Bill Text: IL SR0054 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Contains only a resolved clause for presentation of the resolution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-14 - Resolution Adopted as Amended 057-000-000 [SR0054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0054-Enrolled.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 54
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate | ||||||
4 | of the 98th General Assembly are amended by changing Rules 3-1, | ||||||
5 | 3-5, 3-9, 7-2, 7-3, 7-12, 10-1, and 10-2 and by adding Rules | ||||||
6 | 3-14 and 3-15 as follows:
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7 | (Senate Rule 3-1)
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8 | 3-1. Committees.
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9 | (a) The committees of the Senate are: (i) the
standing | ||||||
10 | committees listed in Rule 3-4; (ii)
special committees created | ||||||
11 | by resolution or notice under Rule 3-3; and (iii)
special | ||||||
12 | subcommittees created by standing committees or by special | ||||||
13 | committees
under Rule 3-3. Subcommittees may not create | ||||||
14 | subcommittees.
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15 | (b) All committees shall have a Chairperson and Minority | ||||||
16 | Spokesperson, who
shall not be of the same caucus, except as | ||||||
17 | provided in Rule 3-2.
Committees of the whole shall
consist of | ||||||
18 | all Senators. The number of majority caucus members and | ||||||
19 | minority
caucus members of all standing committees, and all | ||||||
20 | other committees unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate in | ||||||
21 | accordance with
these Senate Rules, shall be determined by the | ||||||
22 | President. The numbers of
majority caucus and minority caucus | ||||||
23 | members shall become final upon the
President filing with the |
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1 | Secretary an appropriate notice, which shall be
Journalized.
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2 | (c) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | ||||||
3 | to call the
committee to order, designate which legislative | ||||||
4 | measures that are assigned to the committee
shall be taken up, | ||||||
5 | order the roll call vote to be taken on each
legislative | ||||||
6 | measure called for a vote, preserve order and decorum during
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7 | committee meetings, assign legislative measures to special | ||||||
8 | subcommittees of the parent committee, jointly sign and issue | ||||||
9 | subpoenas with the President, and implement and supervise the | ||||||
10 | business of the committee.
The
Vice-Chairperson of a committee | ||||||
11 | may preside over its meetings in the absence or
at
the
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12 | direction of the Chairperson.
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13 | (d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the Chairperson or | ||||||
14 | Minority Spokesperson
position on a committee, occurs when a | ||||||
15 | member resigns from that
position or ceases to be a Senator. | ||||||
16 | Resignations shall be made in writing to
the Secretary, who | ||||||
17 | shall promptly notify the President and Minority Leader.
Absent | ||||||
18 | concurrence by a majority of those elected, or as otherwise | ||||||
19 | provided in
Rule 3-5, no member who resigns from a committee | ||||||
20 | shall be reappointed to that
committee for
the remainder of the | ||||||
21 | term. Replacement members shall be of the same caucus
as that | ||||||
22 | of the member who resigns, and shall be appointed by the
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23 | President or Minority Leader, depending upon the caucus of the
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24 | resigning member. In the case of vacancies on special |
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1 | subcommittees that were
created by committees, any vacancy | ||||||
2 | shall be filled pursuant to the motion adopted to create the | ||||||
3 | subcommittee but if the motion does not specify how a vacancy | ||||||
4 | is filled then the parent committee shall fill the vacancy by | ||||||
5 | motion.
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6 | (e) The Chairperson of a committee shall have the authority | ||||||
7 | to call meetings
of
that committee, subject to the approval of | ||||||
8 | the President in accordance with
Rule
2-5(c)(19). Except as | ||||||
9 | otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, committee
meetings | ||||||
10 | shall be convened in accordance with Rule
3-11.
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11 | (Senate Rule 3-5)
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12 | 3-5. Service Committees Committee .
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13 | (a) In addition to the standing
committees, there are 2 is | ||||||
14 | a permanent service
committees committee known as the | ||||||
15 | "Committee on Assignments" and the "Committee on Legislative | ||||||
16 | Petitions" . The Committee on Assignments shall have those
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17 | powers and duties that are outlined in these Senate Rules, as | ||||||
18 | well as those
that may be periodically ordered in accordance | ||||||
19 | with these Senate
Rules. The Committee on Legislative Petitions | ||||||
20 | shall have those powers and duties outlined in Senate Rule | ||||||
21 | 3-14, as well as those that may be periodically ordered in | ||||||
22 | accordance with these Senate Rules.
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23 | (b) The Committee on Assignments shall consist of five |
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1 | members, three of whom shall
be
appointed by the President and | ||||||
2 | two of whom shall be appointed by the Minority
Leader. Both the | ||||||
3 | President and the Minority Leader shall be eligible to be
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4 | appointed to the Committee on Assignments. The Committee on | ||||||
5 | Assignments shall be empowered to
conduct business when a | ||||||
6 | majority of the total number of its members has been
appointed.
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7 | (c) The majority caucus members of the Committee on | ||||||
8 | Assignments shall serve at the
pleasure of the President, and | ||||||
9 | the minority caucus members shall serve at the
pleasure of the | ||||||
10 | Minority Leader. Appointments thereto shall be by notice filed
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11 | with the Secretary, and shall be effective for the balance of | ||||||
12 | the term or until
a replacement appointment is made, whichever | ||||||
13 | first occurs. Appointments shall
take effect upon filing with | ||||||
14 | the Secretary regardless of whether the
Senate is in session. | ||||||
15 | Notwithstanding any other provision of these
Senate Rules, any | ||||||
16 | Senator who is replaced on the Committee on Assignments may be
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17 | reappointed to the Committee on Assignments without | ||||||
18 | concurrence of the Senate.
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19 | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | ||||||
20 | Rules, the
Committee on Assignments and the Committee on | ||||||
21 | Legislative Petitions may meet upon reasonable public notice. | ||||||
22 | All legislative measures
pending before
the Committee on | ||||||
23 | Assignments or Legislative Petitions pending before the | ||||||
24 | Committee on Legislative Petitions shall be eligible for |
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1 | consideration at any meeting thereof,
and
all such legislative | ||||||
2 | measures shall be deemed posted for hearing by the
Committee on | ||||||
3 | Assignments for all of its meetings.
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4 | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of | ||||||
5 | the members
elected.
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6 | (Senate Rule 3-9)
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7 | 3-9. Re-Referrals to the Committee on Assignments.
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8 | (a) All legislative
measures, with the exception of | ||||||
9 | resolutions to amend the State Constitution and Legislative | ||||||
10 | Petitions ,
that have
failed to meet the applicable deadline | ||||||
11 | established in accordance with Rule 2-10
for reporting to the | ||||||
12 | Senate by a standing committee shall automatically be
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13 | re-referred to the Committee on Assignments unless: (i) the | ||||||
14 | deadline has been
suspended
pursuant to Rule 7-17, with | ||||||
15 | re-referral to the Committee on Assignments to occur if the
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16 | bill has not been reported to the Senate in accordance with the | ||||||
17 | revised
deadline; or (ii) the Committee on Assignments has | ||||||
18 | issued a written exception to the
Secretary with respect to a | ||||||
19 | particular bill prior to the reporting deadline,
with | ||||||
20 | re-referral to occur, if at all, in accordance with the written
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21 | exception. Should the President in accordance with Rule 2-10 | ||||||
22 | establish
deadlines for action on joint action motions or | ||||||
23 | conference
committee reports, the foregoing re-referral
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24 | provisions and exceptions shall apply with respect to those |
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1 | legislative
measures
that fail to meet those deadlines.
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2 | (b) All legislative measures, with the exception of | ||||||
3 | resolutions to amend the
State Constitution and Appointment | ||||||
4 | Messages, pending before the Senate or any of its committees | ||||||
5 | shall
automatically be re-referred to the Committee on | ||||||
6 | Assignments on the 31st consecutive day
that the Senate has not | ||||||
7 | convened for session unless: (i) this Rule has been
suspended | ||||||
8 | in accordance with Rule 7-17; or (ii) the Committee on | ||||||
9 | Assignments has issued
a written exception to the Secretary | ||||||
10 | prior to that 31st day.
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11 | (Senate Rule 3-14 new) | ||||||
12 | 3-14. Legislative Petitions. | ||||||
13 | (a) The Senate recognizes that the people of Illinois have | ||||||
14 | a right to petition their government to make known their | ||||||
15 | opinions and to apply for redress of grievances, and encourages | ||||||
16 | them to do so. For that reason, the Senate hereby creates a | ||||||
17 | process by which the people may propose legislative action | ||||||
18 | through the filing of petitions.
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19 | (b) The people may submit these petitions to any Senator or | ||||||
20 | to the Chairperson of the Committee on Legislative Petitions.
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21 | (c) Any petition submitted shall succinctly state the | ||||||
22 | relevant subject matter, the underlying factual circumstances, |
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1 | and a proposed legislative remedy. The petition shall also | ||||||
2 | contain the signatures of at least ten Illinois residents (in | ||||||
3 | print or electronic format). At least one original petition and | ||||||
4 | one copy must be presented to the Senator or Chairperson of the | ||||||
5 | Committee.
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6 | (d) Upon receipt of a petition, a member may file a | ||||||
7 | Legislative Petition with the Secretary of the Senate. Each | ||||||
8 | Legislative Petition shall have one principal sponsor whose | ||||||
9 | name shall appear on the Legislative Petition and may be joined | ||||||
10 | by no more than four chief cosponsors with the approval of the | ||||||
11 | principal sponsor; other cosponsors shall be separated from the | ||||||
12 | principal sponsor and any chief cosponsor by a comma. All | ||||||
13 | Legislative Petitions introduced into the Senate shall be | ||||||
14 | accompanied by the original petition received by the Senator | ||||||
15 | and eight copies of the petition drafted by the Legislative | ||||||
16 | Reference Bureau. The Secretary shall retain the original | ||||||
17 | petition for archive purposes.
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18 | (e) All Legislative Petitions shall be drafted by the | ||||||
19 | Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided in | ||||||
20 | this Rule.
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21 | (f) Legislative Petitions submitted shall be assigned a | ||||||
22 | sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating | ||||||
23 | the order in which they were received and read into the Senate |
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1 | record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the | ||||||
2 | Senate President. A Legislative Petition is received by the | ||||||
3 | Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned a | ||||||
4 | sequential number.
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5 | (g) All Legislative Petitions shall, after having been read | ||||||
6 | into the Senate record, be automatically referred to the | ||||||
7 | Committee on Legislative Petitions.
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8 | (h) A Legislative Petition that does not conform to the | ||||||
9 | requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the Senate | ||||||
10 | President, (i) be ruled non-compliant and out of order, and | ||||||
11 | (ii) be returned by the Secretary of the Senate to the Senator | ||||||
12 | who filed it.
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13 | (i) A Legislative Petition shall be unamendable, and any | ||||||
14 | Legislative Petition pending when the Senate adjourns sine die | ||||||
15 | shall not carry over into the next General Assembly.
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16 | (j) Form.
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17 | SENATE PETITION | ||||||
18 | The undersigned petitioner, individually and on behalf of those | ||||||
19 | residents of the State of Illinois supporting this petition, |
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1 | hereby petitions the Chairperson and Members of the Senate | ||||||
2 | Committee on Legislative Petitions to hold one or more public | ||||||
3 | hearings to consider whether the following proposal should be | ||||||
4 | introduced as legislation in the Illinois State Senate:
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5 | Primary Petitioner: (Insert name of first person signing | ||||||
6 | petition)
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7 | Brief Summary of Proposal: (Insert Summary)
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8 | Summary provided by petitioner and reproduced without | ||||||
9 | alteration.
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10 | Detailed Description of Proposal: (Insert Description or | ||||||
11 | Specify "Not Provided")
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12 | Description provided by petitioner and reproduced without | ||||||
13 | alteration.
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14 | (Senate Rule 3-15 new) | ||||||
15 | 3-15. Committee on Legislative Petitions. | ||||||
16 | (a) In addition to standing committees and the Committee on | ||||||
17 | Assignments, there shall be a permanent service committee known | ||||||
18 | as the "Committee on Legislative Petitions". The Committee on | ||||||
19 | Legislative Petitions shall have those powers and duties that | ||||||
20 | are outlined in these Senate Rules, as well as those that may |
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1 | be periodically ordered in accordance with these Senate Rules.
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2 | (b) The appointed members of the Committee on Legislative | ||||||
3 | Petitions shall be designated by the President and the Minority | ||||||
4 | Leader in the same manner outlined in Rule 3-2 with respect to | ||||||
5 | standing committees. In accordance with Section 1 of the | ||||||
6 | General Assembly Compensation Act (25 ILCS 115/1), no | ||||||
7 | Chairperson or Minority Spokesperson of the Committee on | ||||||
8 | Legislative Petitions shall receive additional compensation | ||||||
9 | for his or her service. The Committee may create subcommittees | ||||||
10 | under Rule 3-3.
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11 | (c) It shall be the duty of the Committee on Legislative | ||||||
12 | Petitions to consider petitions for legislation submitted to | ||||||
13 | the Senate under these Senate Rules. After conducting one or | ||||||
14 | more public hearings and receiving testimony, the Committee on | ||||||
15 | Legislative Petitions may, by a majority of those appointed, | ||||||
16 | issue a report to the full Senate outlining the testimony | ||||||
17 | received, the positions of any witnesses, and any | ||||||
18 | recommendations made by Committee members regarding the | ||||||
19 | petition.
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20 | (Senate Rule 7-2)
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21 | 7-2. Announcing a Roll Call Vote. When a roll call vote is | ||||||
22 | requested,
the Presiding Officer shall put the question and | ||||||
23 | then announce to the Senate:
"The voting is open.". While the |
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1 | roll call is being taken, the Presiding
Officer shall state: | ||||||
2 | "Have all voted who wish?". The voting is
closed when the | ||||||
3 | Presiding Officer announces: "Take the Record.". The
Presiding | ||||||
4 | Officer , unless an intervening motion to postpone | ||||||
5 | consideration by
the principal sponsor is made, shall then | ||||||
6 | announce the results of the roll
call. No
Senator is permitted | ||||||
7 | to vote or to change his or her vote after the Presiding
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8 | Officer announces: "Take the Record.".
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9 | (Senate Rule 7-3)
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10 | 7-3. Decorum and Debate.
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11 | (a) When any Senator is about to speak or
deliver any | ||||||
12 | matter to the Senate, he or she shall rise and address the
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13 | Presiding Officer as "Mister President" or "Madam President", | ||||||
14 | as the case may
be. Upon being recognized by the Chair, the
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15 | latter will address the Senator by name and thereupon, and not | ||||||
16 | until then, the
engineer in charge of operating the microphones | ||||||
17 | in the Senate will give the use
of the microphone to the | ||||||
18 | Senator who has been so recognized. The Senator in
speaking | ||||||
19 | shall confine himself or herself to the subject matter under
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20 | discussion and avoid personalities.
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21 | (b) The Presiding Officer may at his or her discretion, and | ||||||
22 | with
consideration for the efficient operation of the Senate, | ||||||
23 | determine whether
any member shall be afforded the floor for | ||||||
24 | the purpose of introduction of
guests in the gallery. Questions |
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1 | affecting the rights,
reputation, and conduct of members of the | ||||||
2 | Senate in their representative
capacity are questions of | ||||||
3 | personal privilege. A matter of personal explanation
does not | ||||||
4 | constitute a question of personal privilege.
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5 | (c) If any Senator in speaking (or otherwise) transgresses | ||||||
6 | these Senate
Rules, the Presiding Officer shall, or any Senator | ||||||
7 | may, call him or her to
order, in which case the Senator so | ||||||
8 | called to order shall sit down, unless
permitted to explain; | ||||||
9 | and the Senate, if appealed to, shall decide on the case
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10 | without debate. If the decision is in favor of the Senator | ||||||
11 | called to order, he
or she is at liberty to proceed. If | ||||||
12 | otherwise, and the case requires it,
he or she is liable to the | ||||||
13 | censure of the Senate.
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14 | (d) If any Senator is called to order for words spoken in | ||||||
15 | debate, the person
calling him or her to order shall repeat the | ||||||
16 | words excepted to, and they shall
be taken down by the | ||||||
17 | Secretary. No Senator shall be held to answer or be
subject to | ||||||
18 | the censure of the Senate for words spoken in debate if any | ||||||
19 | Senator
has spoken in debate or other business has intervened | ||||||
20 | after the words spoken
and
before exceptions to them shall have | ||||||
21 | been taken.
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22 | (e) If two or more Senators rise at once, the Presiding | ||||||
23 | Officer shall name
the Senator who is to speak first.
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1 | (f) No person shall give any signs of approbation or | ||||||
2 | disapprobation while
the
Senate is in session.
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3 | (g) No Senator shall speak more than five minutes on the | ||||||
4 | same question
without the consent of the Senate, nor more than | ||||||
5 | twice on that question. No
Senator shall speak more than once | ||||||
6 | until every Senator choosing to speak has
spoken. However, the | ||||||
7 | Presiding Officer, in his or her discretion, may set time | ||||||
8 | limits for the presentation of a legislative measure by the | ||||||
9 | principal
sponsor or a member designated by the principal | ||||||
10 | sponsor and debate by Senators seeking to debate the | ||||||
11 | legislative measure. No Senator may explain his or her vote.
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12 | (h) While the Presiding Officer is putting a question, no | ||||||
13 | Senator shall
leave
or walk across the Senate Chamber. When a | ||||||
14 | Senator is addressing the Senate, no
Senator or other person | ||||||
15 | entitled to the floor shall entertain private discourse
or pass | ||||||
16 | between the speaker and the Presiding Officer.
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17 | (i) In case of any disturbances or disorderly conduct in | ||||||
18 | the lobby, gallery,
or hallways adjoining the chamber, the | ||||||
19 | President shall have the power to order
the same to be cleared.
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20 | (j) All material placed on the desks of Senators shall | ||||||
21 | contain the name of
the Senator requesting its distribution.
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1 | (Senate Rule 7-12)
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2 | 7-12. Motion to Postpone Consideration. A motion to | ||||||
3 | postpone
consideration on a legislative measure may not be made | ||||||
4 | more than once on the
same bill or proposition. Unless | ||||||
5 | otherwise provided by these Senate Rules, a
motion to postpone | ||||||
6 | consideration shall be made prior to intervening business and | ||||||
7 | shall be granted as a matter of privilege . However ;
however , no | ||||||
8 | motion to postpone consideration is in order if the
involved | ||||||
9 | legislative measure (1) initially received a vote of fewer than | ||||||
10 | two-fifths
of the members elected or (2) is an Appointment | ||||||
11 | Message .
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12 | (Senate Rule 10-1)
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13 | 10-1. Nominations.
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14 | (a) Every nomination subject to confirmation by the
Senate | ||||||
15 | shall be referred to the Committee on Assignments in accordance | ||||||
16 | with Rule 3-6;
nominations may be
considered by the Executive | ||||||
17 | Appointments Committee or other committees in accordance with | ||||||
18 | these Senate Rules. Each
nominee shall be required to
appear in | ||||||
19 | person before that meeting of a
committee convened for the | ||||||
20 | purpose of
considering the qualifications of the person for
the | ||||||
21 | office to which he or she has been nominated. The appearance of | ||||||
22 | the
nominee may be waived by the committee by a vote of a
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23 | majority of those appointed.
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1 | (b) The Executive Appointments Committee
or another | ||||||
2 | committee in accordance with these Senate Rules shall, six days | ||||||
3 | prior to any of
its meetings, post a notice on the Senate | ||||||
4 | bulletin board or make the notice electronically available | ||||||
5 | indicating the
nominees to be considered at its next meeting | ||||||
6 | and the time, date, and place of
the meeting. The Chairperson | ||||||
7 | of the committee shall provide a copy of the
notice to the | ||||||
8 | Governor's Office of Legislative Affairs or other proper | ||||||
9 | appointing officer or authority, if applicable , which shall be
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10 | responsible for notifying each nominee scheduled to be | ||||||
11 | considered of the date,
time, and place of hearing.
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12 | (c) Except for Appointment Messages placed on the Denial of | ||||||
13 | Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | ||||||
14 | Appointments, on On considering the report of the Executive | ||||||
15 | Appointments
Committee or another committee in accordance with | ||||||
16 | these Senate Rules on a
nomination,
the Presiding Officer shall | ||||||
17 | put the following question: "Does the Senate
advise and consent | ||||||
18 | to the nomination just made?". The Chairman of the Executive | ||||||
19 | Appointments Committee may, by a motion in writing approved by | ||||||
20 | a majority of the members present and voting compile a list of | ||||||
21 | individual appointment messages to be acted on together by a | ||||||
22 | single vote. Whenever a list of Appointment Messages has been | ||||||
23 | so compiled, five or more members may request the question be
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24 | put and the vote separately taken upon each of the Appointment | ||||||
25 | Messages on that list.
The Senate may determine, by a majority |
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1 | vote of those elected, after having
voted upon the question of | ||||||
2 | one or more of the Appointment Messages individually, to act
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3 | upon the question of the remaining Appointment Messages on that | ||||||
4 | list as a unit.
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5 | (c-5) After a committee has reported to the Senate any | ||||||
6 | Appointment Message "do not recommend advise and consent" | ||||||
7 | pursuant to subsection (a) of Rule 3-11, the Chairman of the | ||||||
8 | Executive Appointments Committee shall move that the | ||||||
9 | Appointment Message (or Appointment Messages) be placed on the | ||||||
10 | Denial of Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | ||||||
11 | Appointments. A motion to place an Appointment Message on the | ||||||
12 | Denial of Appointment Calendar is neither debatable, subject to | ||||||
13 | division under Rule 7-14, nor subject to a motion to reconsider | ||||||
14 | under Rule 7-15.
The Presiding Officer shall put the following | ||||||
15 | question: "Shall the Senate place Appointment Message (or | ||||||
16 | Messages) (insert number or numbers) on the Denial of | ||||||
17 | Appointment Calendar which shall constitute the Senate's | ||||||
18 | rejection of that Message (or those Messages) on its 60th | ||||||
19 | session day under our Rules?" Upon adoption of the motion by a | ||||||
20 | majority vote, the Secretary shall place an Appointment Message | ||||||
21 | on the Denial of Appointment Calendar under the order of | ||||||
22 | Executive Appointments. | ||||||
23 | After a committee has reported to the Senate any | ||||||
24 | Appointment Message "without recommendation" pursuant to | ||||||
25 | subsection (a) of Rule 3-11, the Chairman of the Executive |
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1 | Appointments Committee may move that the Appointment Message | ||||||
2 | (or Appointment Messages) be placed on the Denial of | ||||||
3 | Appointment Calendar under the order of Executive | ||||||
4 | Appointments. A motion to place an Appointment Message on the | ||||||
5 | Denial of Appointment Calendar is neither debatable, subject to | ||||||
6 | division under Rule 7-14, nor subject to a motion to reconsider | ||||||
7 | under Rule 7-15.
The Presiding Officer shall put the following | ||||||
8 | question: "Shall the Senate place the Appointment Message (or | ||||||
9 | Messages) (insert number or numbers) on the Denial of | ||||||
10 | Appointment Calendar which shall constitute the Senate's | ||||||
11 | rejection of that Message (or those Messages) on its 60th | ||||||
12 | session day under our Rules?" Upon adoption of the motion by | ||||||
13 | majority vote, the Secretary shall place an Appointment Message | ||||||
14 | on the Denial of Appointment Calendar under the order of | ||||||
15 | Executive Appointments. | ||||||
16 | The Secretary shall set forth for each applicable | ||||||
17 | Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar the | ||||||
18 | number, name of the nominee, and the title of the office, | ||||||
19 | agency or other body to which nomination is being made. The | ||||||
20 | Denial of Appointment Calendar shall also state the number of | ||||||
21 | session days that have elapsed since each Appointment Message | ||||||
22 | was received by the Senate. The Secretary shall distribute the | ||||||
23 | Denial of Appointment Calendar to each member of the Senate as | ||||||
24 | a component of the Senate Calendar for each session day other | ||||||
25 | than a perfunctory session day. The Secretary shall make the | ||||||
26 | Denial of Appointment Calendar available to the public. |
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1 | An Appointment Message shall be removed from the Denial of | ||||||
2 | Appointment Calendar if a written objection stating the number | ||||||
3 | of the Appointment Message to be removed is filed with the | ||||||
4 | Secretary on or before the 59th session day after the day the | ||||||
5 | Appointment Message was received by the Senate, and the | ||||||
6 | objection contains the signature of a majority of the members | ||||||
7 | elected. Upon the filing of a proper written objection, the | ||||||
8 | Secretary shall remove the relevant Appointment Message from | ||||||
9 | the Denial of Appointment Calendar and automatically place the | ||||||
10 | Appointment Message on the Senate Calendar under the order of | ||||||
11 | Executive Appointments. | ||||||
12 | An Appointment Message shall be removed from the Denial of | ||||||
13 | Appointment Calendar if, upon concurrence of a majority of | ||||||
14 | those appointed, the Committee on Assignments adopts a motion | ||||||
15 | to remove that Appointment Message on or before the 59th | ||||||
16 | session day after the day the Appointment Message was received | ||||||
17 | by the Senate. Upon this action of the Committee on | ||||||
18 | Assignments, the Secretary shall remove the relevant | ||||||
19 | Appointment Message from the Denial of Appointment Calendar and | ||||||
20 | automatically place the Appointment Message on the Senate | ||||||
21 | Calendar under the order of Executive Appointments, unless the | ||||||
22 | Committee on Assignments has referred the Appointment Message | ||||||
23 | to a committee for further action. | ||||||
24 | If neither the Committee on Assignments takes action to | ||||||
25 | remove an Appointment Message from the Denial of Appointment | ||||||
26 | Calendar, nor a proper written objection to an Appointment |
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1 | Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar is filed with the | ||||||
2 | Secretary as required under this Rule, then that Appointment | ||||||
3 | Message shall remain on the Denial of Appointment Calendar. A | ||||||
4 | motion to place an Appointment Message (or Appointment | ||||||
5 | Messages) on the Denial of Appointment Calendar adopted by the | ||||||
6 | Senate shall constitute the Senate's rejection of each | ||||||
7 | Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar on | ||||||
8 | the 60th session day after the day the Appointment Message was | ||||||
9 | received by the Senate. Each Appointment Message remaining on | ||||||
10 | the Denial of Appointment Calendar on the 60th session day | ||||||
11 | after the day the Appointment Message was received by the | ||||||
12 | Senate shall be deemed to have not received the advice and | ||||||
13 | consent of the Senate and thereby rejected by the Senate | ||||||
14 | pursuant to Article V, Section 9 of the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
15 | On the 60th session day for each Appointment Message on the | ||||||
16 | Denial of Appointment Calendar, the Presiding Officer shall | ||||||
17 | make the following inquiry of the Secretary: "Please identify | ||||||
18 | each Appointment Message on the Denial of Appointment Calendar | ||||||
19 | that is on its 60th session day." After the Secretary | ||||||
20 | identifies the relevant Appointment Message or Appointment | ||||||
21 | Messages, the Presiding Officer shall make the following | ||||||
22 | declaration: "Each Appointment Message just read is on its 60th | ||||||
23 | session day and remains on the Denial of Appointment Calendar; | ||||||
24 | therefore each such Message, pursuant to our Rules, is deemed | ||||||
25 | to have not received the advice and consent of the Senate and | ||||||
26 | is hereby rejected by the Senate pursuant to Article V, Section |
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1 | 9 of the Illinois Constitution. The Journal shall reflect that | ||||||
2 | the Senate has rejected each such nomination and the Secretary | ||||||
3 | shall inform the relevant appointing authority of the Senate's | ||||||
4 | action in rejecting that authority's nomination."
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5 | (d) Except as otherwise provided for in this Rule, while | ||||||
6 | While any nomination remains with the Senate, it is in order to
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7 | reconsider any vote taken thereon, subject to the provisions of | ||||||
8 | Rule 7-15 not
related to the time for making such a motion.
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9 | (Senate Rule 10-2) | ||||||
10 | 10-2. Appointment Messages. | ||||||
11 | (a) Every nomination subject to the advice and consent of | ||||||
12 | the Senate
shall be submitted to the Senate by an Appointment | ||||||
13 | Message from
the appointing officer or appointing authority in | ||||||
14 | accordance
with this Rule, using the Appointment Message form | ||||||
15 | provided
in this Rule, containing all of the required | ||||||
16 | information, and
accompanied by a cover letter signed by the | ||||||
17 | appointing officer
or on behalf of the appointing authority.
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18 | (b) All Appointment Messages shall be drafted by the
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19 | Legislative Reference Bureau, according to the form provided
in | ||||||
20 | this Rule.
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21 | (c) Appointment Messages submitted shall be assigned a
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22 | sequential number by the Secretary of the Senate, indicating
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1 | the order in which they were received and read into the Senate
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2 | record by the Secretary of the Senate at the direction of the
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3 | Senate President. An Appointment Message is received by the
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4 | Senate when it is read into the Senate record and assigned a
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5 | sequential number. A perfunctory session day shall not be | ||||||
6 | deemed to be a session day for the purpose of Article V, | ||||||
7 | Section 9, subsection (a) of the Illinois Constitution.
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8 | (d) An Appointment Message that does not conform to the
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9 | requirements of this Rule shall, at the direction of the Senate
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10 | President, (i) be ruled non-compliant and of no legal effect | ||||||
11 | and (ii) be returned by the Secretary of the Senate to the
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12 | appointing officer or authority that filed it.
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13 | (e) The appointing officer or authority may file in
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14 | accordance with this Rule an Appointment Message that
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15 | supersedes a previously filed Appointment Message. A
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16 | superseding Appointment Message shall identify by sequential | ||||||
17 | number the
Appointment Message that it supersedes. The filing | ||||||
18 | of a
superseding Appointment Message shall automatically table | ||||||
19 | the
Appointment Message that it supersedes, and that superseded | ||||||
20 | Appointment Message shall
have no further legal effect.
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21 | (f) Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prohibit an | ||||||
22 | appointing officer or authority from withdrawing in writing an | ||||||
23 | Appointment Message that was previously submitted to or |
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1 | received by the Senate. An Appointment Message that has been | ||||||
2 | withdrawn shall have no further legal effect.
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3 | (g) An Appointment Message (i) shall be a | ||||||
4 | committee-sponsored
legislative measure that is unamendable | ||||||
5 | and (ii) shall be
controlled by the Chairperson of the | ||||||
6 | Executive Appointments
Committee, who for purposes of these | ||||||
7 | Senate Rules shall be
deemed the principal sponsor. In the | ||||||
8 | absence of the
Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson of the | ||||||
9 | Executive
Appointments Committee shall be deemed the principal | ||||||
10 | sponsor.
Messages may not have individual cosponsors.
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11 | (h) Any Appointment Message pending when the Senate
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12 | adjourns sine die (i) shall carry over into the next General | ||||||
13 | Assembly and (ii) shall be considered to have been received by | ||||||
14 | the Senate when originally read into the Senate record as | ||||||
15 | provided for in subsection (c) of this Rule. An Appointment | ||||||
16 | Message carrying over into the next General Assembly shall | ||||||
17 | retain the sequential number assigned when originally read into | ||||||
18 | the Senate record as provided for in subsection (c) of this | ||||||
19 | Rule.
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20 | (i) Notwithstanding the requirements contained in this | ||||||
21 | Rule, any Appointment Message submitted to the 96th General | ||||||
22 | Assembly and not acted upon by the 96th General Assembly is | ||||||
23 | deemed to be carried over to the 97th General Assembly. The |
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1 | Senate may take action on any Appointment Message carried over | ||||||
2 | from the Senate of the 96th General Assembly. Nothing in this | ||||||
3 | Rule shall be construed to prohibit an appointing officer or | ||||||
4 | authority from withdrawing in writing an Appointment Message | ||||||
5 | that was previously submitted to or received by the Senate of | ||||||
6 | the 96th General Assembly and carried over into the Senate of | ||||||
7 | the 97th General Assembly. An Appointment Message carried over | ||||||
8 | from the Senate of the 96th General Assembly that has been | ||||||
9 | withdrawn in the Senate of the 97th General Assembly shall have | ||||||
10 | no further legal effect.
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11 | (i) (j) Form.
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12 | APPOINTMENT MESSAGE | ||||||
13 | To the Honorable Members of the Senate, Ninety-Eighth | ||||||
14 | Ninety-Seventh General Assembly:
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15 | (I, (Name and Title of Appointing Officer), am)/(The (Name of | ||||||
16 | the Appointing Authority) is) nominating and, by and with the | ||||||
17 | advice and consent of the Senate, appointing the following | ||||||
18 | named individual to the office enumerated below. The advice and | ||||||
19 | consent of this Honorable Body is respectfully requested.
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20 | Title of Office: (Insert Title and Position )
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1 | Agency or Other Body: (Name of Agency, Board, Commission, or | ||||||
2 | other Body to Which Nomination is Being Made)
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3 | Start Date: (Insert Start Date)
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4 | End Date: (Insert End Date or Specify "Not Applicable")
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5 | Name: (Name of Nominee)
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6 | Residence: (Residential Address of Nominee)
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7 | Annual Compensation: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify | ||||||
8 | "Unsalaried")
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9 | Per diem: (Insert Dollar Amount or Specify "Not Applicable")
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10 | Nominee's Senator: Senator (Name of Senator in whose District | ||||||
11 | the Nominee Resides)
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12 | Most Recent Holder of Office: (Insert Name or Specify "New | ||||||
13 | Position")
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14 | Superseded Appointment Message: (Insert Sequence Number of | ||||||
15 | Superseded Message or Specify "Not Applicable")
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