Bill Text: IL HR0017 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends Rule 59. Provides that, when a bill or resolution has at least 5 co-sponsors from the majority caucus and at least 5 co-sponsors from the minority caucus, the Chairperson shall (i) schedule a hearing for the bill or resolution pursuant to Rule 21, (ii) allow the Principal Sponsor or other authorized member an opportunity at a hearing to present the bill for testimony and discussion, and (iii) schedule a hearing for the bill or resolution pursuant to Rule 21 when the Chairperson shall place the bill or resolution before the committee for a vote on a reporting motion authorized by Rule 22(a). Provides that committee consideration of the bill or resolution must occur on or before the applicable committee reporting deadline established pursuant to Rule 9.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0017 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HR0017-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 104th General
Assembly are amended by changing Rule 10 as follows:
(House Rule 10)
10. Committees.
(a) The committees of the House are: (i) the standing
committees listed in Rule 11; (ii) the special committees
created under Rule 13; (iii) any subcommittees created under
these Rules; (iv) the Rules Committee created under Rule 15;
(v) any committees created under Article X or Article XII; and
(vi) any Committee of the Whole. Committees of the Whole shall
consist of all Representatives.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Rule and subject
to Rules 12 and 13, all committees shall have a Chairperson and
Minority Spokesperson, who may be of the same political party.
A Minority Spokesperson may not be appointed until after a
Chairperson has been appointed. Standing committees that have
Co-Chairpersons from different political parties shall not
have a Minority Spokesperson. Special committees that have
Co-Chairpersons from different political parties shall not
have a Minority Spokesperson. No member may be appointed to

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serve as a Chairperson, Minority Spokesperson, or
Co-Chairperson of any committee unless the member is serving
in at least his or her third term as a member of the General
Assembly, including any terms in which the member was
appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative or
Senator. Each committee may have a Vice-Chairperson appointed
by the Speaker. The number of majority caucus members and
minority caucus members of all committees, except the Rules
Committee created under Rule 15 and as otherwise provided by
these Rules, shall be determined by the Speaker. The Speaker
shall file a notice with the Clerk setting forth the number of
majority caucus and minority caucus members of each committee,
which shall be journalized. A member may be temporarily
replaced on a committee if the member is otherwise
unavailable. The appointment of a member as a temporary
replacement shall remain in effect until (i) the permanent
member who was replaced is in attendance at the hearing and has
been added to the committee roll, (ii) the appointing
authority withdraws the temporary replacement appointment or
appoints a different member to serve as the temporary
replacement, or (iii) the hearing is adjourned or the
authority has expired for a re-convened hearing following a
recess of the committee, whichever occurs first. All leaders
are non-voting ex-officio members of each standing committee
and each special committee, except that the leaders may also
be appointed to standing committees or special committees as

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voting members. The Speaker may also appoint any member of the
majority caucus, and the Minority Leader may appoint any
member of the minority caucus, as a non-voting member of any
standing committee or special committee.
(c) The Chairperson of a committee has the authority to
call the committee to order, designate which legislative
measures and subject matters posted for hearing shall be taken
up and in what order, order a record vote to be taken on each
legislative measure called for a vote, preserve order and
decorum during committee meetings, establish procedural rules
(subject to approval by the Speaker) governing the
presentation and consideration of legislative measures and
subject matters, and generally supervise the affairs of the
committee. Any such procedural rules must be filed with the
Clerk and copies provided to all members of the committee. The
Vice-Chairperson of a committee or other member of the
committee from the majority caucus may preside over its
meetings in the absence or at the direction of the
Chairperson. In the case of standing or special committees
with Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the
"Chairperson" for purposes of this Rule is the Co-Chairperson
from the majority caucus.
(c-5) Notwithstanding subsection (c), when a bill or
resolution has at least 5 co-sponsors from the majority caucus
and at least 5 co-sponsors from the minority caucus, the
Chairperson shall (i) schedule a hearing for the bill or

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resolution pursuant to Rule 21, (ii) allow the Principal
Sponsor or other authorized member an opportunity at a hearing
to present the bill for testimony and discussion, and (iii)
schedule a hearing for the bill or resolution pursuant to Rule
21 when the Chairperson shall place the bill or resolution
before the committee for a vote on a reporting motion
authorized by Rule 22(a); and such committee consideration of
the bill or resolution must occur on or before the applicable
committee reporting deadline established pursuant to Rule 9.
(d) A vacancy on a committee, or in the position of
Chairperson, Co-Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, or Minority
Spokesperson on a committee, exists when a member resigns from
the position, ceases to be a Representative, or changes
political party affiliation. Resignations and notices of a
change in political party affiliation shall be made in writing
to the Clerk, who shall promptly notify the Speaker and
Minority Leader. Replacement members shall be of the same
political party as that of the member who resigns, and shall be
appointed in the same manner as the original appointment,
except that in the case of a vacancy in the position of
Chairperson or Co-Chairperson, the replacement member need not
be from the same political party. The Speaker or Minority
Leader may appoint a temporary replacement to fill a vacancy
until such time as a permanent member has been appointed. In
the case of vacancies on subcommittees, the parent committee
shall fill the vacancy in the same manner as the original

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appointment.
(e) The Chairperson of a committee has the authority to
call meetings of that committee, subject to the approval of
the Speaker. In the case of standing or special committees
with Co-Chairpersons from different political parties, the
Co-Chairperson from the majority caucus has the authority to
call meetings of the special committee, subject to the
approval of the Speaker. Except as otherwise provided by these
Rules, committee meetings shall be convened in accordance with
Rule 21.
(f) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative
vote of 71 members elected.
(Source: H.R. 36, 103rd G.A.)