Bill Text: IL HR0600 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the House Rules of the 103rd General Assembly. Provides that a Representative may access the House Chamber at any time on a session day and during the normal business hours of the office of the Clerk of the House on any other day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 35-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter [HR0600 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0600-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 103rd General | ||||||
| 5 | Assembly are amended by changing Rule 30 as follows:
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| 6 | (House Rule 30) | ||||||
| 7 | 30. Access to the House Floor and Chamber. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, only the | ||||||
| 9 | following persons shall be admitted to the House while it is in | ||||||
| 10 | session: members and officers of the General Assembly; elected | ||||||
| 11 | officers of the executive branch; justices of the Supreme | ||||||
| 12 | Court; the designated aide to an executive or judicial branch | ||||||
| 13 | constitutional officer, except as limited by the Speaker; the | ||||||
| 14 | parliamentarian; majority staff members and minority staff | ||||||
| 15 | members, except as limited by the Speaker or Presiding | ||||||
| 16 | Officer; former members, except as limited by the Speaker or | ||||||
| 17 | prohibited under subsection (d); and employees of the | ||||||
| 18 | Legislative Reference Bureau, except as limited by the | ||||||
| 19 | Speaker. Representatives of the press, while the House is in | ||||||
| 20 | session, may have access to the galleries and places allotted | ||||||
| 21 | to them by the Speaker or his or her designee. No person is | ||||||
| 22 | entitled to the floor unless appropriately attired. Only | ||||||
| 23 | members of the General Assembly may use telephones at the | ||||||
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| 1 | members' desks. Smoking is prohibited on the floor of the | ||||||
| 2 | House and in the House galleries. | ||||||
| 3 | (a-5) On any day in which the House is in session following | ||||||
| 4 | a declaration of pestilence or public danger by the Speaker, | ||||||
| 5 | the Speaker, after consultation with the Minority Leader, may | ||||||
| 6 | limit access to the House Chamber and adjoining hallways and | ||||||
| 7 | passages to members and officers of the General Assembly, | ||||||
| 8 | majority and minority staff as authorized by the Speaker or | ||||||
| 9 | Presiding Officer, and no more than 5 members of the public who | ||||||
| 10 | are representatives of the press, except as otherwise | ||||||
| 11 | authorized by the Speaker. If access is so limited, the | ||||||
| 12 | Speaker may designate one or more locations outside of the | ||||||
| 13 | House Chamber for the public to safely watch and listen to the | ||||||
| 14 | proceedings of the House and its committees via a live | ||||||
| 15 | audio/video broadcast. Access to such locations may be limited | ||||||
| 16 | as necessary to maintain safety, including, but not limited | ||||||
| 17 | to, requiring that persons at such locations follow the | ||||||
| 18 | decorum protocols of Rule 51.5(a). This subsection may not be | ||||||
| 19 | suspended. | ||||||
| 20 | (b) On days during which the House is in session, the | ||||||
| 21 | Doorkeeper shall clear the floor of all persons not entitled | ||||||
| 22 | to access to the floor 15 minutes before the convening time, | ||||||
| 23 | and the Doorkeeper shall enforce all other provisions of this | ||||||
| 24 | Rule. | ||||||
| 25 | (c) The Speaker may authorize the admission to the floor | ||||||
| 26 | of any other person, except as prohibited under subsection | ||||||
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