"House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Introduction and First Reading of House Bills. House Bill 1979, offered by Representative Art Turner, a Bill for an Act in relation to taxation. House Bill 1980, offered by Representative Boland, a Bill for an Act concerning advisory questions of public policy. House Bill 1981, offered by Representative Boland, a Bill for an Act concerning voters' pamphlets. House Bill 1982, offered by Representative Mike Boland, a Bill for an Act concerning voters' pamphlets. House Bill 1983, offered by Representative Lindner, a Bill for an Act concerning public aid. First Reading of these House Bills."
Clerk Rossi: "The House Perfunctory Session will come to order. Introduction and First Reading of House Bills. House Bill 1984, offered by Representative Delgado, a Bill for an Act to create the Access to Health Care Planning Act. House Bill 1985, offered by Representative Delgado, a Bill for an Act in relation to public aid. House Bill 1986, offered by Representative Jim Fowler, a Bill for an Act in relation to taxation. House Bill 1987, offered by Representative Fowler, a Bill for an Act in relation to public employee benefits. House Bill 1988, offered by Representative Jim Fowler, a Bill for an Act concerning township officials (sic-officers). House Bill 1989, offered by Representative Mautino, a Bill for an Act concerning insurance. House Bill 1990, offered by Representative Dart, a Bill for an Act in relation to underage use of alcohol. House Bill 1991, offered by Representative Andrea Moore, a Bill for an Act in relation to public aid. First Reading of these House Bills."
Clerk Rossi: "Introduction and First Reading of House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #5. 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 13th Legislative Day February 20, 2001 'HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 5 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SECOND 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 (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 8) 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. 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 13th Legislative Day February 20, 2001 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 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, 2003. (Source: Illinois Constitution.) SCHEDULE This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act. First Reading of House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #5.'"
Clerk Rossi: "The House Perfunctory Session now stands adjourned." 3