Bill Text: IL SR0168 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Rules of the Senate of the 97th General Assembly to make changes in rules related to sponsorship of bills originating in the House.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-13 - Resolution Adopted; 055-001-000 [SR0168 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0168-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate | ||||||
4 | of the 97th General Assembly are amended by changing Rule 5-1 | ||||||
5 | as follows:
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6 | (Senate Rule 5-1)
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7 | 5-1. Bills.
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8 | (a) A bill may be introduced in the Senate by sponsorship
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9 | of one or more members of the Senate, whose names shall be on | ||||||
10 | the printed
copies of the bills, in the Senate Journal, and in | ||||||
11 | the Legislative Digest. The
principal sponsor shall be the | ||||||
12 | first name to appear on the bill and may be
joined by no more | ||||||
13 | than four chief cosponsors with the approval of the
principal | ||||||
14 | sponsor; other cosponsors shall be separated from the principal
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15 | sponsor and any chief cosponsors by a comma. By motion, the | ||||||
16 | sponsorship of a
bill may be changed to that of another Senator | ||||||
17 | (or Senators, as the case may
be), or to that of the standing | ||||||
18 | committee to which the bill was referred or
from which the bill | ||||||
19 | was reported. Such a motion may be made at any time the
bill is | ||||||
20 | pending before the Senate or any of its committees.
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21 | (b) The principal sponsor of a bill shall control the bill | ||||||
22 | and may allow a chief cosponsor (i) to present the bill on |
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1 | Third Reading with written approval or (ii) to move the bill | ||||||
2 | from Second Reading to Third Reading. A
committee-sponsored | ||||||
3 | bill shall be controlled by the Chairperson of the
committee, | ||||||
4 | who for purposes of these Senate Rules shall be deemed the | ||||||
5 | principal
sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may not have | ||||||
6 | individual cosponsors.
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7 | (c) (1) The House sponsor of a bill originating in the | ||||||
8 | House may request
substitute
Senate sponsorship of that bill by | ||||||
9 | filing a notice with the Secretary; that
notice shall | ||||||
10 | automatically be referred to the Committee on Assignments and | ||||||
11 | deemed
adopted if approved by the Committee on Assignments.
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12 | (2) The notice shall include the bill number, the name of | ||||||
13 | the Senate chief sponsor to be substituted, the signature of | ||||||
14 | the House sponsor, the signature of the substitute Senate chief | ||||||
15 | sponsor, and a statement that the original Senate sponsor was | ||||||
16 | provided with notice of intent to request a substitute Senate | ||||||
17 | sponsor.
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18 | (3) The Committee on Assignments shall act on any notice | ||||||
19 | within three session days (excluding perfunctory session | ||||||
20 | days). If the Committee on Assignments fails to act on that | ||||||
21 | notice within three session days, then the notice shall be | ||||||
22 | deemed approved and the Senate sponsorship of the House Bill | ||||||
23 | will be substituted pursuant to the notice. The Senate |
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1 | President may suspend in writing the operation of the three | ||||||
2 | session day automatic approval process set forth under this | ||||||
3 | subsection (c) if the President determines that the Rules | ||||||
4 | Committee of the House of Representatives has failed to act on | ||||||
5 | any Senator's request to substitute House sponsorship of a | ||||||
6 | Senate Bill. If disapproved by the
Committee on Assignments, | ||||||
7 | the notice shall lie on the table. If the Committee on | ||||||
8 | Assignments
fails to act on any such notice, that notice may be | ||||||
9 | discharged pursuant to Rule
7-9.
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10 | (d) All bills introduced in the Senate shall be read by | ||||||
11 | title a first time,
ordered printed, and automatically referred | ||||||
12 | to the Committee on Assignments in
accordance with Rule 3-8. | ||||||
13 | When a House Bill is received, it shall be taken up,
ordered | ||||||
14 | printed, and placed on the order of House Bills on First
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15 | Reading; after having been read a first time, it shall | ||||||
16 | automatically
be referred to the Committee on Assignments in | ||||||
17 | accordance with Rule 3-8.
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18 | (e) All bills introduced into the Senate shall be | ||||||
19 | accompanied by eight
copies.
Any bill that amends a statute | ||||||
20 | shall indicate the particular changes in the
following manner:
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21 | (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
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22 | (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded |
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1 | shall be shown crossed
with a line.
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2 | (f) No bill shall be passed by the Senate except on a roll | ||||||
3 | call vote of a
majority of those elected. A bill that has lost | ||||||
4 | and has not been reconsidered
may not thereafter be revived.
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5 | (Source: S.R. 2, 97th G.A.)
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