Illinois General Assembly: HB886 actions on March 29

The following actions were taken on March 29 in the House on House bill HB886 ("sex offender reg-battery"): "House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee" and "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. Mark Batinick (R-97) on Jan. 24, "amends the Sex Offender Registration Act," according to the General Assembly website.

The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Darren Bailey (R-109), Thomas M. Bennett (R-106), Avery Bourne (R-95), Dan Brady (R-105), Monica Bristow (D-111), Terri Bryant (R-115), Kelly M. Burke (D-36), Tim Butler (R-87), John M. Cabello (R-68), Jonathan Carroll (D-57), Dan Caulkins (R-101), Andrew S. Chesney (R-89), John Connor (D-85), Deb Conroy (D-46), Fred Crespo (D-44), John C. D'Amico (D-15), William Davis (D-30), Anthony DeLuca (D-80), Tom Demmer (R-90), Jim Durkin (R-82), Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33), Randy E. Frese (R-94), Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92), Amy Grant (R-42), Brad Halbrook (R-102), Michael Halpin (D-72), Norine K. Hammond (R-93), Jay Hoffman (D-113), Frances Ann Hurley (D-35), Camille Y. Lilly (D-78), Natalie A. Manley (D-98), Michael T. Marron (R-104), Joyce Mason (D-61), Rita Mayfield (D-60), Michael P. McAuliffe (R-20), David McSweeney (R-52), Debbie Meyers-Martin (D-38), Chris Miller (R-110), Thomas Morrison (R-54), Martin J. Moylan (D-55), Mike Murphy (R-99), Robert Rita (D-28), Allen Skillicorn (R-66), Joe Sosnowski (R-69), Ryan Spain (R-73), Anne Stava-Murray (D-81), Katie Stuart (D-112), Daniel Swanson (R-74), Dan Ugaste (R-65), Michael D. Unes (R-91), Karina Villa (D-49), Mark L. Walker (D-53), Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D-86), Tom Weber (R-64), David A. Welter (R-75), Maurice A. West, II (D-67), Keith R. Wheeler (R-50), Blaine Wilhour (R-107), Patrick Windhorst (R-118), Sam Yingling (D-62), Michael J. Zalewski (D-23), Linda Chapa LaVia (D-83) and Jerry Costello, II (D-116).

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