Bill Text: IL SR1201 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Senate Rules. Makes changes concerning Rules 3-1, 3-4, and 4-1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-05-24 - Resolution Adopted; 054-000-000 [SR1201 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1201-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 | ||||||
5 | 3-1, 3-4, and 4-1 as follows:
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6 | (Senate Rule 3-1)
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7 | 3-1. Committees.
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8 | (a) The committees of the Senate are: (i) the
standing | ||||||
9 | committees listed in Rule 3-4; (ii)
special committees created | ||||||
10 | by resolution or notice under Rule 3-3; and (iii)
special | ||||||
11 | subcommittees created by standing committees or by special | ||||||
12 | committees
under Rule 3-3. Subcommittees may not create | ||||||
13 | subcommittees.
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14 | (b) All committees shall have a Chairperson and Minority | ||||||
15 | Spokesperson, who
shall not be of the same caucus, except as | ||||||
16 | provided in Rule 3-2.
Committees of the whole shall
consist of | ||||||
17 | all Senators. The number of majority caucus members and | ||||||
18 | minority
caucus members of all standing committees, and all | ||||||
19 | other committees unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate in | ||||||
20 | accordance with
these Senate Rules, shall be determined by the | ||||||
21 | President. The numbers of
majority caucus and minority caucus | ||||||
22 | 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 | (f) The President, in consultation with the Minority | ||||||
12 | Leader, may establish a process by which Senators and members | ||||||
13 | of the public may participate remotely in hearings for standing | ||||||
14 | committees, special committees, subcommittees or special | ||||||
15 | subcommittees, and service committees. | ||||||
16 | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
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17 | (Senate Rule 3-4)
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18 | 3-4. Standing Committees. The Standing Committees of the | ||||||
19 | Senate are as
follows:
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20 | AGRICULTURE
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21 | APPROPRIATIONS I
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1 | APPROPRIATIONS II
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2 | COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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3 | CRIMINAL LAW
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4 | EDUCATION
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5 | ENERGY AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
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6 | ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
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7 | GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS
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8 | EXECUTIVE
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9 | EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
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10 | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
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11 | GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND PENSIONS | ||||||
12 | HUMAN SERVICES
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13 | HIGHER EDUCATION
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1 | INSURANCE
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2 | JUDICIARY
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3 | LABOR
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4 | LICENSED ACTIVITIES
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5 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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6 | PENSIONS
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7 | PUBLIC HEALTH
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8 | REVENUE
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9 | STATE GOVERNMENT
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10 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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11 | TRANSPORTATION
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12 | VETERANS AFFAIRS | ||||||
13 | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
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1 | (Senate Rule 4-1)
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2 | 4-1. Sessions of the Senate.
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3 | (a) The Senate shall be deemed in session
whenever it | ||||||
4 | convenes in perfunctory session, regular session, veto | ||||||
5 | session, or
special session. Members shall be entitled to per | ||||||
6 | diem expense reimbursements
only on those regular, veto, and | ||||||
7 | special session days that they are in
attendance at the Senate. | ||||||
8 | Attendance by members is not required or
recorded during | ||||||
9 | perfunctory sessions.
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10 | (b) Regular and veto session days shall be scheduled with | ||||||
11 | notice by the
President in accordance with Rule 2-10. Special | ||||||
12 | session days
shall be scheduled in accordance with the | ||||||
13 | Constitution and laws of Illinois.
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14 | (c) The President, at his or her discretion, may schedule | ||||||
15 | perfunctory
sessions
during which the Secretary may read into | ||||||
16 | the Senate record any
legislative measure. Properly convened | ||||||
17 | committees may meet and may consider
and act upon legislative | ||||||
18 | measures during a perfunctory
session, and the Secretary may | ||||||
19 | receive and read committee reports into the
Senate record | ||||||
20 | during a perfunctory session. Excepting any automatic referral
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21 | provisions of these Senate Rules, no action may be taken by the
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22 | Senate with
respect to a legislative measure during a | ||||||
23 | perfunctory session.
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1 | (d) The President may also schedule perfunctory sessions | ||||||
2 | for the purpose
of affording those members designated by the | ||||||
3 | President and Minority Leader an
opportunity to negotiate with | ||||||
4 | respect to any unfinished business of the Senate
without | ||||||
5 | necessitating the presence of all members and the related costs | ||||||
6 | to
Illinois taxpayers.
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7 | (e) In times of pestilence or public danger, the Senate may | ||||||
8 | adopt a motion to allow a member to remotely participate and | ||||||
9 | vote in the regular and special sessions of the Senate, | ||||||
10 | provided that at all times a quorum of members is physically | ||||||
11 | present at the location of session.
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12 | (Source: S.R. 2, 101st G.A.)
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