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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 are amended by changing Rule 59 as follows:
6 (House Rule 59)
7 59. Previous Question.
8 (a) A motion for the previous question may be made at
9 any time. A motion for the previous question is not
10 debatable and requires the affirmative vote of 60 71 members
11 elected.
12 (b) The previous question shall be stated in the
13 following form: "Shall the main question be put?" Until the
14 previous question is decided, all amendments and debate are
15 precluded. When it is decided that the main question shall
16 not be put, the main question remains under debate.
17 (c) The effect of the main question being ordered is to
18 put an end to all debate and bring the House to a direct vote
19 on the immediately pending motion. After a motion for the
20 previous question has been approved, unless the vote on that
21 motion suggests the absence of a quorum, it is not in order
22 to move for adjournment or to make any other motion before a
23 decision on the main question.
24 (d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
25 vote of 71 members elected.