Illinois General Assembly: HB3624 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

The following action was taken on April 12 in the House on House bill HB3624 ("clean energy jobs-tech"): "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. Ann M. Williams (D-11) on Feb. 15, "creates the Clean Energy Jobs Act" and "contains only a short title provision," 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), Luis Arroyo (D-3), Kambium Buckner (D-26), Jonathan Carroll (D-57), Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14), John Connor (D-85), Deb Conroy (D-46), Terra Costa Howard (D-48), Daniel Didech (D-59), Mary Edly-Allen (D-51), Sara Feigenholtz (D-12), Robyn Gabel (D-18), Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17), Will Guzzardi (D-39), Michael Halpin (D-72), Sonya M. Harper (D-6), Barbara Hernandez (D-83), Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24), Yehiel M. Kalish (D-16), Theresa Mah (D-2), Robert Martwick (D-19), Joyce Mason (D-61), Rita Mayfield (D-60), Debbie Meyers-Martin (D-38), Anna Moeller (D-43), Bob Morgan (D-58), Martin J. Moylan (D-55), Michelle Mussman (D-56), Diane Pappas (D-45), Delia C. Ramirez (D-4), Robert Rita (D-28), Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. (D-5), Justin Slaughter (D-27), Nicholas K. Smith (D-34), Anne Stava-Murray (D-81), Curtis J. Tarver, II (D-25), André Thapedi (D-32), Karina Villa (D-49), Celina Villanueva (D-21), Mark L. Walker (D-53), Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D-86), Grant Wehrli (R-41), Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7), Maurice A. West, II (D-67), Kathleen Willis (D-77), Sam Yingling (D-62) and Michael J. Zalewski (D-23).

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