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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
3 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 104th General
5 Assembly are amended by adding Rule 37.5 as follows:
6 (House Rule 37.5 new)
7 37.5. Priority Bills.
8 (a) For each annual session, a member may designate one
9 House Bill as a Priority Bill when filing it with the Clerk for
10 introduction.
11 For the first annual session, a member may introduce one
12 Priority Bill as soon as authorized by the Pre-Filing of Bills
13 Act. During the second annual session, a member may introduce
14 a Priority Bill beginning January 1 of that calendar year. No
15 bill filed after the deadline for the introduction of House
16 Bills for that calendar year may be designated a Priority Bill
17 for that annual session.
18 Notwithstanding Rule 22(f), the consent of the committee
19 is not required when designating a qualifying member to
20 present a Priority Bill.
21 (b) Chairpersons shall make a good-faith effort to
22 facilitate committee consideration of each Priority Bill at a
23 time when the Principal Sponsor or the Principal Sponsor's
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1 designee, and their necessary witnesses, are available. A
2 Priority Bill posted for a particular hearing shall be
3 considered by the committee before consideration of
4 legislative measures without that designation if the Principal
5 Sponsor or designee consents to consideration at that time. If
6 the Principal Sponsor or the Principal Sponsor's designee
7 fails to present the bill during the first or second hearing
8 for which the bill was posted or if the Principal Sponsor or
9 the Principal Sponsor's designee withdraws consent for
10 consideration at the hearing, the committee may hear testimony
11 and vote one time on a reporting motion for that bill without
12 the consent of the Principal Sponsor or the Principal
13 Sponsor's designee at the third or subsequent hearing for
14 which the bill is posted.
15 (c) Notwithstanding Rule 40(a), only the Principal Sponsor
16 or chief co-sponsor of a Priority Bill may offer a committee
17 amendment to the bill. Upon filing with the Clerk, such an
18 amendment is automatically referred to the committee in which
19 the bill is pending. If a Priority Bill is referred or
20 re-referred by the Rules Committee, all pending committee
21 amendments shall accompany the bill.
22 If a Priority Bill is posted for hearing, the committee
23 may consider any committee amendment filed by the deadline
24 established by Rule 21(a)(2), and the Clerk shall include
25 those amendments in the hearing notice.
26 (d) Each Priority Bill that remains pending in any
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