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 30 as follows:
8	8	6 (House Rule 30)
9	9	7 30. Access to the House Floor and Chamber.
10	10	8 (a) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, only the
11	11	9 following persons shall be admitted to the House while it is in
12	12	10 session: members and officers of the General Assembly; elected
13	13	11 officers of the executive branch; justices of the Supreme
14	14	12 Court; the designated aide to an executive or judicial branch
15	15	13 constitutional officer, except as limited by the Speaker; the
16	16	14 parliamentarian; majority staff members and minority staff
17	17	15 members, except as limited by the Speaker or Presiding
18	18	16 Officer; former members, except as limited by the Speaker or
19	19	17 prohibited under subsection (d); and employees of the
20	20	18 Legislative Reference Bureau, except as limited by the
21	21	19 Speaker. Representatives of the press, while the House is in
22	22	20 session, may have access to the galleries and places allotted
23	23	21 to them by the Speaker or his or her designee. No person is
24	24	22 entitled to the floor unless appropriately attired. Only
25	25	23 members of the General Assembly may use telephones at the
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34	34	1 members' desks. Smoking is prohibited on the floor of the
35	35	2 House and in the House galleries.
36	36	3 Members may access the House Chamber during the hours that
37	37	4 the Clerk's Office is open to the public, unless the Speaker
38	38	5 has ordered a temporary restriction on access (i) for a
39	39	6 private meeting, (ii) to prepare the room for a scheduled
40	40	7 event, (iii) for maintenance or renovations, or (iv) due to a
41	41	8 potential or confirmed security threat. During days when the
42	42	9 House is not scheduled to convene in regular session, veto
43	43	10 session, or special session, member access may be further
44	44	11 limited by the Speaker when necessary to maintain the security
45	45	12 of the House Chamber. Members may escort guests onto the House
46	46	13 floor with the approval of the Speaker pursuant to a request
47	47	14 registered with the Clerk.
48	48	15 (a-5) On any day in which the House is in session following
49	49	16 a declaration of pestilence or public danger by the Speaker,
50	50	17 the Speaker, after consultation with the Minority Leader, may
51	51	18 limit access to the House Chamber and adjoining hallways and
52	52	19 passages to members and officers of the General Assembly,
53	53	20 majority and minority staff as authorized by the Speaker or
54	54	21 Presiding Officer, and no more than 5 members of the public who
55	55	22 are representatives of the press, except as otherwise
56	56	23 authorized by the Speaker. If access is so limited, the
57	57	24 Speaker may designate one or more locations outside of the
58	58	25 House Chamber for the public to safely watch and listen to the
59	59	26 proceedings of the House and its committees via a live
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70	70	1 audio/video broadcast. Access to such locations may be limited
71	71	2 as necessary to maintain safety, including, but not limited
72	72	3 to, requiring that persons at such locations follow the
73	73	4 decorum protocols of Rule 51.5(a). This subsection may not be
74	74	5 suspended.
75	75	6 (b) On days during which the House is in session, the
76	76	7 Doorkeeper shall clear the floor of all persons not entitled
77	77	8 to access to the floor 15 minutes before the convening time,
78	78	9 and the Doorkeeper shall enforce all other provisions of this
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80	80	11 (c) The Speaker may authorize the admission to the floor
81	81	12 of any other person, except as prohibited under subsection
82	82	13 (d).
83	83	14 (d) No person who is directly or indirectly interested in
84	84	15 defeating or promoting any pending legislative measure, if
85	85	16 required to be registered as a lobbyist or compensated by an
86	86	17 entity required to register as a lobbyist, shall be allowed
87	87	18 access to the floor of the House at any time during the
88	88	19 session. The Speaker, or his or her designee, shall have the
89	89	20 authority to determine whether a person may be granted or
90	90	21 denied access in accordance with this subsection.
91	91	22 (e) When he or she deems it necessary for the preservation
92	92	23 of order, the Presiding Officer may by order remove any person
93	93	24 from the floor of the House. A Representative may be removed
94	94	25 from the floor only under Rule 51.5 or Article XI or XII of
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