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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
3 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the |
4 | | Rules of the House of Representatives of the 100th General
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5 | | Assembly are amended by changing Rules 16 and 67, and adding by |
6 | | Rule 15.5 as follows:
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7 | | (House Rule 15.5 new)
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8 | | 15.5 Committee on Rules of Organization and Procedure.
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9 | | (a) The Committee on Rules of Organization and Procedure is |
10 | | created as a permanent committee. The Committee shall consist |
11 | | of 6 members, 3 appointed by the Speaker and 3 appointed by the |
12 | | Minority Leader. The Speaker and the Minority Leader are each |
13 | | eligible to be appointed to the Committee. The Committee may |
14 | | conduct business when a majority of the total number of its |
15 | | members has been appointed.
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16 | | (b) The majority caucus members of the Committee shall |
17 | | serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, and the minority caucus |
18 | | members shall serve at the pleasure of the Minority Leader. |
19 | | Appointments shall be by notice filed with the Clerk, and shall |
20 | | be effective for the balance of the term or until a replacement |
21 | | appointment is made, whichever first occurs. Appointments take |
22 | | effect upon filing with the Clerk, regardless of whether the |
23 | | House is in session .
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24 | | The Committee may, with the concurrence of a majority of |
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1 | | those appointed, sponsor resolutions to adopt or amend rules of |
2 | | organization and procedure for the House or Joint House-Senate |
3 | | Rules. Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, any resolution |
4 | | approved for consideration by the Committee, pursuant to a vote |
5 | | of a majority of those appointed, may be immediately considered |
6 | | by the House without referral to any committee. |
7 | | (Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
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8 | | (House Rule 16)
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9 | | 16. Referrals of Resolutions and Reorganization Orders.
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10 | | (a) All resolutions, except adjournment resolutions and |
11 | | resolutions
considered under subsection (b) or (c) of this |
12 | | Rule, after being initially read
by the
Clerk, shall be ordered |
13 | | reproduced and distributed as provided in Rule 39 and |
14 | | automatically referred to the Rules
Committee, which may |
15 | | thereafter refer any resolution
before it to the House or to a |
16 | | standing committee or special committee. No
resolution, except |
17 | | adjournment resolutions and resolutions considered under
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18 | | subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this Rule, may be considered by |
19 | | the House
unless (i) referred to the House by the Rules |
20 | | Committee under Rule 18, (ii) favorably reported by a
standing |
21 | | committee or special committee, (iii) authorized under Article |
22 | | XII, or (iv) discharged from committee pursuant to Rule 18(g) |
23 | | or Rule 58 , or (v) approved for consideration by the Committee |
24 | | on Rules of Organization and Procedure under subsection (a) of |
25 | | Rule 67. An adjournment resolution is subject
to Rule 66.
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1 | | (b) Any member may file a congratulatory or death |
2 | | resolution for consideration by the
House. The Principal |
3 | | Sponsor of each congratulatory or death resolution shall pay a
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4 | | reasonable fee, determined by the Clerk with the approval of |
5 | | the Speaker, to
offset the actual cost of producing the |
6 | | congratulatory or death resolution. The fee may
be paid from |
7 | | the office allowance provided by Section 4 of the General |
8 | | Assembly
Compensation Act, or from any other funds available to |
9 | | the member.
Upon agreement of the Speaker and the Minority |
10 | | Leader, congratulatory or death
resolutions may be immediately |
11 | | considered and adopted by the House
without referral to the |
12 | | Rules Committee. Those resolutions may be adopted as a
group by |
13 | | a single motion pursuant to a voice vote. A member may record a |
14 | | vote of "present" or "no" for a particular resolution by filing |
15 | | a notice with the Clerk to be included in the House Journal. |
16 | | Congratulatory and death resolutions shall be
entered on the |
17 | | Journal only by number, sponsorship, and subject. The
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18 | | provisions of this subsection requiring the Principal Sponsor |
19 | | to pay a
reasonable fee may not be suspended.
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20 | | (c) Death resolutions in memory of former members of the |
21 | | General Assembly
and
former
constitutional officers, upon |
22 | | introduction, may be immediately considered by
the House |
23 | | without referral to the Rules Committee. Those resolutions |
24 | | shall be
entered on the Journal in full.
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25 | | (d) Executive reorganization orders of the Governor
issued |
26 | | under Article V, Sec. 11 of the Constitution,
upon being read |
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1 | | into the record by the Clerk, are
automatically referred to the |
2 | | Rules Committee for its
referral to a standing committee or a |
3 | | special committee, which may
issue a recommendation to the |
4 | | House with respect to the
Executive Order. The Rules Committee |
5 | | may refer a resolution to disapprove an Executive Order to the |
6 | | House if a
standing committee or a special committee has |
7 | | reported to the House on the
Executive Order, or if the |
8 | | Executive Order has
been discharged under Rule 58. The House |
9 | | may disapprove of an
Executive Order by resolution adopted by a |
10 | | majority of
those elected.
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11 | | (Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
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12 | | (House Rule 67)
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13 | | 67. Adoption and Amendment to or Suspension of Rules.
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14 | | (a) Adoption of Rules. At the commencement of a term,
the |
15 | | House shall adopt new rules of organization and procedure
by |
16 | | resolution setting forth those rules in their entirety. The
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17 | | resolution must have been sponsored and approved for |
18 | | consideration by the Committee on Rules of Organization and |
19 | | Procedure, and it shall not be subject to amendment by the |
20 | | House. The resolution shall be adopted by the affirmative vote |
21 | | of a majority of those
elected.
These Rules of the House of |
22 | | Representatives
are subject to revision or amendment
only in |
23 | | accordance with this Rule.
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24 | | (b) Rules may be amended only by resolution sponsored by |
25 | | the Committee on Rules of Organization and Procedure . Any
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1 | | resolution to amend these Rules or Joint House-Senate Rules |
2 | | shall show the proposed changes in the
existing rules by |
3 | | underscoring all new matter and by crossing
out with a line all |
4 | | matter that is to be omitted or
superseded.
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5 | | (b-5) For the purpose of the organization and operation of |
6 | | the House of Representatives, the rules adopted by and |
7 | | applicable to the regular session of the House of |
8 | | Representatives of the preceding General Assembly, insofar as |
9 | | such rules may be applicable, shall prevail and be the rules |
10 | | governing the House of Representatives of the General Assembly |
11 | | then convened, until (i) such rules are changed or new rules |
12 | | adopted, or (ii) the sixteenth day in the month of February in |
13 | | the odd-numbered year. |
14 | | (c) (Blank.) Any resolution proposing to amend a House Rule |
15 | | or
any Joint House-Senate Rule, upon initial reading by
the |
16 | | Clerk, is automatically referred to the Rules Committee.
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17 | | Resolutions to amend the House Rules or any Joint
House-Senate |
18 | | Rules may be initiated and sponsored by the
Rules Committee and |
19 | | may be amended by the Rules Committee; those resolutions shall |
20 | | not be referred to a
committee and may be immediately |
21 | | considered and adopted by the House.
Those resolutions shall be |
22 | | assigned standard debate status,
subject to Rule 52.
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23 | | (d) (Blank.) A resolution to amend the House Rules or any |
24 | | Joint
House-Senate Rules that has been reported "be adopted" or |
25 | | "be adopted as amended" by a majority of those appointed to the
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26 | | Rules Committee requires the affirmative vote of a
majority of |
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1 | | those elected for adoption by the House. Any
other resolution |
2 | | proposing to amend the House Rules or any
Joint House-Senate |
3 | | Rules requires the affirmative vote
of 71 of the members |
4 | | elected for adoption by the House.
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5 | | (e) No House Rule or any Joint House-Senate Rule may be
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6 | | suspended except by unanimous consent of the members
present or |
7 | | upon a motion supported by the affirmative vote of a
majority |
8 | | of those elected unless a higher number is required
in the Rule |
9 | | sought to be suspended. A committee may not
suspend any Rule.
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10 | | (f) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote |
11 | | of 71 members
elected.
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12 | | (Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
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