"The hour of 12 noon having arrived, the House Perfunctory Session will come to order. We will be led in the Pledge of Allegiance by Jeremy Cirks."
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"House Perfunctory Session will stand in recess until the hour of 3:30 p.m."
"The House Perfunctory Session will be in order. Introduction - First Reading of House Resolutions. House Resolution #102, offered by Representative Madigan, Rules. Committee Reports. Representative Stephens, Chairman from the Committee on Executive, to which the following Constitutional Amendment was referred, action taken on April 29, 1996, reported the same back with the following recommendation: 'do pass', House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #18. Second Reading of House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #18, offered by Representative Pedersen. ILCON Art IV, Sec 8.1 new! Proposes to amend the Legislative Article of the Illinois Constitution concerning the passage of revenue bills. Provides that any bill resulting in the increase of revenue to the State may become law only by a vote of three-fifths of the members in each house of the General Assembly. Provides that each house of the General Assembly shall have a revenue committee. Provides that there shall be 25 members on the revenue committee in the House of Representatives. Provides that there shall be 13 members on the revenue committee in the Senate. Provides that revenue committee members may be removed from the committee only by a majority, recorded, roll call vote of all members 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 122nd Legislative Day April 29, 1996 of the committee's respective chamber. Provides that revenue committees may not vote upon a bill until a public hearing has been held. Effective on approval by the electors. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to add Section 8.1 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as follows: ARTICLE IV THE LEGISLATURE (ILCON Art IV, Sec 8.1 new) Section 8.1. Passage of Revenue Bills. (a) A bill that would result in the increase of revenue to the State may become law only with the concurrence of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. (b) Each house of the General Assembly shall have a revenue committee. It shall be the sole and the exclusive responsibility of the revenue committees to consider all bills that would result in an increase or decrease of revenue to the State. A bill pending in a revenue committee must be approved by a majority of members of that committee before it is sent to the full house for consideration or vote. (c) There shall be 25 members on the revenue committee in the House of Representatives. The members of the House Revenue Committee shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House and the House Minority Leader. The membership of the committee shall be proportionally as close arithmetically as possible to the percentage of members in the House of Representatives who vote for the Speaker and who vote for the Minority Leader. There shall be 13 members on the revenue committee in the Senate. The 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 122nd Legislative Day April 29, 1996 members of the Senate Revenue Committee shall be appointed by the President of the Senate and the Senate Minority Leader. The membership of the committee shall be proportionally as close arithmetically as possible to the percentage of members in the Senate who vote for the Senate President and who vote for the Senate Minority Leader. Revenue committee members may be removed from the committee only by a majority, recorded, roll call vote of all members of the committee's respective chamber. No member of the General Assembly may serve more than 4 consecutive years on a revenue committee. (d) The revenue committees may not vote upon a bill until a public hearing on the bill has been held. Reasonable notice of the hearing, in no event less than 2 weeks, shall be given to the public. SCHEDULE This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon approval by the electors of this State. Second Reading of this Constitutional Amendment."
"Being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session stands adjourned. The House will reconvene in regular Session on Tuesday, April 30th at the hour of 12 noon. The House now stands adjourned." 3 REPORT: TIFLDAY PAGE: 001 STATE OF ILLINOIS 89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DAILY TRANSCRIPTION OF DEBATE INDEX APRIL 29, 1996 HR-0102 FIRST READING *HJR-0018 SECOND READING PAGE 1 PAGE 1 SUBJECT MATTER HOUSE PERFUNCTORY SESSION PAGE 1 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - CIRKS PAGE 1 HOUSE PERFUNCTORY SESSION ADJOURNED PAGE 3