Dupage Policy Journal

The following action was taken on May 10 in the House on Senate bill SB1379 ("prop tx-income producing prop"): "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. Toi W. Hutchinson (D-40) on Feb. 13, "amends the Property Tax Code," according to the General Assembly website.

The following senators also co-sponsored the bill: Cristina Castro (D-22), Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-16), Thomas Cullerton (D-23), Bill Cunningham (D-18), Laura Fine (D-9), Don Harmon (D-39), Napoleon Harris, III (D-15), Mattie Hunter (D-3), Emil Jones, III (D-14), Kimberly A. Lightford (D-4), Terry Link (D-30), Iris Y. Martinez (D-20), Pat McGuire (D-43), Laura M. Murphy (D-28), Robert Peters (D-13) and Heather A. Steans (D-7).

The following house representatives 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), Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14), Terra Costa Howard (D-48), Fred Crespo (D-44), William Davis (D-30), Daniel Didech (D-59), Sara Feigenholtz (D-12), Mary E. Flowers (D-31), La Shawn K. Ford (D-8), Robyn Gabel (D-18), LaToya Greenwood (D-114), Will Guzzardi (D-39), Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24), Frances Ann Hurley (D-35), Camille Y. Lilly (D-78), Theresa Mah (D-2), Natalie A. Manley (D-98), Debbie Meyers-Martin (D-38), 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), Arthur Turner (D-9), 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) and Michael J. Zalewski (D-23).

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