96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0047


 
Introduced , by Rep. William B. Black
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 














ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8








     Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution.  Requires that a bill, amendment, or resolution (i) that is sponsored by at least 16 Representatives must be voted on by a committee of the House of Representatives or (ii) that is sponsored by at least 8 Senators must be voted on by a committee of the Senate.  Effective upon being declared adopted.
  















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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

  
 
  
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
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SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the 
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electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general 
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election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of 
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this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the 
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Illinois Constitution by changing Section 8 as follows:
  
 

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ARTICLE IV 


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THE LEGISLATURE






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    (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8)



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SECTION 8. PASSAGE OF BILLS 

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    (a) The enacting clause of the laws of this State shall be: 
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"Be it
enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the
General Assembly."

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    (b) The General Assembly shall enact laws only by bill. 
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Bills may
originate in either house, but may be amended or 
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rejected by the other.

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    (c) No bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a 
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majority
of the members elected to each house. Final passage of 
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a bill shall be
by record vote. In the Senate at the request of 
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two members, and in the
House at the request of five members, a 
 


 






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record vote may be taken on any
other occasion.
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    Every bill, amendment, and resolution sponsored by at least 
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16 Representatives shall receive a record vote of the members 
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of a substantive committee of the House of Representatives.   
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Every bill, amendment, and resolution sponsored by at least 8 
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Senators shall receive a record vote of the members of a 
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substantive committee of the Senate.
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    A record vote is a vote by yeas and nays entered on the

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journal.

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    (d) A bill shall be read by title on three different days 
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in each
house. A bill and each amendment thereto shall be 
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reproduced and placed
on the desk of each member before final 
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passage.

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    Bills, except bills for appropriations and for the 
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codification,
revision or rearrangement of laws, shall be 
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confined to one subject.
Appropriation bills shall be limited 
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to the subject of appropriations.

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    A bill expressly amending a law shall set forth completely 
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the
sections amended.

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    The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
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President of the
Senate shall sign each bill that passes both 
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houses to certify that the
procedural requirements for passage 
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have been met.

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(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

 
  
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SCHEDULE

  
 


 






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    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being 
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declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois 
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Constitutional Amendment Act.