Bill Text: IL HB0299 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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 Rules 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 prior to any committee action or floor action deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0299 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0299-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0299 Introduced 1/23/2009, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias 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 Rules 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 prior to any committee action or floor action deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning the legislature.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended
by adding Section 8 as follows:
(25 ILCS 10/8 new)
Sec. 8. Legislative measures; majority of members sponsor.
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 Rules 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 prior to any committee action or floor action deadline that
has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner.