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HR0025 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 104th General | ||||||
| 5 | 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 any | ||||||
| 9 | time, except that a member may not move the previous question | ||||||
| 10 | while participating in debate pursuant to Rule 52. A motion | ||||||
| 11 | for the previous question is not debatable and requires either | ||||||
| 12 | the unanimous consent of the members present or the | ||||||
| 13 | affirmative vote of 60 members elected. A record vote must be | ||||||
| 14 | taken on the motion if unanimous consent has been denied. This | ||||||
| 15 | subsection may not be suspended. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) The previous question shall be stated in the following | ||||||
| 17 | form: "Shall the main question be put?" Until the previous | ||||||
| 18 | question is decided, all amendments and debate are precluded. | ||||||
| 19 | When it is decided that the main question shall not be put, the | ||||||
| 20 | main question remains under debate. | ||||||
| 21 | (c) The effect of the main question being ordered is to put | ||||||
| 22 | an end to all debate and bring the House to a direct vote on | ||||||
| 23 | the immediately pending motion. After a motion for the | ||||||
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| 1 | previous question has been approved, it is not in order to move | ||||||
| 2 | for adjournment or to make any other motion before a decision | ||||||
| 3 | on the main question. | ||||||
| 4 | (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative | ||||||
| 5 | vote of 71 members elected. | ||||||
| 6 | (Source: H.R. 36, 103rd G.A.) | ||||||