Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

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3	3	1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
4	4	2 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
5	5	3 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6	6	4 the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 104th General
7	7	5 Assembly are amended by changing Rule 37 as follows:
8	8	6 (House Rule 37)
9	9	7 37. Bills.
10	10	8 (a) A bill may be introduced in the House by sponsorship of
11	11	9 one or more members of the House, whose names shall be on the
12	12	10 reproduced copies of the bills, in the House Journal, and in
13	13	11 the Legislative Digest. The Principal Sponsor shall be the
14	14	12 first name to appear on the bill and may be joined by no more
15	15	13 than 4 chief co-sponsors with the approval of the Principal
16	16	14 Sponsor; other co-sponsors shall be separated from the
17	17	15 Principal Sponsor and any chief co-sponsors by a comma. The
18	18	16 Principal Sponsor may change the sponsorship of a bill to that
19	19	17 of one or more other Representatives, or to that of the
20	20	18 standing committee or special committee to which the bill was
21	21	19 referred or from which the bill was reported. Such change may
22	22	20 be made at any time the bill is pending before the House or any
23	23	21 of its committees by filing a notice with the Clerk, provided
24	24	22 that the addition of any member as a Principal Sponsor, chief
25	25	23 co-sponsor, or co-sponsor must be with that member's consent.
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34	34	1 When the Principal Sponsor ceases to be a Representative
35	35	2 during the term, the chief sponsorship of any of his or her
36	36	3 pending legislative measures may be changed to another
37	37	4 Representative upon approval by the Speaker or Minority
38	38	5 Leader, whichever served as the Representative's caucus
39	39	6 leader. This subsection may not be suspended.
40	40	7 (b) The Principal Sponsor of a bill controls that bill. A
41	41	8 committee-sponsored bill is controlled by the Chairperson, or
42	42	9 if Co-Chairpersons have been appointed, by the Co-Chairperson
43	43	10 from the majority caucus, who for purposes of these Rules is
44	44	11 deemed the Principal Sponsor. Committee-sponsored bills may
45	45	12 not have individual co-sponsors.
46	46	13 (b-5) While a Senate Bill is pending in the Senate, a House
47	47	14 member may file with the Clerk a request to become the
48	48	15 Principal Sponsor of the bill upon its arrival in the House,
49	49	16 unless a previously submitted request remains pending. A
50	50	17 member may withdraw the member's request before arrival of the
51	51	18 bill in the House. Notwithstanding Rule 37(a), these
52	52	19 sponsorship requests and withdraw of requests shall be noted
53	53	20 in the Legislative Digest and on the General Assembly website.
54	54	21 (c) The Senate sponsor of a bill originating in the Senate
55	55	22 may request substitute House sponsorship of that bill by
56	56	23 filing a notice with the Clerk. Such notice is automatically
57	57	24 referred to the Rules Committee. The notice shall include the
58	58	25 bill number, signature of the Senate sponsor, signature of the
59	59	26 substitute House sponsor, and a statement that the original
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70	70	1 House sponsor was provided with notice of intent to request a
71	71	2 substitute House sponsor. A notice that satisfies the
72	72	3 requirements of this subsection shall be approved by the Rules
73	73	4 Committee. If the Rules Committee does not act on a notice that
74	74	5 satisfies the requirements of this subsection within 3
75	75	6 legislative days after its referral, then the notice is deemed
76	76	7 approved and the Clerk shall substitute sponsorship. This
77	77	8 subsection shall be in effect if, and only for so long as, the
78	78	9 Rules of the Senate include a reciprocal privilege for House
79	79	10 sponsors and the Senate complies with the rule. This
80	80	11 subsection may not be suspended.
81	81	12 (d) All bills introduced in the House shall be read by
82	82	13 title a first time and automatically referred to the Rules
83	83	14 Committee in accordance with Rule 18. After a Senate Bill is
84	84	15 received and a House member has submitted notification to the
85	85	16 Clerk of sponsorship of that bill, it shall be read by title
86	86	17 and automatically referred to the Rules Committee in
87	87	18 accordance with Rule 18.
88	88	19 (e) All bills introduced into the House shall be
89	89	20 accompanied by 1 copy. Any bill that amends a statute shall
90	90	21 indicate the particular changes in the following manner:
91	91	22 (1) All new matter shall be underscored.
92	92	23 (2) All matter that is to be omitted or superseded
93	93	24 shall be shown crossed with a line.
94	94	25 (f) No bill shall be passed by the House except on a record
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