HC0020 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0020

Introduced , by Rep. Grant Wehrli

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6

Proposes to amend The Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that each house shall have a Committee on Assignments composed of 6 members, with 3 members appointed by the presiding officer of that house and 3 members appointed by the minority leader of that house. Provides that no legislation shall be assigned to a committee except by an affirmative vote of at least 4 members of a Committee on Assignments. Provides specific notice and posting requirements for subject matters and legislative measures. Effective upon being declared adopted.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to amend Section 6 of The Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution as follows:

ARTICLE IV

THE LEGISLATURE

(ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 6)

SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION

(a) A majority of the members elected to each house constitutes a quorum.

(b) On the first day of the January session of the General Assembly in odd-numbered years, the Secretary of State shall convene the House of Representatives to elect from its membership a Speaker of the House of Representatives as presiding officer, and the Governor shall convene the Senate to elect from its membership a President of the Senate as presiding officer.

(c) For purposes of powers of appointment conferred by this Constitution, the Minority Leader of either house is a member of the numerically strongest political party other than the party to which the Speaker or the President belongs, as the case may be.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), each Each house shall determine the rules of its proceedings, judge the elections, returns and qualifications of its members and choose its officers. No member shall be expelled by either house, except by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to that house. A member may be expelled only once for the same offense. Each house may punish by imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to the house by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence. Imprisonment shall not extend beyond twenty-four hours at one time unless the person persists in disorderly or contemptuous behavior.

(e) Each house shall have a Committee on Assignments, which shall be the sole committee in each house with the power to determine the assignment of legislation to a committee. Each Committee on Assignments shall be composed of six members, with three members appointed by the presiding officer of that house and three members appointed by the Minority Leader of that house. No legislation shall be assigned to a committee except by the affirmative vote of at least four members of a Committee on Assignments.

(f) A Committee on Assignments shall not consider or conduct a hearing with respect to a subject matter or a legislative measure absent notice first being given as follows:

(1) One hour advance notice for the consideration of any floor amendment, joint action motion for final action, conference committee report, or motion to table a committee amendment.

(2) Seventy-two hours advance notice to consider the referral of bills to committees of the House or joint committees of the House and Senate.

(3) Twenty-four hours advance notice for hearings held for purposes not specified in items (1) and (2) of this subsection (f).

The Chairperson of the Committee on Assignments shall post the notice required under this subsection (f) on the House bulletin board identifying each subject matter and each legislative measure that may be considered during the hearing. The notice shall contain the day, hour, and place of the hearing.

The posting requirements of items (2) and (3) of this subsection (f) may be reduced to a one-hour advance notice upon the adoption of a motion by three-fifths of the members elected; however, the posting requirement of item (1) of this subsection (f) may not be suspended. Notice requirements for hearings may be suspended only as authorized by this subsection (f), and no hearing shall be conducted with less than a one-hour advance notice.

(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

SCHEDULE

This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.