Springfield News
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FEB 10, 2021
Lawmakers will consider allowing themselves to conduct remote business and placing a 10-year term limit on serving as speaker among a list of new rules set for adoption by the Illinois House of Representatives on Wednesday.
The proposed rule changes, outlined in a resolution (HR 72) introduced on Monday by House Majority Leader Greg Harris (D-Chicago), seek to eliminate the ability for the House Speaker and Minority Leader to serve on the chamber’s Rules Committee. They also outline a process if the leaders become the subject of an internal investigation.
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FEB 09, 2021
As the Illinois General Assembly prepares to return to work in the coming days, some of the first bills filed include a bevy or proposed changes to state laws related to education, transportation, cannabis and guns.
As of Monday afternoon, legislators have introduced 740 bills in the House, while 133 measures have been filed in the Senate, according to the General Assembly’s website.
This is the second part of a multiday Daily Line review of the early filed bills.
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FEB 09, 2021
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FEB 09, 2021
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FEB 08, 2021
Lawmakers have already begun introducing a raft of new legislation as they prepare to hold in-person and virtual meetings starting this week. Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic and the shortened legislative session pushed the vast majority of members’ proposals off the table.
Hundreds of bills are introduced every General Assembly, and this year has proven to be no different. As of Sunday, 706 bills have been introduced in the House so far, according to the General Assembly’s website. The Senate, meanwhile, has seen the introduction of 133 bills.
