Bill Text: IL SB2139 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning in 2024, and for each year thereafter, if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by June 30 of each year, the compensation to be paid to members of the General Assembly, including the additional sums payable to officers of the General Assembly, shall be withheld until a balanced budget is passed. Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Removes the salary of members of the General Assembly from continuing appropriations provisions. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-10 - Referred to Assignments [SB2139 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2139-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2139 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Andrew S. Chesney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
15 ILCS 20/50-22
25 ILCS 115/1 from Ch. 63, par. 14
Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning in 2024, and for each year thereafter, if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by June 30 of each year, the compensation to be paid to members of the General Assembly, including the additional sums payable to officers of the General Assembly, shall be withheld until a balanced budget is passed. Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Removes the salary of members of the General Assembly from continuing appropriations provisions. Effective immediately.
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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 State Budget Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
50-22 as follows:
(15 ILCS 20/50-22)
Sec. 50-22. Funding for salaries of General Assembly
members and judges; legislative operations.
(a) Beginning July 1, 2014, the aggregate appropriations
available for salaries for members of the General Assembly and
judges from all State funds for each State fiscal year shall be
no less than the total aggregate appropriations made available
for salaries for members of the General Assembly and judges
for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2014, the aggregate appropriations
available for legislative operations from all State funds for
each State fiscal year shall be no less than the total
aggregate appropriations made available for legislative
operations for the immediately preceding fiscal year. For
purposes of this subsection (b), "legislative operations"
means any expenditure for the operation of the Office of the
Auditor General, the House of Representatives, the Senate, the

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Legislative Ethics Commission, the Office of the Legislative
Inspector General, the Joint Committee on Legislative Support
Services, and the legislative support services agencies.
(c) If for any reason the aggregate appropriations made
available are insufficient to meet the levels required by
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, this Section shall
constitute a continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary
for these purposes. The General Assembly may appropriate
lesser amounts by law.
(Source: P.A. 98-682, eff. 6-30-14.)
Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
Review Board, whichever is greater. Beginning with the 103rd
General Assembly, each member of the General Assembly shall
receive an annual salary of $85,000 or as set by the
Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. The following
named officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
spokesmen shall receive additional amounts per year for their
services as such officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review Board or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning

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the second Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the
minority leader of the House of Representatives and the
President and the minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each;
the majority leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 5
assistant majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in
the Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
$10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
caucus chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate,
$12,000 each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January,
1989, the majority conference chairman and the minority
conference chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500
each; beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
chairman and minority spokesman of each standing committee of
the Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each; and
beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate,
an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. For any
General Assembly in which the majority party in the House of
Representatives has 71 or more elected Representatives, the
majority party shall have one additional majority officer who

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shall have the title of speaker pro tempore and who shall
receive an amount equal to the majority leader in the House and
one majority officer who shall receive an amount equal to an
assistant majority leader in the House of Representatives. For
any General Assembly in which the majority party in the Senate
has 36 or more elected Senators, the majority party shall have
one additional majority officer who shall receive an amount
equal to the majority leader in the House and one majority
officer who shall receive an amount equal to an assistant
majority leader in the Senate. A member who serves in more than
one position as an officer, committee chairman, or committee
minority spokesman shall receive only one additional amount
based on the position paying the highest additional amount.
Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, the compensation provided
for in this Section to be paid per year to members of the
General Assembly, including the additional sums payable per
year to officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12
equal monthly installments. The first such installment is
payable on January 31, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly
installments are payable on the last working day of the month.
Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, a member who has held
office any part of a month is entitled to compensation for an
entire month. Beginning in 2024, and for each year thereafter,
if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by June
30 of each year, the compensation provided in this Section to
be paid to members of the General Assembly, including the

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additional sums payable to officers of the General Assembly,
shall be withheld until a balanced budget is passed.
Beginning with the 103rd General Assembly, the
compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year
to members of the General Assembly, including additional sums
payable per year to officers of the General Assembly, shall be
paid bi-monthly. Members who resign before completing the
entire term in office shall be compensated on a prorated
basis. Members completing the term of a vacancy shall be
compensated on a prorated basis.
Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
most feasible route to be present upon convening of the
sessions of the General Assembly by such member in each and
every trip during each session in going to and returning from
the seat of government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A
member traveling by public transportation for such purposes,
however, shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation
instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of public
transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be
entitled on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on
a mileage basis or for actual costs of public transportation,
for more than one such trip for each week the General Assembly

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is actually in session. Each member shall also receive an
allowance of $36 per day for lodging and meals while in
attendance at sessions of the General Assembly before January
9, 1985; beginning January 9, 1985, such food and lodging
allowance shall be equal to the amount per day permitted to be
deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and
lodging while in attendance at sessions is authorized for
periods of time after the last day in May of each calendar
year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in
special session by either the Governor or the presiding
officers of both houses, as provided by subsection (b) of
Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or (ii) if
the General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed,
item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the
allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)
mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
$0.39 per mile.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement
for General Assembly members on non-session days shall be
calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative

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Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013,
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement
is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
If a member dies having received only a portion of the
amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
none, to the estate of such member.
(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.