Bill Text: IL HB2837 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that no person may serve more than a total of 8 years in any one of the following offices or more than a combined total of 12 years in any 2 or more of the following offices: Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and Minority Leader of the Senate. Provides that the limitations imposed by the amendatory Act apply to service beginning on and after the second Wednesday in January of 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-10 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Luft [HB2837 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2837-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2837 Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 10/1.5 new
Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that no person may serve more than a total of 8 years in any one of the following offices or more than a combined total of 12 years in any 2 or more of the following offices: Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and Minority Leader of the Senate. Provides that the limitations imposed by the amendatory Act apply to service beginning on and after the second Wednesday in January of 2023.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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 1.5 as follows:
(25 ILCS 10/1.5 new)
Sec. 1.5. Term limits for legislative leaders.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no person may
serve more than a total of 8 years in any one of the following
offices or more than a combined total of 12 years in any 2 or
more of the following offices: Speaker of the House of
Representatives, President of the Senate, Minority Leader of
the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of the
Senate. The limitations imposed by this amendatory Act of the
102nd General Assembly apply to service beginning on and after
the second Wednesday in January of 2023.