her | ||||||
13 | vote shall
be stricken; however, the member's vote shall be | ||||||
14 | restored to the roll if his or
her presence is recognized | ||||||
15 | before the verification is completed. The Presiding
Officer | ||||||
16 | shall determine the presence or absence of each member whose | ||||||
17 | name is
called, and shall then announce the results of the | ||||||
18 | verification.
| ||||||
19 | (c) While the results of any roll call are being verified, | ||||||
20 | it is in
order for any Senator to announce his or her presence | ||||||
21 | on the floor and thereby
have his or her vote verified.
| ||||||
22 | (d) A request for a verification of the affirmative and | ||||||
23 | negative results of
a
roll call may be made only once on each |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | roll call.
| ||||||
2 | (e) No Senator shall be permitted to vote or to change his | ||||||
3 | or her vote on
verification.
| ||||||
4 | (Senate Rule 7-7)
| ||||||
5 | 7-7. Appealing a Ruling.
| ||||||
6 | (a) If any appeal is taken from a ruling of
the Presiding | ||||||
7 | Officer, the Presiding Officer shall be sustained unless
| ||||||
8 | three-fifths of the members elected vote to overrule the | ||||||
9 | Presiding Officer.
The motion to appeal requires a second, and | ||||||
10 | it shall not be in order if the
Senate has conducted | ||||||
11 | intervening business since the ruling at issue was made.
| ||||||
12 | (b) If any appeal is taken from a ruling of a committee | ||||||
13 | Chairperson, the
Chairperson shall be sustained unless | ||||||
14 | three-fifths of those appointed vote to
overrule the | ||||||
15 | Chairperson. The motion to appeal requires a second, and it | ||||||
16 | shall
not be in order if the committee has adjourned or | ||||||
17 | recessed, so long as
intervening business has occurred.
| ||||||
18 | (c) In an appeal of a ruling of the Presiding Officer or | ||||||
19 | Chairperson, the
question is: "Shall the ruling of the Chair be | ||||||
20 | sustained?".
| ||||||
21 | (d) This Rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the members
elected.
| ||||||
2 | (Senate Rule 7-8)
| ||||||
3 | 7-8. Previous Question.
| ||||||
4 | (a) A motion for the previous question may be
made at any | ||||||
5 | time. The motion for the previous question is not debatable and
| ||||||
6 | requires approval of a majority of those elected.
| ||||||
7 | (b) The previous question shall be stated in the following | ||||||
8 | form: "Shall the
main question now be put?". Until the previous | ||||||
9 | question is decided, all
amendments and debate are precluded. | ||||||
10 | When it is decided that the main
question shall not be put, the | ||||||
11 | main question shall be considered as remaining
under debate.
| ||||||
12 | (c) The effect of the main question being ordered is to put | ||||||
13 | an end to
all debate and bring the Senate to a direct vote on | ||||||
14 | the immediately pending
motion. After a motion for the previous | ||||||
15 | question has been approved, unless the
vote on the motion | ||||||
16 | suggests the absence of a quorum,
it is
not in order to move | ||||||
17 | for adjournment or to make any other motion prior to a
decision | ||||||
18 | on the main question.
| ||||||
19 | (Senate Rule 7-9)
| ||||||
20 | 7-9. Discharge of Committee.
| ||||||
21 | (a) A committee may be discharged
from further | ||||||
22 | consideration of a legislative
measure by a vote of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | three-fifths of the members elected. Upon concurrence of
a
| ||||||
2 | majority of those appointed, the Committee on Assignments may | ||||||
3 | advance any legislative
measure pending before it to the Senate | ||||||
4 | without referral to another
committee;
however, the Committee | ||||||
5 | on Assignments shall not so report any bill that has never been
| ||||||
6 | before a standing committee of the Senate.
| ||||||
7 | (b) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | ||||||
8 | the members
elected.
| ||||||
9 | (Senate Rule 7-10)
| ||||||
10 | 7-10. Tabling.
| ||||||
11 | (a) A motion to lay on the table applies only to the
| ||||||
12 | particular proposition and is neither debatable nor amendable.
| ||||||
13 | (b) A motion to table a bill or resolution shall identify | ||||||
14 | the bill or
resolution by number. The principal
sponsor of a | ||||||
15 | bill or resolution may, with leave of the
Senate, table his or | ||||||
16 | her
bill or resolution at any time. A motion to table a | ||||||
17 | committee bill that is
before the Senate may be adopted only by | ||||||
18 | a majority of those elected.
| ||||||
19 | (c) The principal sponsor of a bill or resolution before a
| ||||||
20 | committee may, with
leave
of the committee, table the bill or | ||||||
21 | resolution. Upon such tabling, the
Chairperson of the committee | ||||||
22 | shall return the bill or resolution to the
Secretary, noting |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | thereon that it has been tabled.
| ||||||
2 | (d) A motion to table an amendment adopted by the Senate on | ||||||
3 | a voice vote or
by a committee is in order on Second Reading. A | ||||||
4 | motion to table a
committee amendment has priority over a floor | ||||||
5 | amendment. Motions to
table amendments are debatable and may be | ||||||
6 | adopted by a majority.
| ||||||
7 | (Senate Rule 7-11)
| ||||||
8 | 7-11. Motion to Take from Table.
| ||||||
9 | (a) A motion to take from the table shall
require a | ||||||
10 | majority of those elected if the Committee on Assignments has
| ||||||
11 | previously recommended that action by written notice filed with | ||||||
12 | the Secretary;
otherwise, a motion to take from the table shall | ||||||
13 | require a three-fifths vote of
the members elected.
| ||||||
14 | (b) A bill taken from the table shall be placed on the | ||||||
15 | Daily Calendar on the
order on which it appeared before it was | ||||||
16 | tabled.
| ||||||
17 | (c) This Rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of | ||||||
18 | the members
elected.
| ||||||
19 | (Senate Rule 7-12)
| ||||||
20 | 7-12. Motion to Postpone Consideration. A motion to | ||||||
21 | postpone
consideration on a legislative measure may not be made |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | more than once on the
same bill or proposition. Unless | ||||||
2 | otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, a
motion to postpone | ||||||
3 | consideration shall be made prior to intervening business and | ||||||
4 | shall be granted as a matter of privilege. However, no motion | ||||||
5 | to postpone consideration is in order if the
involved | ||||||
6 | legislative measure (1) initially received a vote of fewer than | ||||||
7 | two-fifths
of the members elected or (2) is an Appointment | ||||||
8 | Message.
| ||||||
9 | (Senate Rule 7-13)
| ||||||
10 | 7-13. Motion on Different Subject. No motion or other | ||||||
11 | legislative
measure on a subject different from that under | ||||||
12 | consideration shall be admitted
under color of amendment.
| ||||||
13 | (Senate Rule 7-14)
| ||||||
14 | 7-14. Division of Question. If the question in debate | ||||||
15 | contains several
points, any Senator may have the same divided. | ||||||
16 | On a motion to strike out and
insert, it is not in order to move | ||||||
17 | for a division of the question. The
rejection of a motion to | ||||||
18 | strike out and insert one proposition does not
prevent a motion | ||||||
19 | to strike out and insert a different proposition.
| ||||||
20 | (Senate Rule 7-15)
| ||||||
21 | 7-15. Reconsideration.
| ||||||
22 | (a) A member who voted on the prevailing side
of a record | ||||||
23 | vote on a legislative measure that failed and that is still |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | within the control of the
Senate may on the same or following | ||||||
2 | day move to reconsider the vote. A chief sponsor or a chief | ||||||
3 | co-sponsor who voted on the prevailing side of a record vote | ||||||
4 | for a legislative measure that passed or was adopted by the | ||||||
5 | Senate may on the same or following day move to reconsider the | ||||||
6 | vote if the legislative measure is still within the control of | ||||||
7 | the Senate. The
motion to reconsider may be laid on the table | ||||||
8 | without
affecting the vote to which it referred. When the | ||||||
9 | motion to reconsider is made
during the last three scheduled | ||||||
10 | days of regular session, or any time
thereafter during the | ||||||
11 | regular session, or at any time during a veto or special
| ||||||
12 | session, any member may move that the vote on reconsideration | ||||||
13 | be taken
immediately. A question that requires the votes of a | ||||||
14 | majority of those elected
or more to carry requires a majority | ||||||
15 | of those elected to reconsider.
| ||||||
16 | (b) A motion to reconsider a record vote on the adoption of | ||||||
17 | an amendment to
a bill may be made only on Second Reading. An | ||||||
18 | amendment adopted by the Senate
on a record vote may not be | ||||||
19 | tabled by motion until its adoption has been
reconsidered.
| ||||||
20 | (c) If a motion to reconsider is made pursuant to this Rule | ||||||
21 | and the motion
is later tabled, the question shall not be | ||||||
22 | further reconsidered. This
subsection (c) may be
suspended by a | ||||||
23 | three-fifths vote of the members elected.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (d) When a motion to
reconsider is made within the time | ||||||
2 | prescribed by these Senate Rules, the
Secretary shall not allow | ||||||
3 | the bill or other subject matter of the motion to
pass out of | ||||||
4 | the possession of the Senate until after the motion has been
| ||||||
5 | decided or withdrawn. Such a motion shall be deemed rejected if | ||||||
6 | laid on the
table.
| ||||||
7 | (e) A Senator who voted "present" or failed to vote on a | ||||||
8 | question shall not
have the right to move for reconsideration.
| ||||||
9 | (f) Upon a motion to reconsider the vote on the final | ||||||
10 | passage of any bill,
the affirmative vote of a majority of | ||||||
11 | those elected shall be required to
reconsider the same.
| ||||||
12 | (Senate Rule 7-16)
| ||||||
13 | 7-16. Motion to Adjourn.
| ||||||
14 | (a) A motion to adjourn is in order at any
time, except | ||||||
15 | when a prior motion to adjourn has been defeated and no
| ||||||
16 | intervening business has transpired.
| ||||||
17 | (b) A motion to adjourn is neither debatable nor amendable.
| ||||||
18 | (c) The Secretary shall enter in the Journal the hour at | ||||||
19 | which every motion
to adjourn is made.
| ||||||
20 | (d) Unless the Presiding Officer otherwise orders, the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | standing hour to
which the Senate adjourns is 12:00 noon.
| ||||||
2 | (e) A motion to adjourn for more than three days is not in | ||||||
3 | order unless
both chambers of the General Assembly have adopted | ||||||
4 | a joint resolution
permitting that adjournment.
| ||||||
5 | (Senate Rule 7-17)
| ||||||
6 | 7-17. Amendment to or Suspension of Rules.
| ||||||
7 | (a) Rules may be proposed
or amended only by resolution. | ||||||
8 | Any such resolution shall show the proposed
changes in the | ||||||
9 | existing Rules by underscoring all new matter and by crossing
| ||||||
10 | out with a line all matter that is to be omitted or superseded.
| ||||||
11 | (b) Any resolution proposing to amend a Senate Rule or any | ||||||
12 | Joint
Senate-House Rule shall, upon initial reading by the | ||||||
13 | Secretary,
automatically be referred to the Committee on | ||||||
14 | Assignments. Resolutions for amendment of
the Senate Rules or | ||||||
15 | any Joint Senate-House Rules may be initiated and sponsored
by | ||||||
16 | the Committee on Assignments; these resolutions shall not be | ||||||
17 | referred to a committee
and may be immediately considered and | ||||||
18 | adopted by the Senate.
| ||||||
19 | (c) A resolution to amend the Senate Rules or any Joint | ||||||
20 | Senate-House Rules
that has been reported "do adopt" or "do | ||||||
21 | adopt as amended" by a majority of
those appointed to the | ||||||
22 | Committee on Assignments shall require the
affirmative vote of |
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1 | a majority of those elected for adoption by the Senate.
Any | ||||||
2 | other resolution proposing to amend the Senate Rules or any | ||||||
3 | Joint
Senate-House Rules shall require the affirmative vote of | ||||||
4 | three-fifths of the
members elected for adoption by the Senate.
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5 | (d) No Senate Rule or any Joint Senate-House Rule may be | ||||||
6 | suspended except by
unanimous consent of the Senators present | ||||||
7 | or upon a motion supported by
affirmative vote of a majority of | ||||||
8 | those elected unless a higher number is
required in the Rule | ||||||
9 | sought to be suspended. A committee may not suspend any
Rule.
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10 | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a three-fifths vote of | ||||||
11 | those elected.
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12 | (Senate Rule 7-18)
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13 | 7-18. 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.
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17 | (Senate Rule 7-19)
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18 | 7-19. Effective Date.
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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
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21 | unless an earlier effective date is specified in the bill and | ||||||
22 | it is approved by
a three-fifths vote of the members elected.
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1 | (b) If a majority of those elected, but fewer than | ||||||
2 | three-fifths of the
members elected, vote affirmatively for a | ||||||
3 | bill on Third Reading after May 31,
where the bill specifies an | ||||||
4 | effective date earlier than the following June 1,
the bill | ||||||
5 | shall not be declared passed, and the principal sponsor shall | ||||||
6 | have the
right to have the bill automatically reconsidered and | ||||||
7 | returned to the order of
Second Reading for an amendment to | ||||||
8 | remove the earlier effective date. The
amendment, if offered | ||||||
9 | and approved by the Committee on Assignments, shall be | ||||||
10 | reproduced
and placed on the desks of the members or made | ||||||
11 | available electronically before the bill is taken up again on | ||||||
12 | the
order of Third Reading.
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13 | (Senate Rule 7-20)
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14 | 7-20. Home Rule. No bill denies or limits any power or | ||||||
15 | function of a
home rule unit, pursuant to paragraph (g), (h), | ||||||
16 | (i), (j), or (k) of Section 6
of Article VII of the | ||||||
17 | Constitution, unless there is specific language limiting
or | ||||||
18 | denying the power or function and the language specifically | ||||||
19 | sets forth in
what manner and to what extent it is a denial or | ||||||
20 | limitation of the power or
function of a home rule unit. If a | ||||||
21 | majority of those elected, but fewer than
three-fifths of the | ||||||
22 | members elected, vote affirmatively for a bill on Third
Reading | ||||||
23 | that requires a vote of three-fifths of the members elected to | ||||||
24 | deny
or limit a power of a home rule unit, the bill shall not be |
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1 | declared passed,
and
the principal sponsor shall have the right | ||||||
2 | to have the bill automatically
reconsidered and returned to the | ||||||
3 | order of Second Reading for an amendment to
remove those | ||||||
4 | effects of the bill.
The amendment, if offered and approved by | ||||||
5 | the Committee on Assignments, shall be
reproduced and placed on | ||||||
6 | the desks of the members or made available electronically | ||||||
7 | before the bill is taken up
again on the order of Third | ||||||
8 | Reading. The Committee on Assignments may also refer the
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9 | amendment to a committee.
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10 | ARTICLE VIII
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11 | JOINT ACTION
| ||||||
12 | (Senate Rule 8-1)
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13 | 8-1. Concurring in or Receding from Amendments.
| ||||||
14 | (a) If a bill or
resolution is received back in the Senate | ||||||
15 | with amendments added by the House,
it shall be in order for | ||||||
16 | the principal sponsor or chief cosponsor of the bill who has | ||||||
17 | been designated in writing by the principal sponsor to present | ||||||
18 | a motion "to
concur" or "not to concur and ask the House to | ||||||
19 | recede" with respect to those
amendments. Any two members may | ||||||
20 | demand a separate roll call on any such
amendment.
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21 | (b) When the House has refused to concur in amendments | ||||||
22 | added to a bill or
resolution by the Senate and has returned |
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1 | the bill or resolution to the Senate
with a message
requesting | ||||||
2 | the Senate to recede from its amendments, it shall be in order | ||||||
3 | for
the
principal sponsor or chief cosponsor of the bill who | ||||||
4 | has been designated in writing by the principal sponsor to
| ||||||
5 | present a motion "to recede" from the Senate amendments or "not | ||||||
6 | to recede and
to request a conference". Any two members may | ||||||
7 | demand a separate roll call on
any such amendments.
| ||||||
8 | (Senate Rule 8-2)
| ||||||
9 | 8-2. Conference Committees.
| ||||||
10 | (a) A disagreement between the Senate and
House exists with | ||||||
11 | respect to any bill or resolution in the following
situations:
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12 | (1) when the House refuses to recede from the adoption | ||||||
13 | of any amendment,
after
the Senate has previously refused | ||||||
14 | to concur in the amendment; or
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15 | (2) when the Senate refuses to recede from the adoption | ||||||
16 | of any amendment,
after the House has previously refused to | ||||||
17 | concur in the amendment.
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18 | In these cases of disagreement between the Senate and House, | ||||||
19 | the Senate may
request a conference. When a request for | ||||||
20 | conference is made, both
chambers of the General Assembly shall | ||||||
21 | appoint a committee to confer with the
other on the subject of | ||||||
22 | the bill or resolution giving rise to the
disagreement. The |
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1 | combined committees of the two chambers appointed for this
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2 | purpose is the conference committee.
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3 | (b) The conference committee shall consist of an equal | ||||||
4 | number of members of
each Chamber of the General Assembly. The | ||||||
5 | number of majority caucus members
from each chamber shall be | ||||||
6 | one more than the number of minority caucus members
from each | ||||||
7 | chamber. A conference committee shall consist of five members | ||||||
8 | from
each chamber.
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9 | (c) In addition to the House members thereof, each | ||||||
10 | conference committee
shall be comprised of five Senators, three | ||||||
11 | of whom shall be appointed by the
President and two of whom | ||||||
12 | shall be appointed by the Minority Leader. No
conference | ||||||
13 | committee report may be filed with the Secretary until a | ||||||
14 | majority of
the Senate conferees has been appointed.
| ||||||
15 | (Senate Rule 8-3)
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16 | 8-3. Conference Committee Reports.
| ||||||
17 | (a) No subject shall be included in
any conference | ||||||
18 | committee report on any bill unless that subject matter | ||||||
19 | directly
relates to the matters of difference between the | ||||||
20 | Senate and House that have
been referred to the conference | ||||||
21 | committee unless the Committee on Assignments, by a
majority | ||||||
22 | vote of the members appointed, determines that the proposed | ||||||
23 | subject
matter is of an emergency nature, of substantial |
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1 | importance to the
operation of government, or in the best | ||||||
2 | interests of Illinois.
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3 | (b) No conference committee report shall be received by the | ||||||
4 | Secretary or
acted upon by the Senate unless it has been signed | ||||||
5 | by at least six conferees.
The report shall be signed in | ||||||
6 | duplicate. One of the reports shall be filed
with the Clerk of | ||||||
7 | the House and one with the Secretary. The report shall
contain | ||||||
8 | the agreements reached by the committee.
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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. In the
event of agreement, the | ||||||
13 | committee shall so report to each chamber.
| ||||||
14 | (Senate Rule 8-4)
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15 | 8-4. Prerequisites for Senate Consideration.
| ||||||
16 | (a) No joint action
motion for final action or conference | ||||||
17 | committee report may be considered by the
Senate unless it
has | ||||||
18 | first been referred or approved by the Committee on Assignments | ||||||
19 | in accordance with
Rule 3-8, or
unless the joint action motion | ||||||
20 | or conference committee report has first
been discharged from | ||||||
21 | the Committee on Assignments pursuant to Rule 7-9.
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22 | (b) No conference committee report may be considered by the |
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1 | Senate unless it
has first been made available electronically | ||||||
2 | or otherwise for not less than one hour.
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3 | (c) Prior to any conference committee report on an | ||||||
4 | appropriation bill being
considered by the Senate, that | ||||||
5 | conference committee report shall first be the
subject of a | ||||||
6 | public hearing by a standing Appropriations Committee (the
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7 | conference committee report need not be referred to an | ||||||
8 | Appropriations
Committee, but instead may remain before the | ||||||
9 | Committee on Assignments or the Senate, as
the case may be). | ||||||
10 | The hearing shall be held pursuant to not less than one
hour | ||||||
11 | advance
notice by
announcement on the Senate floor, or one day | ||||||
12 | advance notice by posting on the
Senate bulletin board or other | ||||||
13 | electronic means. The Appropriations Committee shall not issue | ||||||
14 | any report
with respect to any conference committee report | ||||||
15 | following any such hearing.
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16 | (d) Any Senate Bill amended in the House and returned to | ||||||
17 | the Senate for
concurrence in the House amendment shall be made | ||||||
18 | available electronically or otherwise for not less than one | ||||||
19 | hour before being further considered. No Senate Bill
that is | ||||||
20 | returned to the Senate with House amendments shall be called | ||||||
21 | except by
the principal sponsor or chief cosponsor of the bill | ||||||
22 | who has been designated in writing by the principal sponsor.
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23 | (e) The report of a conference committee on a |
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1 | non-appropriation bill or
resolution shall be confined to the | ||||||
2 | subject of the bill or resolution referred
to the conference | ||||||
3 | committee. The report of a conference committee on an
| ||||||
4 | appropriations bill shall be confined to the subject of | ||||||
5 | appropriations.
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6 | (Senate Rule 8-5)
| ||||||
7 | 8-5. Action on Conference Committee Reports.
| ||||||
8 | (a) Each chamber of the
General Assembly shall inform the | ||||||
9 | other by message of any action taken with
respect to a | ||||||
10 | conference committee report. Copies of all papers necessary to | ||||||
11 | a
complete understanding of any such action shall accompany the | ||||||
12 | message. The
original bill or resolution shall remain in the | ||||||
13 | chamber of origin.
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14 | (b) If either chamber refused to adopt the report of the
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15 | conference
committee, or the first conference committee is | ||||||
16 | unable to reach agreement,
either chamber may request a second | ||||||
17 | conference committee. When such a request
is made, each chamber | ||||||
18 | shall again appoint a conference committee. If
either
chamber
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19 | refuses to adopt the report of a second conference committee, | ||||||
20 | the two chambers
have adhered to their disagreement, and the | ||||||
21 | bill or resolution is lost.
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22 | ARTICLE IX
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1 | VETOES
| ||||||
2 | (Senate Rule 9-1)
| ||||||
3 | 9-1. Recording of Vetoes. Upon the receipt by the Senate of | ||||||
4 | any bill
returned by the Governor under any of the provisions | ||||||
5 | of Article IV, Section 9
of the Constitution, the Secretary | ||||||
6 | shall enter the objections of the Governor
on the Journal, and | ||||||
7 | shall distribute copies of all veto messages to each
member's | ||||||
8 | desk, together with copies of the vetoed bill or item, as soon | ||||||
9 | as
practicable.
| ||||||
10 | (Senate Rule 9-2)
| ||||||
11 | 9-2. Amendatory Vetoes.
| ||||||
12 | (a) The Governor's specific recommendations for change
| ||||||
13 | with respect to a bill returned under subsection (e) of
Section | ||||||
14 | 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution shall be
limited | ||||||
15 | to addressing the Governor's objections to portions
of a bill, | ||||||
16 | the general merit of which the Governor recognizes,
and shall | ||||||
17 | not alter the fundamental purpose or legislative
scheme set | ||||||
18 | forth in the bill as passed.
| ||||||
19 | (b) Any motion to accept the Governor's
specific | ||||||
20 | recommendations for change shall automatically be referred to | ||||||
21 | the
Committee on Assignments. The Committee on Assignments | ||||||
22 | shall examine the
Governor's specific recommendations for | ||||||
23 | change and determine
by a majority of the members appointed |
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1 | whether those
recommendations comply with the standard set | ||||||
2 | forth in
subsection (a). Any motion to accept specific | ||||||
3 | recommendations
for change that the Committee on Assignments | ||||||
4 | determines
shall be in compliance with subsection (a) of this | ||||||
5 | Rule are subject to action
by the Committee on Assignments in | ||||||
6 | the same manner as floor amendments, joint
action motions, and | ||||||
7 | conference committee reports under Rule 3-8(b).
| ||||||
8 | (c) This Rule may not be suspended.
| ||||||
9 | (Senate Rule 9-3)
| ||||||
10 | 9-3. Motions to Consider Vetoes. For purposes of this | ||||||
11 | Article, the term
"motions" shall mean those motions to accept | ||||||
12 | or override a veto of the
Governor. Motions with respect to | ||||||
13 | bills returned by the Governor may be made
by the principal | ||||||
14 | sponsor, the committee chairperson in the case of a committee
| ||||||
15 | bill, or
by any member who voted on the prevailing side on the | ||||||
16 | vote on final passage of
the bill in question. Every motion | ||||||
17 | shall be filed in writing with the
Secretary, prior to any | ||||||
18 | consideration thereof by the Senate. If more than one
motion is | ||||||
19 | filed with respect to any bill, all such motions shall be heard | ||||||
20 | at
the time the bill is called; however, after such a motion is | ||||||
21 | adopted, no other
motion on that veto may be considered. The | ||||||
22 | motion of the principal sponsor or
chairperson, in the case of | ||||||
23 | committee bills, shall be considered first and all
other | ||||||
24 | motions considered in the
order filed. If the principal sponsor |
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1 | does not call a bill within eight
calendar days
after the | ||||||
2 | Governor's objections to the bill are entered in the Journal,
| ||||||
3 | thereafter any person filing such a motion may call the bill.
| ||||||
4 | (Senate Rule 9-4)
| ||||||
5 | 9-4. Consideration of Motions.
| ||||||
6 | (a) The vote to override a bill vetoed
in its entirety | ||||||
7 | shall be by roll call vote and shall be entered on the Journal.
| ||||||
8 | The form of motion with respect to such bills shall be: "I move | ||||||
9 | that ______
Bill _____ do pass, notwithstanding the veto of the | ||||||
10 | Governor."
| ||||||
11 | (b) The vote to override an item veto shall be by roll call | ||||||
12 | vote as to each
item separately and shall be entered on the | ||||||
13 | Journal. The form of motion with
respect to such item shall be: | ||||||
14 | "I move that the item on page _____, line
_____, of _____ Bill | ||||||
15 | ______ do pass, notwithstanding the item veto of the
Governor."
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16 | (c) The vote to restore an item which has been reduced | ||||||
17 | shall be by roll call
vote as to each item separately and shall | ||||||
18 | be entered on the Journal. The form
of motion with respect to | ||||||
19 | such items shall be: "I move the item on page _____,
line | ||||||
20 | _____, of _____ Bill ______ be restored, notwithstanding the | ||||||
21 | item
reduction of the
Governor."
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22 | (d) A bill returned together with specific recommendations |
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1 | of the Governor
may be acted upon in either of the following | ||||||
2 | manners:
| ||||||
3 | (1) By a motion to accept the specific recommendations | ||||||
4 | of the Governor. The
form of motion in this event shall be: | ||||||
5 | "I move to accept the specific
recommendations of the | ||||||
6 | Governor as to _____ Bill _____ in manner and form as
| ||||||
7 | follows: (inserting herein the language deemed necessary | ||||||
8 | to effectuate the
specific recommendations)"; or
| ||||||
9 | (2) By considering the bill as a vetoed bill and | ||||||
10 | overriding the
recommendation and passing the bill in its | ||||||
11 | original form. The form of motion
in
this event shall be: | ||||||
12 | "I move that _____ Bill _____ do pass, notwithstanding
the | ||||||
13 | specific
recommendations of the Governor."
| ||||||
14 | (Senate Rule 9-5)
| ||||||
15 | 9-5. Vetoed Bills Considered in Entirety. If a bill is
| ||||||
16 | returned by the Governor containing more than one veto, | ||||||
17 | reduction, specific
recommendation, or combination thereof, | ||||||
18 | the bill shall be acted upon in its
entirety before the bill is | ||||||
19 | released from the custody of the Senate.
| ||||||
20 | (Senate Rule 9-6)
| ||||||
21 | 9-6. Disposition of Vetoes. When a bill or item has | ||||||
22 | received the
affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the |
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1 | members elected (as to
overrides of
outright vetoes, item | ||||||
2 | vetoes, and specific recommendations for change) or the
| ||||||
3 | affirmative vote of at least a majority of those
elected (as to | ||||||
4 | overrides of reductions or acceptances of specific
| ||||||
5 | recommendations for
change), the Presiding Officer shall | ||||||
6 | declare that the bill or item has been
passed or restored over | ||||||
7 | the veto of the Governor, or that the specific
recommendations | ||||||
8 | for change have been approved, as the case may be. The bill
| ||||||
9 | shall then be so certified by the Secretary who shall note | ||||||
10 | thereon the day the
bill passed. The bill and the objections of | ||||||
11 | the Governor thereto shall then
be immediately delivered to the | ||||||
12 | House. When specific recommendations have been
accepted, then | ||||||
13 | such accepting language shall be attached to the original bill
| ||||||
14 | and the bill shall be delivered to the House.
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15 | ARTICLE X
| ||||||
16 | NOMINATIONS
| ||||||
17 | (Senate Rule 10-1)
| ||||||
18 | 10-1. Nominations.
| ||||||
19 | (a) Every nomination subject to confirmation by the
Senate | ||||||
20 | shall be referred to the Committee on Assignments in accordance | ||||||
21 | with Rule 3-6;
nominations may be
considered by the Executive | ||||||
22 | Appointments Committee or other committees in accordance with | ||||||
23 | these Senate Rules. Each
nominee shall be required to
appear in |
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1 | person before that meeting of a
committee convened for the | ||||||
2 | purpose of
considering the qualifications of the person for
the | ||||||
3 | office to which he or she has been nominated. The appearance of | ||||||
4 | the
nominee may be waived by the Chairperson of the committee | ||||||
5 | without objection by the other members of the committee. If a | ||||||
6 | member of the committee objects to the waiver of the nominee's | ||||||
7 | appearance by the Chairperson, the committee by a vote of a
| ||||||
8 | majority of those appointed may waive such appearance .
| ||||||
9 | (b) The Executive Appointments Committee
or another | ||||||
10 | committee in accordance with these Senate Rules shall, six days | ||||||
11 | prior to any of
its meetings, post a notice on the Senate | ||||||
12 | bulletin board or make the notice electronically available | ||||||
13 | indicating the
nominees to be considered at its next meeting | ||||||
14 | and the time, date, and place of
the meeting. The Chairperson | ||||||
15 | of the committee shall provide a copy of the
notice to the | ||||||
16 | Governor's Office of Legislative Affairs or other proper | ||||||
17 | appointing officer or authority, if applicable, which shall be
| ||||||
18 | responsible for notifying each nominee scheduled to be | ||||||
19 | considered of the date,
time, and place of hearing.
| ||||||
20 | (c) Except for Appointment Messages placed on the Denial of | ||||||
21 | Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | ||||||
22 | Appointments, on considering the report of the Executive | ||||||
23 | Appointments
Committee or another committee in accordance with | ||||||
24 | these Senate Rules on a
nomination,
the Presiding Officer shall |
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1 | put the following question: "Does the Senate
advise and consent | ||||||
2 | to the nomination just made?". The Chairman of the Executive | ||||||
3 | Appointments Committee may, by a motion in writing approved by | ||||||
4 | a majority of the members present and voting compile a list of | ||||||
5 | individual appointment messages to be acted on together by a | ||||||
6 | single vote. Whenever a list of Appointment Messages has been | ||||||
7 | so compiled, five or more members may request the question be
| ||||||
8 | put and the vote separately taken upon each of the Appointment | ||||||
9 | Messages on that list.
The Senate may determine, by a majority | ||||||
10 | vote of those elected, after having
voted upon the question of | ||||||
11 | one or more of the Appointment Messages individually, to act
| ||||||
12 | upon the question of the remaining Appointment Messages on that | ||||||
13 | list as a unit.
| ||||||
14 | (c-5) After a committee has reported to the Senate any | ||||||
15 | Appointment Message "do not recommend advise and consent" | ||||||
16 | pursuant to subsection (a) of Rule 3-11, the Chairman of the | ||||||
17 | Executive Appointments Committee shall move that the | ||||||
18 | Appointment Message (or Appointment Messages) be placed on the | ||||||
19 | Denial of Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | ||||||
20 | Appointments. A motion to place an Appointment Message on the | ||||||
21 | Denial of Appointment Calendar is neither debatable, subject to | ||||||
22 | division under Rule 7-14, nor subject to a motion to reconsider | ||||||
23 | under Rule 7-15.
The Presiding Officer shall put the following | ||||||
24 | question: "Shall the Senate place Appointment Message (or | ||||||
25 | Messages) (insert number or numbers) on the Denial of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Appointment Calendar which shall constitute the Senate's | ||||||
2 | rejection of that Message (or those Messages) on its 60th | ||||||
3 | session day under our Rules?" Upon adoption of the motion by a | ||||||
4 | majority vote, the Secretary shall place an Appointment Message | ||||||
5 | on the Denial of Appointment Calendar under the order of | ||||||
6 | Executive Appointments. | ||||||
7 | After a committee has reported to the Senate any | ||||||
8 | Appointment Message "without recommendation" pursuant to | ||||||
9 | subsection (a) of Rule 3-11, the Chairman of the Executive | ||||||
10 | Appointments Committee may move that the Appointment Message | ||||||
11 | (or Appointment Messages) be placed on the Denial of | ||||||
12 | Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | ||||||
13 | Appointments. A motion to place an Appointment Message on the | ||||||
14 | Denial of Appointment Calendar is neither debatable, subject to | ||||||
15 | division under Rule 7-14, nor subject to a motion to reconsider | ||||||
16 | under Rule 7-15.
The Presiding Officer shall put the following | ||||||
17 | question: "Shall the Senate place the Appointment Message (or | ||||||
18 | Messages) (insert number or numbers) on the Denial of | ||||||
19 | Appointment Calendar which shall constitute the Senate's | ||||||
20 | rejection of that Message (or those Messages) on its 60th | ||||||
21 | session day under our Rules?" Upon adoption of the motion by | ||||||
22 | majority vote, the Secretary shall place an Appointment Message | ||||||
23 | on the Denial of Appointment Calendar under the order of | ||||||
24 | Executive Appointments. | ||||||
25 | The Secretary shall set forth for each applicable | ||||||
26 | Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar the |
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1 | number, name of the nominee, and the title of the office, | ||||||
2 | agency or other body to which nomination is being made. The | ||||||
3 | Denial of Appointment Calendar shall also state the number of | ||||||
4 | session days that have elapsed since each Appointment Message | ||||||
5 | was received by the Senate. The Secretary shall distribute the | ||||||
6 | Denial of Appointment Calendar to each member of the Senate as | ||||||
7 | a component of the Senate Calendar for each session day other | ||||||
8 | than a perfunctory session day. The Secretary shall make the | ||||||
9 | Denial of Appointment Calendar available to the public. | ||||||
10 | An Appointment Message shall be removed from the Denial of | ||||||
11 | Appointment Calendar if a written objection stating the number | ||||||
12 | of the Appointment Message to be removed is filed with the | ||||||
13 | Secretary on or before the 59th session day after the day the | ||||||
14 | Appointment Message was received by the Senate, and the | ||||||
15 | objection contains the signature of a majority of the members | ||||||
16 | elected. Upon the filing of a proper written objection, the | ||||||
17 | Secretary shall remove the relevant Appointment Message from | ||||||
18 | the Denial of Appointment Calendar and automatically place the | ||||||
19 | Appointment Message on the Senate Calendar under the order of | ||||||
20 | Executive Appointments. | ||||||
21 | An Appointment Message shall be removed from the Denial of | ||||||
22 | Appointment Calendar if, upon concurrence of a majority of | ||||||
23 | those appointed, the Committee on Assignments adopts a motion | ||||||
24 | to remove that Appointment Message on or before the 59th | ||||||
25 | session day after the day the Appointment Message was received | ||||||
26 | by the Senate. Upon this action of the Committee on |
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1 | Assignments, the Secretary shall remove the relevant | ||||||
2 | Appointment Message from the Denial of Appointment Calendar and | ||||||
3 | automatically place the Appointment Message on the Senate | ||||||
4 | Calendar under the order of Executive Appointments, unless the | ||||||
5 | Committee on Assignments has referred the Appointment Message | ||||||
6 | to a committee for further action. | ||||||
7 | If neither the Committee on Assignments takes action to | ||||||
8 | remove an Appointment Message from the Denial of Appointment | ||||||
9 | Calendar, nor a proper written objection to an Appointment | ||||||
10 | Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar is filed with the | ||||||
11 | Secretary as required under this Rule, then that Appointment | ||||||
12 | Message shall remain on the Denial of Appointment Calendar. A | ||||||
13 | motion to place an Appointment Message (or Appointment | ||||||
14 | Messages) on the Denial of Appointment Calendar adopted by the | ||||||
15 | Senate shall constitute the Senate's rejection of each | ||||||
16 | Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar on | ||||||
17 | the 60th session day after the day the Appointment Message was | ||||||
18 | received by the Senate. Each Appointment Message remaining on | ||||||
19 | the Denial of Appointment Calendar on the 60th session day | ||||||
20 | after the day the Appointment Message was received by the | ||||||
21 | Senate shall be deemed to have not received the advice and | ||||||
22 | consent of the Senate and thereby rejected by the Senate | ||||||
23 | pursuant to Article V, Section 9 of the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
24 | On the 60th session day for each Appointment Message on the | ||||||
25 | Denial of Appointment Calendar, the Presiding Officer shall | ||||||
26 | make the following inquiry of the Secretary: "Please identify |
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1 | each Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar | ||||||
2 | that is on its 60th session day." After the Secretary | ||||||
3 | identifies the relevant Appointment Message or Appointment | ||||||
4 | Messages, the Presiding Officer shall make the following | ||||||
5 | declaration: "Each Appointment Message just read is on its 60th | ||||||
6 | session day and remains on the Denial of Appointment Calendar; | ||||||
7 | therefore each such Message, pursuant to our Rules, is deemed | ||||||
8 | to have not received the advice and consent of the Senate and | ||||||
9 | is hereby rejected by the Senate pursuant to Article V, Section | ||||||
10 | 9 of the Illinois Constitution. The Journal shall reflect that | ||||||
11 | the Senate has rejected each such nomination and the Secretary | ||||||
12 | shall inform the relevant appointing authority of the Senate's | ||||||
13 | action in rejecting that authority's nomination."
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14 | (d) Except as otherwise provided for in this Rule, while | ||||||
15 | any nomination remains with the Senate, it is in order to
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16 | reconsider any vote taken thereon, subject to the provisions of | ||||||
17 | Rule 7-15 not
related to the time for making such a motion.
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18 | (Senate Rule 10-2) | ||||||
19 | 10-2. Appointment Messages. | ||||||
20 | (a) Every nomination subject to the advice and consent of | ||||||
21 | the Senate
shall be submitted to the Senate by an Appointment | ||||||
22 | Message from
the appointing officer or appointing authority in | ||||||
23 | accordance
with this Rule, using the Appointment Message form | ||||||
24 | provided
in this Rule, containing all of the required |
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1 | information, and
accompanied by a cover letter signed by the | ||||||
2 | appointing officer
or on behalf of the appointing authority.
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3 | (b) All Appointment Messages shall be drafted by the
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4 | Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided
in | ||||||
5 | this Rule.
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6 | (c) Appointment Messages submitted shall be assigned a
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7 | sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating
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8 | the order in which they were received and read into the Senate
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9 | record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the
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10 | President of the Senate Senate President . An Appointment | ||||||
11 | Message is received by the
Senate when it is read into the | ||||||
12 | Senate record and assigned a
sequential number. A perfunctory | ||||||
13 | session day shall not be deemed to be a session day for the | ||||||
14 | purpose of Article V, Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Constitution.
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16 | (d) An Appointment Message that does not conform to the
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17 | requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the | ||||||
18 | President of the Senate Senate
President , (i) be ruled | ||||||
19 | non-compliant and of no legal effect and (ii) be returned by | ||||||
20 | the Secretary of the Senate to the
appointing officer or | ||||||
21 | authority that filed it.
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22 | (e) The appointing officer or authority may file in
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1 | accordance with this Rule an Appointment Message that
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2 | supersedes a previously filed Appointment Message. A
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3 | superseding Appointment Message shall identify by sequential | ||||||
4 | number the
Appointment Message that it supersedes. The filing | ||||||
5 | of a
superseding Appointment Message shall automatically table | ||||||
6 | the
Appointment Message that it supersedes, and that superseded | ||||||
7 | Appointment Message shall
have no further legal effect. The | ||||||
8 | filing of a
superseding Appointment Message shall not have the | ||||||
9 | effect of restarting the 60 session day period within which the | ||||||
10 | Senate must confirm or reject the appointee under Article V, | ||||||
11 | Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution, Senate | ||||||
12 | Rule 10-1, or any applicable law.
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13 | (f) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prohibit an | ||||||
14 | appointing officer or authority from withdrawing in writing an | ||||||
15 | Appointment Message that was previously submitted to or | ||||||
16 | received by the Senate. An Appointment Message that has been | ||||||
17 | withdrawn shall have no further legal effect. The filing of an | ||||||
18 | Appointment Message appointing the same person to the same | ||||||
19 | office and for a term ending on the same date as that of an | ||||||
20 | Appointment Message that was previously filed and later | ||||||
21 | withdrawn shall not have the effect of restarting the 60 | ||||||
22 | session day period within which the Senate must confirm or | ||||||
23 | reject the appointee under Article V, Section 9, subsection (a) | ||||||
24 | of the Illinois Constitution, Senate Rule 10-1, or any | ||||||
25 | applicable law.
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1 | (g) An Appointment Message (i) shall be a | ||||||
2 | committee-sponsored
legislative measure that is unamendable | ||||||
3 | and (ii) shall be
controlled by the Chairperson of the | ||||||
4 | Executive Appointments
Committee, who for purposes of these | ||||||
5 | Senate Rules shall be
deemed the principal sponsor. In the | ||||||
6 | absence of the
Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson of the | ||||||
7 | Executive
Appointments Committee shall be deemed the principal | ||||||
8 | sponsor.
Messages may not have individual cosponsors.
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9 | (h) Any Appointment Message pending when the Senate
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10 | adjourns sine die (i) shall carry over into the next General | ||||||
11 | Assembly and (ii) shall be considered to have been received by | ||||||
12 | the Senate when originally read into the Senate record as | ||||||
13 | provided for in subsection (c) of this Rule. An Appointment | ||||||
14 | Message carrying over into the next General Assembly shall | ||||||
15 | retain the sequential number assigned when originally read into | ||||||
16 | the Senate record as provided for in subsection (c) of this | ||||||
17 | Rule.
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18 | (i) Form.
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19 | APPOINTMENT MESSAGE |
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1 | To the Honorable Members of the Senate, Ninety-Ninth General | ||||||
2 | Assembly:
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3 | (I, (Name and Title of Appointing Officer), am)/(The (Name of | ||||||
4 | the Appointing Authority) is) nominating and, by and with the | ||||||
5 | advice and consent of the Senate, appointing the following | ||||||
6 | named individual to the office enumerated below. The advice and | ||||||
7 | consent of this Honorable Body is respectfully requested.
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8 | Title of Office: (Insert Title and Position)
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9 | Agency or Other Body: (Name of Agency, Board, Commission, or | ||||||
10 | other Body to Which Nomination is Being Made)
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11 | Start Date: (Insert Start Date)
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12 | End Date: (Insert End Date or Specify "Not Applicable")
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13 | Name: (Name of Nominee)
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14 | Residence: (Residential Address of Nominee)
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15 | Annual Compensation: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify | ||||||
16 | "Unsalaried")
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17 | Per diem: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify "Not Applicable")
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1 | Nominee's Senator: Senator (Name of Senator in whose District | ||||||
2 | the Nominee Resides)
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3 | Most Recent Holder of Office: (Insert Name or Specify "New | ||||||
4 | Position")
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5 | Superseded Appointment Message: (Insert Sequence Number of | ||||||
6 | Superseded Message or Specify "Not Applicable")
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7 | ARTICLE XI
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8 | DISCIPLINE AND PROTEST
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9 | (Senate Rule 11-1)
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10 | 11-1. Disorderly Behavior.
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11 | (a) In accordance with Article IV, Section
6(d) of the | ||||||
12 | Constitution, the Senate may punish any of its members for
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13 | disorderly behavior and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of | ||||||
14 | the members
elected, expel a Senator (but not for a second time | ||||||
15 | for the same cause). The
reason for the expulsion shall be | ||||||
16 | entered upon the Journal with the names and
votes of those | ||||||
17 | Senators voting on the question.
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18 | (b) In accordance with Article IV, Section 6(d) of the | ||||||
19 | Constitution, the
Senate during its session may punish by |
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1 | imprisonment any person other than a
Senator guilty of | ||||||
2 | disrespect of the Senate by disorderly or contemptuous
behavior | ||||||
3 | in its presence. The imprisonment shall not extend beyond 24 | ||||||
4 | hours
at one time unless the person persists in disorderly or | ||||||
5 | contemptuous behavior.
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6 | (Senate Rule 11-2)
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7 | 11-2. Protest. Any two Senators shall have the right to | ||||||
8 | dissent and
protest, in respectful language, against any act or | ||||||
9 | resolution that they may
think injurious to the public or to | ||||||
10 | any individual, and have the reason of
their protest entered | ||||||
11 | upon the Journal. When by motion a majority of Senators
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12 | determine that the language of a protest is not respectful, the | ||||||
13 | protest shall
be referred back to the protesting Senators.
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14 | ARTICLE XII
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15 | FORCE AND EFFECT
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16 | (Senate Rule 12-1)
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17 | 12-1. Applicability. The meetings and actions of the | ||||||
18 | Senate, including
all of its committees, shall be governed by | ||||||
19 | these Senate Rules.
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20 | (Senate Rule 12-2)
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21 | 12-2. Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure Robert's |
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1 | Rules . The rules of parliamentary practice appearing in
the | ||||||
2 | 2010 10th edition of Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure | ||||||
3 | Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the Senate in all
cases to | ||||||
4 | which they are applicable, providing that they are not | ||||||
5 | inconsistent
with these Senate Rules.
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6 | (Senate Rule 12-3)
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7 | 12-3. Certification by President. With respect to any bill | ||||||
8 | that has
been passed by the Senate and has been certified by | ||||||
9 | the President in
accordance
with Article IV, Section 8(d) of | ||||||
10 | the Constitution, there shall be an
irrebuttable presumption | ||||||
11 | that all of these Senate Rules have been fully
complied with in | ||||||
12 | obtaining such passage.
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13 | (Senate Rule 12-4)
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14 | 12-4. Effective Date. These Rules shall be in full force | ||||||
15 | and effect
upon their adoption, and shall remain in full force | ||||||
16 | and effect except as
amended in accordance with these Senate | ||||||
17 | Rules, or until superseded by new Rules
adopted as part of the | ||||||
18 | organization of a newly constituted General Assembly at
the | ||||||
19 | commencement of a term.
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