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Illinois General Assembly: SB1878 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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The following action was taken on May 10 in the House on Senate bill SB1878 ("cd corr-retail theft program"): "Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee."

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 Senate by Sen. Jason Plummer (R-54) on Feb. 15, "amends the Unified Code of Corrections" and "creates a Misdemeanor Retail Theft and Theft Diversionary Program," according to the General Assembly website.

The following senators also co-sponsored the bill: John J. Cullerton (D-6), Napoleon Harris, III (D-15) and Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (D-17).

The following house representative co-sponsored the bill: Justin Slaughter (D-27).

The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through May 10.

Actions
Date
Chamber
Action
May 10
House
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
April 10
House
Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
April 9
House
Referred to Rules Committee
April 9
House
First Reading
April 5
House
Chief House Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
March 27
House
Arrived in House
March 27
Senate
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a
March 27
Senate
Third Reading - Passed
March 27
Senate
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
March 26
Senate
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March
March 26
Senate
Second Reading
March 22
Senate
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
March 20
Senate
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March
March 20
Senate
Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law
March 19
Senate
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted
March 19
Senate
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Criminal Law
March 14
Senate
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
March 13
Senate
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
March 13
Senate
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason Plummer
March 7
Senate
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
March 6
Senate
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
March 5
Senate
Postponed - Criminal Law
March 4
Senate
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
March 4
Senate
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason Plummer
Feb. 27
Senate
Assigned to Criminal Law
Feb. 26
Senate
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
Feb. 15
Senate
Referred to Assignments
Feb. 15
Senate
First Reading
Feb. 15
Senate
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason Plummer

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