"Perfunctory Session for the Regular Session will come to order. Introduction of House Bills. House Bill 4074, offered by Representative Scott, a Bill for an Act concerning housing affordability. House Bill 4075, offered by Representative Flowers, a Bill for an Act to amend the Medical Practice Act of 1987. House Bill 4076, offered by Representative Gash, a Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code of 1961. House Bill 4077, offered by Representative Silva, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. House Bill 4078, offered by Representative Smith, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Pension Code. House Bill 4079, offered by Representative Smith, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Pension Code. House Bill 4080, offered by Representative Smith, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Pension Code and the State Mandates Act. House Bill 4081, offered by Representative Smith, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Pension Code and the State Mandates Act. House Bill 4082, offered by Representative Smith, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Pension Code and the State Mandates Act. House Bill 4083, offered by Representative Smith, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Pension Code and the State Mandates Act. House Bill 4084, offered by Representative Smith, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Pension Code and the State Mandates Act. House Bill 4085, offered by Representative Silva, a Bill for an Act in relation to payment for day labor. First Reading of these House Bills. Introduction of Resolutions. House Resolution 557, offered by Representative Granberg. House Resolution 558, offered by Representative Lopez. House Joint Resolution 45, offered by Representative Barbara Flynn Currie. These Resolutions 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 85th Legislative Day January 31, 2000 are referred to the Rules Committee. Introduction of House Joint Resolutions for Constitutional Amendments. House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #20, offered by Representative Leitch. 'RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST 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 amend Section 8 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as follows: ARTICLE IV - THE LEGISLATURE - SECTION 8 - PASSAGE OF BILLS. (a) The enacting clause of the laws of this State shall be: 'Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly.' (b) The General Assembly shall enact laws only by bill. Bills may originate in either house, but may be amended or rejected by the other. (c) No bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to each house. Final passage of a bill shall be by record vote. In the Senate at the request of two members, and in the House at the request of five members, a record vote may be taken on any other occasion. A record vote is a vote by yeas and nays entered on the journal. (d) A bill shall be read by title on three different days in each house. A bill and each amendment thereto shall be reproduced and placed on the desk of each member before final passage. Bills, except bills for appropriations and for the codification, revision or rearrangement of laws, shall be confined to one subject. Appropriation bills shall be limited to the subject of appropriations. A bill expressly amending a law shall set forth completely the sections amended. The Speaker of the 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 85th Legislative Day January 31, 2000 House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall sign each bill that passes both houses to certify that the procedural requirements for passage have been met. (e) When a court determines that a Public Act is invalid because it violates the requirement of subsection (d) that bills, except bills for appropriations and for the codification, revision, or rearrangement of laws, shall be confined to one subject, the court shall certify the invalidity to the house in which the Public Act originated as a bill. If recess or adjournment of the General Assembly prevents certification of invalidity, the invalidity shall be certified to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall present the certification to the originating house promptly upon the next meeting of the General Assembly. The house to which the invalidity of a Public Act is certified shall immediately enter the certification upon its journal. If within 15 calendar days after entry that house passes one or more bills that re-enact all or a portion of the Public Act, the bill or bills shall be delivered immediately to the second house. If within 15 calendar days after that delivery the second house passes the bill or bills, the bill or bills upon becoming law shall be effective retroactively to the effective date or dates of the original Public Act. A court's determination that a Public Act is invalid because it violates the requirement of subsection (d) that bills shall be confined to one subject shall be stayed and without effect until the conclusion of the last calendar day by which the General Assembly may re-enact the Public Act under this subsection and fails to do so and permanently, with respect to any portion of the Public Act re-enacted by the General Assembly in accordance with this 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 85th Legislative Day January 31, 2000 subsection. As used in this subsection, 'court' means a circuit court, an appellate court, or the Supreme Court of Illinois. SCHEDULE - This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.' First Reading of this Constitutional Amendment. House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #21, offered by Representative Leitch. 'RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST 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 amend Section 8 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as follows: ARTICLE IV - THE LEGISLATURE - SECTION 8. PASSAGE OF BILLS. (a) The enacting clause of the laws of this State shall be: 'Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly.' (b) The General Assembly shall enact laws only by bill. Bills may originate in either house, but may be amended or rejected by the other. (c) No bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to each house. Final passage of a bill shall be by record vote. In the Senate at the request of two members, and in the House at the request of five members, a record vote may be taken on any other occasion. A record vote is a vote by yeas and nays entered on the journal. (d) A bill shall be read by title on three different days in each house. A bill and each amendment thereto shall be reproduced and placed on the desk of each member before final passage. Bills, except bills for appropriations and for the codification, revision or 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 85th Legislative Day January 31, 2000 rearrangement of laws, shall be confined to one subject. Appropriation bills shall be limited to the subject of appropriations. A bill expressly amending a law shall set forth completely the sections amended. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall sign each bill that passes both houses to certify that the procedural requirements for passage have been met. (e) An action alleging that a Public Act is invalid because it violates the requirement in subsection (d) that bills, except bills for appropriations and for the codification, revision, or rearrangement of laws, shall be confined to one subject must be commenced within 3 years after the effective date of the Public Act. If a Public Act has more than one effective date, the action must be commenced within 3 years after the earliest effective date in the Public Act. This subsection applies to Public Acts that take effect on or after January 1, 2001. SCHEDULE - This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.' First Reading of this Constitutional Amendment. Being no further business, the House Perfunctory Session will stand adjourned. The House will reconvene in Regular Session on Tuesday, February 1 at 1:00 o'clock p.m." 5