[ Search ] [ Legislation ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
91_HR0008
LRB9101281REpk
1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-first
5 General Assembly, which pursuant to Section 3 of the General
6 Assembly Operations Act are the same as the Rules of the
7 Ninetieth General Assembly, are amended by changing Rule 37
8 as follows:
9 (House Rule 37)
10 37. Bills.
11 (a) A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship
12 of one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on
13 the reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and
14 in the Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor shall be the
15 first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
16 than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of the Principal
17 Sponsor; other co-sponsors shall be separated from the
18 Principal Sponsor and any chief co-sponsors by a comma. The
19 Principal Sponsor may change the sponsorship of a bill to
20 that of one or more other Representatives, or to that of the
21 standing committee or special committee to which the bill was
22 referred or from which the bill was reported. Such change
23 may be made at any time the bill is pending before the House
24 or any of its committees by filing a notice with the Clerk.
25 This subsection may not be suspended.
26 (b) The Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that bill.
27 A standing committee-sponsored bill is controlled by the
28 Chairperson of the committee, who for purposes of these Rules
29 is deemed the Principal Sponsor. A special
30 committee-sponsored bill is controlled by the Chairperson, or
31 if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the Co-Chairperson
32 from the majority caucus, who for purposes of these Rules is
33 deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may
-2- LRB9101281REpk
1 not have individual co-sponsors.
2 (c) The Senate sponsor of a bill originating in the
3 Senate may request substitute House sponsorship of that bill
4 by filing a notice with the Clerk; such a notice is
5 automatically referred to the Rules Committee and deemed
6 adopted if approved by the Rules Committee. If disapproved
7 by the Rules Committee, the notice shall lie on the table. If
8 the Rules Committee fails to act on a notice, that notice may
9 be discharged by unanimous consent.
10 (d) All bills introduced in the House shall be read by
11 title a first time, ordered reproduced, and automatically
12 referred to the Rules Committee in accordance with Rule 18.
13 When a Senate Bill is received, it shall be read by title,
14 ordered reproduced, and placed on the order of Senate Bills
15 on first reading; after being read a first time, it is
16 automatically referred to the Rules Committee in accordance
17 with Rule 18.
18 (e) All bills introduced into the House shall be
19 accompanied by 9 copies. Any bill that amends a statute
20 shall indicate the particular changes in the following
21 manner:
22 (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
23 (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
24 shall be shown crossed with a line.
25 (f) No bill shall be passed by the House except on a
26 record vote of a majority of those elected. A bill that has
27 lost and has not been reconsidered may not thereafter be
28 revived.
29 (g) All legislative measures providing for the
30 appropriation of money from the State Treasury shall be
31 confined to appropriations for a single agency or department.
32
33 (Source: HR 6, 90th G.A.)