South Cook News

The following actions were taken on April 12 in the House on House bill HB350 ("pen cd-employer contributions"): "Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee" and "Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron".

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.

In the event that a committee fails to report to the House on a bill by applicable deadlines, it is automatically re-referred to the Rules Committee according to House rule 19(a). This is what happened with this bill.

The bill, as it was introduced in the House by Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-77) on Jan. 14, "amends the Downstate Teachers and State Universities Articles of the Illinois Pension Code," according to the General Assembly website.

The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Carol Ammons (D-103), Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (D-40), Thomas M. Bennett (R-106), Dan Brady (R-105), Monica Bristow (D-111), Terri Bryant (R-115), Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14), Deb Conroy (D-46), Terra Costa Howard (D-48), C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-100), Anthony DeLuca (D-80), Daniel Didech (D-59), Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33), Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92), LaToya Greenwood (D-114), Will Guzzardi (D-39), Michael Halpin (D-72), Norine K. Hammond (R-93), Barbara Hernandez (D-83), Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24), Jay Hoffman (D-113), Yehiel M. Kalish (D-16), Jeff Keicher (R-70), Stephanie A. Kifowit (D-84), Camille Y. Lilly (D-78), Natalie A. Manley (D-98), Michael T. Marron (R-104), Joyce Mason (D-61), Tony McCombie (R-71), Charles Meier (R-108), Bob Morgan (D-58), Michelle Mussman (D-56), Delia C. Ramirez (D-4), Sue Scherer (D-96), Dave Severin (R-117), Katie Stuart (D-112), Daniel Swanson (R-74), Curtis J. Tarver, II (D-25), Michael D. Unes (R-91), Karina Villa (D-49), Celina Villanueva (D-21), Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D-86), Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7), David A. Welter (R-75), Maurice A. West, II (D-67), Ann M. Williams (D-11), Patrick Windhorst (R-118), Sam Yingling (D-62) and Jerry Costello, II (D-116).

The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through April 12.