Bill Text: IL SR1600 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Senate Rules. Adds Article XIII.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SR1600 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SR1600-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Rules of the Senate
of the 101st General Assembly are amended by adding Article
XIII as follows:
ARTICLE XIII
SESSION DURING TIMES OF PESTILENCE OR PUBLIC DANGER
(Senate Rule 13-1 new)
13-1. Applicability and construction. The meetings and
actions of the Senate, including all of its committees, on
session days where the President has declared times of
pestilence or public danger shall be governed by the Senate
Rules adopted by the Senate of the 101st General Assembly,
together with the provisions contained in this Article. Where
there is a conflict between the Senate Rules adopted by the
Senate of the 101st General Assembly and the provisions
contained in this Article, the provisions contained in this
Article shall be controlling.
(Senate Rule 13-2 new)
13-2. Public access to proceedings.

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(a) The Presiding Officer shall designate a process for the
public to observe the meetings and actions of the Senate,
including all of its committees, via video or other electronic
means.
(b) The Presiding Officer shall designate a process for the
committees of the Senate to receive testimony from members of
the public via electronic means.
(Senate Rule 13-3 new)
13-3. Floor debate and personal privilege.
(a) Prior to floor debate, the President, in consultation
with the Minority Leader, may establish the total number of
speakers and number of speakers for each caucus who shall be
recognized for debate for any legislative measure. If such a
debate protocol is established, then the Presiding Officer
shall announce prior to debate: (1) the total number of
speakers; (2) number of speakers for each caucus; and (3) the
member designated as floor manager by the respective caucus
leader to manage the number of speakers for that caucus.
(b) Members may not introduce guests or make points of
personal privilege during session covered by this Article.
(Senate Rule 13-4 new)
13-4. Verification of attendance.
(a) At the beginning of each day of session covered by this
Article, the President, or his or her designee, and the

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Minority Leader, or his or her designee, shall provide to the
Secretary the names of those members of his or her respective
caucus who are excused from attendance for that day. All
members not so excused or participating remotely under Rule
4-1(e) shall be counted as present for the purposes of
determining a quorum or voting in the Senate or its committees.
(b) The name of any member not already excused from
attendance for a session day covered by this Article who leaves
the State Capitol prior to adjournment of the session for that
day shall be added to names of those members of that caucus who
are excused from attendance for that day, and his or her name
shall be provided by the President, or his or her designee, or
the Minority Leader, or his or her designee, as the case may
be, to the Secretary. Once a member's name has been provided to
the Secretary under this paragraph, that member shall not be
counted as present for the purposes of determining a quorum or
voting in the Senate or its committees for the remainder of
that day or until that member's presence is reestablished under
subsection (c).
(c) If a member who has left the State Capitol as described
in paragraph (b) returns prior to adjournment of a session day
covered by this Article, his or her name shall be provided by
the President, or his or her designee, or the Minority Leader,
or his or her designee, as the case may be, to the Secretary
who shall remove it from the names of those members of that
caucus who are excused from attendance for that day. Once a

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member's name has been provided to the Secretary under this
paragraph, that member shall be counted as present for the
purposes of determining a quorum or voting in the Senate or its
committees.
(d) If a member who was excused from attendance as
described in paragraph (a) thereafter arrives at the State
Capitol prior to adjournment of session covered by this Article
for that day, his or her name shall be provided by the
President, or his or her designee, or the Minority Leader, or
his or her designee, as the case may be, to the Secretary who
shall remove it from the names of those members of that caucus
who are excused from attendance for that day. Once a member's
name has been provided to the Secretary under this paragraph,
that member shall be counted as present for the purposes of
determining a quorum or voting in the Senate or its committees.
(e) No Senator may request verification of the results of
any roll call in the Senate or its committees during the
session covered by this Article.