Illinois General Assembly: HB928 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

The following action was taken on March 29 in the House on House bill HB928 (“2020 census grant program act”): “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. André Thapedi (D-32) on Jan. 28, “creates the 2020 Census Grant Program Act,” 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), Kelly M. Burke (D-36), Jonathan Carroll (D-57), John Connor (D-85), Deb Conroy (D-46), William Davis (D-30), Anthony DeLuca (D-80), Daniel Didech (D-59), Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33), Mary E. Flowers (D-31), La Shawn K. Ford (D-8), Robyn Gabel (D-18), Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92), LaToya Greenwood (D-114), Michael Halpin (D-72), Sonya M. Harper (D-6), Jay Hoffman (D-113), Frances Ann Hurley (D-35), Thaddeus Jones (D-29), Stephanie A. Kifowit (D-84), Camille Y. Lilly (D-78), Theresa Mah (D-2), Natalie A. Manley (D-98), Rita Mayfield (D-60), Debbie Meyers-Martin (D-38), Bob Morgan (D-58), Michelle Mussman (D-56), Delia C. Ramirez (D-4), Robert Rita (D-28), Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. (D-5), Justin Slaughter (D-27), Nicholas K. Smith (D-34), Curtis J. Tarver, II (D-25), Arthur Turner (D-9), Karina Villa (D-49), Celina Villanueva (D-21), Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7), Maurice A. West, II (D-67), Kathleen Willis (D-77), Sam Yingling (D-62), Michael J. Zalewski (D-23), Linda Chapa LaVia (D-83), Melissa Conyears-Ervin (D-10) and Jerry Costello, II (D-116).

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