Illinois General Assembly: HB2533 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
The following action was taken on March 29 in the House on House bill HB2533 ("transportation benefit 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 House by Rep. Theresa Mah (D-2) on Feb. 13, "creates the Transportation Benefit Program Act," according to the General Assembly website.
The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (D-40), Luis Arroyo (D-3), Kambium Buckner (D-26), Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14), Deb Conroy (D-46), John C. D'Amico (D-15), William Davis (D-30), Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33), Sara Feigenholtz (D-12), La Shawn K. Ford (D-8), Robyn Gabel (D-18), Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17), Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92), Will Guzzardi (D-39), Michael Halpin (D-72), Sonya M. Harper (D-6), Gregory Harris (D-13), Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24), Frances Ann Hurley (D-35), Camille Y. Lilly (D-78), Natalie A. Manley (D-98), Robert Martwick (D-19), Anna Moeller (D-43), Bob Morgan (D-58), Martin J. Moylan (D-55), Michelle Mussman (D-56), Aaron M. Ortiz (D-1), Delia C. Ramirez (D-4), Robert Rita (D-28), Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. (D-5), Justin Slaughter (D-27), Curtis J. Tarver, II (D-25), André Thapedi (D-32), Karina Villa (D-49), Celina Villanueva (D-21), Mark L. Walker (D-53), Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7), Ann M. Williams (D-11), Kathleen Willis (D-77), Sam Yingling (D-62), Michael J. Zalewski (D-23), Linda Chapa LaVia (D-83) and Melissa Conyears-Ervin (D-10).
The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through March 29.