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Illinois General Assembly: HJRCA15 actions on Jan. 29

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The following actions were taken on Jan. 29 in the House on House bill HJRCA15 ("con amend-redistricting"): "Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia", "Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin", "Referred to Rules Committee", "Read in Full a First Time" and "Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain".

The Rules Committees is a powerful standing committee in the House controlled by the majority. All legislation is assigned to the Rules Committee as a kind of legislative filter that sorts the more-than-6,000 bills introduced each year. The committee considers the legislation and often assigns it to other committees in order to be heard by other lawmakers. Sometimes, legislation dies in the Rules Committee if the committee decides it does not merit further consideration, occasionally leading to objections from the minority party that just a few legislators from the majority have the power to completely kill their legislation. Minority party members have objected that this makes it difficult or impossible for them to represent their constituents.

The bill, as it was introduced in the House by Rep. Ryan Spain (R-73) on Jan. 29, "proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution" and "removes the requirement for each Legislative District to be divided into two Representative Districts," according to the General Assembly website.

The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Darren Bailey (R-109), Avery Bourne (R-95), Dan Brady (R-105), Terri Bryant (R-115), Tim Butler (R-87), Dan Caulkins (R-101), Andrew S. Chesney (R-89), Jim Durkin (R-82), Amy Grant (R-42), Norine K. Hammond (R-93), Frances Ann Hurley (D-35), Jeff Keicher (R-70), Deanne M. Mazzochi (R-47), Margo McDermed (R-37), Mike Murphy (R-99), Lindsay Parkhurst (R-79), Keith P. Sommer (R-88), Daniel Swanson (R-74), Dan Ugaste (R-65), Michael D. Unes (R-91), Grant Wehrli (R-41), Keith R. Wheeler (R-50), Patrick Windhorst (R-118) and Linda Chapa LaVia (D-83).

The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through Jan. 29.

Actions
Date
Chamber
Action
April 10
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
March 5
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
Feb. 28
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
Feb. 20
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
Feb. 15
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
Feb. 11
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
Feb. 7
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
Feb. 7
House
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
Feb. 6
House
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
Feb. 1
House
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
Jan. 29
House
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
Jan. 29
House
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
Jan. 29
House
Referred to Rules Committee
Jan. 29
House
Read in Full a First Time
Jan. 29
House
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain

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