Full Text of HR0763 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 5 | | Assembly are amended by changing Rules 32 and 49 and by adding | 6 | | Rule 21.5 as follows:
| 7 | | (House Rule 21.5 new)
| 8 | | 21.5 Committee and Task Force Hearing Accessibility.
| 9 | | (a) The regular meeting location for committee and task | 10 | | force hearings shall be the seat of government in Springfield. | 11 | | Committee and task force hearings may also be held at the | 12 | | Michael A. Bilandic Building, located at 160 North LaSalle | 13 | | Street in Chicago, and at other locations authorized by the | 14 | | Speaker that are suitable for interactive video conference | 15 | | participation.
| 16 | | (b) Whenever the location for a committee or task force | 17 | | hearing is not in Springfield, the Clerk shall provide for a | 18 | | secondary location in Springfield where members and the public | 19 | | may participate in the hearing through an interactive video | 20 | | conference.
| 21 | | Notwithstanding any other rule to the contrary, committee | 22 | | or task force members with voting rights participating in a | 23 | | hearing through the interactive video conference shall be |
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| 1 | | included in the quorum roll call for the hearing and shall be | 2 | | allowed to participate in the hearing, including speaking in | 3 | | debate, making motions, and casting votes, in the same manner | 4 | | as members who are physically present at the hearing location. | 5 | | Any person wishing to offer testimony at a committee | 6 | | hearing, pursuant to Rule 26, or a task force hearing may do so | 7 | | at the secondary location in the same manner as a person who is | 8 | | physically present at the hearing location. | 9 | | All votes shall be by roll call whenever one or more | 10 | | committee or task force members with voting rights are | 11 | | participating in the hearing through an interactive video | 12 | | conference. Participation in a hearing at the secondary | 13 | | location shall not be allowed during any time periods of | 14 | | interruption in interactive video conference service. No | 15 | | action of the committee or task force shall be invalidated on | 16 | | the grounds that the loss of, or poor quality of, the | 17 | | interactive video conference service prevented a committee or | 18 | | task force member, or a person wishing to offer testimony, from | 19 | | participating in the hearing. | 20 | | The Clerk shall (i) include in the committee or task force | 21 | | hearing notice the secondary location for the hearing, and (ii) | 22 | | ensure that a committee clerk is present at the secondary | 23 | | location to operate necessary equipment, to record committee or | 24 | | task force member participation in quorum and vote roll calls, | 25 | | and to record requests to provide testimony. | 26 | | (c) The Speaker may suspend the requirements of subsection |
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| 1 | | (b) for interactive video conference participation when (i) the | 2 | | Clerk has determined that the condition of equipment or | 3 | | communication services at the hearing location will not allow | 4 | | for interactive video conference participation, and (ii) such | 5 | | conditions are first identified or arise after the hearing was | 6 | | scheduled. A detailed explanation of the conditions and their | 7 | | discovery that led to such determination shall be provided by | 8 | | the Clerk and included in the Journal. | 9 | | (Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
| 10 | | (House Rule 32)
| 11 | | 32. Quorum.
| 12 | | (a) A majority of those elected constitutes a
quorum of the | 13 | | House, and a majority of those appointed
constitutes a quorum | 14 | | of a committee, but a smaller number may
adjourn from day to | 15 | | day, or recess for less than one day, and
compel the attendance | 16 | | of absent members. Members of a committee with voting rights | 17 | | who are attending a hearing through an interactive video | 18 | | conference pursuant to Rule 21.5 shall count towards | 19 | | determining a quorum . When a quorum is not present for a | 20 | | hearing of a committee, a smaller number may conduct a hearing | 21 | | on a subject matter as authorized by Rule 21 or Rule 25. The | 22 | | attendance of
absent members may also be compelled by order of | 23 | | the Speaker. This subsection may not be suspended.
| 24 | | (b) The question of the presence of a quorum in any
| 25 | | committee may not be raised on consideration of a legislative
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| 1 | | measure by the House unless the same question was previously
| 2 | | raised before the committee with respect to that legislative
| 3 | | measure.
| 4 | | (c) Any member not answering the quorum roll call of the | 5 | | House on any session day who is in attendance and wishes to be | 6 | | added to that quorum roll call must file a request to be shown | 7 | | present on the quorum roll call with the Clerk. The request | 8 | | must be in writing and filed in person by the member on the | 9 | | same calendar day the quorum roll call was taken.
| 10 | | (Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
| 11 | | (House Rule 49)
| 12 | | 49. Voting. The Presiding Officer shall put all questions
| 13 | | distinctly, as follows: "All those in favor vote AYE,
and those | 14 | | opposed vote NAY." No member may vote on any question before | 15 | | the
House unless on the floor before the vote is announced. No | 16 | | member of a
committee may vote except in person or through | 17 | | interactive video conference participation pursuant to Rule | 18 | | 21.5 at the time of the committee vote, provided the member is | 19 | | on the committee roll before the vote is announced. Any vote of | 20 | | the
House shall be by record vote whenever 5
Representatives | 21 | | shall so request or whenever
the Presiding Officer shall so | 22 | | order.
| 23 | | (Source: H.R. 46, 100th G.A.)
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