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91_HR0033

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 3    NINETY-FIRST  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 4    the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-first
 5    General Assembly are amended by changing Rule 59 as follows:

 6         (House Rule 59)
 7        59.  Previous Question.
 8        (a)  A motion for the previous question may  be  made  at
 9    any  time.   A  motion  for  the  previous  question  is  not
10    debatable  and requires the affirmative vote of 60 71 members
11    elected.
12        (b)  The  previous  question  shall  be  stated  in   the
13    following  form:  "Shall the main question be put?" Until the
14    previous question is decided, all amendments and  debate  are
15    precluded.   When  it is decided that the main question shall
16    not be put, the main question remains under debate.
17        (c)  The effect of the main question being ordered is  to
18    put an end to all debate and bring the House to a direct vote
19    on  the  immediately  pending motion.  After a motion for the
20    previous question has been approved, unless the vote on  that
21    motion  suggests  the absence of a quorum, it is not in order
22    to move for adjournment or to make any other motion before  a
23    decision on the main question.
24        (d)  This  Rule  may be suspended only by the affirmative
25    vote of 71 members elected.

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