97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1347

 

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. Matt Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 10/8 new

    Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that if a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be referred by the appropriate committee of that chamber to a standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6 session days or before any committee action or floor action deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.


LRB097 06896 RLJ 46989 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1347LRB097 06896 RLJ 46989 b

1    AN ACT concerning the legislature.
 
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 8 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 10/8 new)
7    Sec. 8. Legislative measures; majority of members sponsor.
8If a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or
9co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the
10chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then
11resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be
12referred by the appropriate committee of that chamber to a
13standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative
14measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6
15session days or before any committee action or floor action
16deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is
17sooner.