104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2643

 

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Martin McLaughlin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 10/25 new
25 ILCS 145/5.10 new

    Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that all witness slips filed in either house of the General Assembly concerning proposed legislation during the General Assembly committee hearing process shall track along with the legislation for which it was filed should such legislation be placed on another bill, by amendment, for purposes of legislative action. Provides that the General Assembly, in consultation with the Legislative Information System, shall provide for such witness slip tracking on the Illinois General Assembly website. Amends the Legislative Information System Act. Provides that the Legislative Information System shall provide for electronic tracking of all witness slips witness slips filed in either house of the General Assembly concerning proposed legislation during the General Assembly committee hearing by which the witness slips shall track along with the legislation for which they were filed should such legislation be placed on another bill, by amendment, for purposes of legislative action.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended
5by adding Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 10/25 new)
7    Sec. 25. Witness slip tracking. Notwithstanding any rule
8or provision of law to the contrary, all witness slips filed in
9either house of the General Assembly concerning proposed
10legislation during the General Assembly committee hearing
11process shall track along with the legislation for which they
12were filed should such legislation be placed on another bill,
13by amendment, for purposes of legislative action. The General
14Assembly, in consultation with the Legislative Information
15System, shall provide for such witness slip tracking on the
16Illinois General Assembly website.
 
17    Section 10. The Legislative Information System Act is
18amended by adding Section 5.10 as follows:
 
19    (25 ILCS 145/5.10 new)
20    Sec. 5.10. Witness slip tracking. The System shall provide
21for electronic tracking of all witness slips filed in either

 

 

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1house of the General Assembly concerning proposed legislation
2during the General Assembly committee hearing by which the
3witness slips shall track along with the legislation for which
4they were filed should such legislation be placed on another
5bill, by amendment, for purposes of legislative action.