Bill Text: IL HB4080 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that the wearing of masks shall not be required for any member of the House of Representatives, or the staff thereof, while present on the floor of the House of Representatives. Provides that any such rule or provision of law mandating the wearing of masks on the floor of the House of Representatives is void. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-29 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant [HB4080 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4080-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4080 Introduced , by Rep. Adam Niemerg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 10/25 new
Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that the wearing of masks shall not be required for any member of the House of Representatives, or the staff thereof, while present on the floor of the House of Representatives. Provides that any such rule or provision of law mandating the wearing of masks on the floor of the House of Representatives is void. Effective immediately.
LRB102 18428 RJF 26402 b
A BILL FOR
HB4080 LRB102 18428 RJF 26402 b
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 25 as follows:
(25 ILCS 10/25 new)
Sec. 25. House chamber mask mandate prohibition.
Notwithstanding any rule or provision of law to the contrary,
on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
102nd General Assembly, the wearing of masks shall not be
required for any member of the House of Representatives, or
the staff thereof, while present on the floor of the House of
Representatives. Any such rule or provision of law mandating
the wearing of masks on the floor of the House of
Representatives as of the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 102nd General Assembly is void.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.