Bill Text: IL SR0184 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Senate Rules. Makes changes concerning Rules 3-8 and 5-2.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SR0184 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0184-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate | ||||||
4 | of the 101st General Assembly are amended by changing Rules 3-8 | ||||||
5 | and 5-2 as follows:
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6 | (Senate Rule 3-8)
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7 | 3-8. Referrals to Committees.
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8 | (a) All Senate Bills and House Bills shall,
after having | ||||||
9 | been initially read by the Secretary, be automatically
referred | ||||||
10 | to the Committee on Assignments, which may thereafter refer any | ||||||
11 | bill
before it to a committee. The Committee on Assignments may | ||||||
12 | refer any
resolution before it to a committee. No bill or | ||||||
13 | resolution may be
referred to a
committee except pursuant to | ||||||
14 | this Rule or Rule 7-17. A standing
or special committee may | ||||||
15 | refer a matter pending in that committee to a special
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16 | subcommittee of
that committee.
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17 | (b) All floor amendments, joint action motions for final | ||||||
18 | action, and
conference committee reports shall, upon filing | ||||||
19 | with
the Secretary, be automatically referred to the Committee | ||||||
20 | on Assignments. No such
amendment, joint action motion,
or | ||||||
21 | conference committee report may be considered by the Senate | ||||||
22 | unless approved
for consideration by the
Committee on |
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1 | Assignments. The Committee on Assignments may approve for | ||||||
2 | consideration to the
Senate any floor amendment, joint
action | ||||||
3 | motion for final action, or conference committee report that: | ||||||
4 | (i)
consists of language that has previously been
favorably | ||||||
5 | reported to the Senate by a committee; (ii) consists of | ||||||
6 | technical or
clarifying language; or (iii) consists of
language | ||||||
7 | deemed by the Committee on Assignments to be of an emergency | ||||||
8 | nature, of
substantial importance to the operation of | ||||||
9 | government, or in the best interests
of Illinois. The Committee | ||||||
10 | on Assignments may refer any floor amendment, joint action
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11 | motion for final action, or conference committee report to a | ||||||
12 | committee
for
its review and consideration (in those instances, | ||||||
13 | and notwithstanding any other
provision of these Senate Rules, | ||||||
14 | the committee may
hold a hearing on and consider those | ||||||
15 | legislative measures pursuant to one-hour
advance notice). Any | ||||||
16 | floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, or
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17 | conference committee report that is not
approved for | ||||||
18 | consideration or referred by the Committee on Assignments, and | ||||||
19 | is attempted
to be acted upon by a committee shall be out of | ||||||
20 | order, except as provided for
under
Rule 8-4.
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21 | (b-1) A floor amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | ||||||
22 | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | ||||||
23 | from which the bill was reported (or to another standing | ||||||
24 | committee as the Committee on Assignments may determine) upon | ||||||
25 | adjournment of the Senate on the third regular session day |
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1 | following the day on which the floor amendment was filed, | ||||||
2 | unless (i) the Committee on Assignments referred the floor | ||||||
3 | amendment to a standing committee or acted on the floor | ||||||
4 | amendment in the first instance and referred it to the Senate | ||||||
5 | for consideration; (ii) the bill is no longer pending before | ||||||
6 | the Senate; (iii) the floor amendment deals with the subject of | ||||||
7 | appropriations or State revenue; or (iv) the Committee on | ||||||
8 | Assignments has determined by a majority vote that the floor | ||||||
9 | amendment substantively alters the nature and scope of the | ||||||
10 | underlying bill. If the Committee on Assignments makes a | ||||||
11 | determination under item (iv) of this subsection, then the | ||||||
12 | Committee on Assignments may, in its discretion, (A) refer the | ||||||
13 | floor amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | ||||||
14 | floor amendment to any other committee.
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15 | (c) All committee amendments shall, upon filing with the | ||||||
16 | Secretary, be
automatically referred to the Committee on | ||||||
17 | Assignments. No committee amendment may be
considered by a | ||||||
18 | committee unless the committee amendment is referred to the
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19 | committee by the
Committee on Assignments and the committee | ||||||
20 | amendment has first been made available electronically or | ||||||
21 | otherwise for not less than one hour. Any committee amendment | ||||||
22 | referred by the
Committee on Assignments shall be referred
to | ||||||
23 | the committee before which the underlying bill or resolution is
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24 | pending.
Any committee amendment that is not referred by the
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25 | Committee on Assignments to a committee, and is attempted to be |
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1 | acted upon by a committee
shall be out of order.
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2 | (c-1) A committee amendment filed by the chief sponsor of a | ||||||
3 | bill shall be automatically referred to the standing committee | ||||||
4 | to which the bill was assigned upon adjournment of the Senate | ||||||
5 | on the third regular session day following the day on which the | ||||||
6 | committee amendment was filed, unless (i) the Committee on | ||||||
7 | Assignments referred the committee amendment to the standing | ||||||
8 | committee to which the bill was assigned; (ii) the bill is no | ||||||
9 | longer pending before the committee; (iii) the committee | ||||||
10 | amendment deals with the subject of appropriations or State | ||||||
11 | revenue; or (iv) the Committee on Assignments has determined by | ||||||
12 | a majority vote that the committee amendment substantively | ||||||
13 | alters the nature and scope of the underlying bill. If the | ||||||
14 | Committee on Assignments makes a determination under item (iv) | ||||||
15 | of this subsection, then the Committee on Assignments may, in | ||||||
16 | its discretion, (A) refer both the bill and the committee | ||||||
17 | amendment to any standing committee or (B) not refer the | ||||||
18 | committee amendment to any other committee.
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19 | (d) The Committee on Assignments may at any time re-refer a | ||||||
20 | legislative measure from
a committee to a Committee of the | ||||||
21 | Whole or to any other committee.
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22 | (d-3) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | ||||||
23 | Rules: |
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1 | (1) Upon written request of the chief sponsor, any bill | ||||||
2 | not otherwise assigned to a standing committee shall be | ||||||
3 | assigned to a standing committee. | ||||||
4 | (2) Upon written request of the chief sponsor, any bill | ||||||
5 | not otherwise called for hearing in the standing committee | ||||||
6 | to which it has been assigned shall be heard (and called | ||||||
7 | for a vote, if so requested by the chief sponsor) in that | ||||||
8 | standing committee. | ||||||
9 | (3) Each chief sponsor may make a total of 3 written | ||||||
10 | requests under paragraph (1) or (2) during any calendar | ||||||
11 | year (for purposes of this provision, the period from | ||||||
12 | January 1 until the next General Assembly convenes in the | ||||||
13 | odd-numbered year following a general election shall be | ||||||
14 | considered part of the previous calendar year).
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15 | (d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Senate | ||||||
16 | Rules, any bill pending before the Committee on Assignments | ||||||
17 | shall be immediately referred to the indicated standing | ||||||
18 | committee if the chief sponsor of the bill files a discharge | ||||||
19 | motion for that bill that is signed by no less than | ||||||
20 | three-fifths of the members of both the majority and minority | ||||||
21 | caucus, and each of the members signing the discharge motion is | ||||||
22 | a sponsor of the bill. This subsection does not apply to bills | ||||||
23 | dealing with the subject of appropriations or State revenue.
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24 | (e) This Rule may be suspended by a vote of three-fifths of |
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1 | the members
elected.
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2 | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
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3 | (Senate Rule 5-2)
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4 | 5-2. Reading and Printing of Bills. Every bill shall be | ||||||
5 | read by title
on three different days prior to passage by the | ||||||
6 | Senate, and the bill and all
adopted amendments thereto shall | ||||||
7 | be printed before the vote is taken on its
final passage. No | ||||||
8 | bill that provides for an appropriation
or expenditure of money | ||||||
9 | from the State Treasury may be read a third time until at least | ||||||
10 | 72 hours have elapsed since the language to be voted upon was | ||||||
11 | filed.
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12 | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
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