Illinois General Assembly: HB2776 actions on March 29

The following actions were taken on March 29 in the House on House bill HB2776 (“aging-homemaker services-wages”): “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. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (D-40) on Feb. 14, “amends the Illinois Act on the Aging,” according to the General Assembly website.

The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Carol Ammons (D-103), Luis Arroyo (D-3), Monica Bristow (D-111), 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), John C. D’Amico (D-15), William Davis (D-30), Anthony DeLuca (D-80), Daniel Didech (D-59), Mary Edly-Allen (D-51), Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33), Sara Feigenholtz (D-12), Mary E. Flowers (D-31), La Shawn K. Ford (D-8), Robyn Gabel (D-18), Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17), Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92), LaToya Greenwood (D-114), Will Guzzardi (D-39), Michael Halpin (D-72), Sonya M. Harper (D-6), Barbara Hernandez (D-83), Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24), Jay Hoffman (D-113), Frances Ann Hurley (D-35), Thaddeus Jones (D-29), Yehiel M. Kalish (D-16), Stephanie A. Kifowit (D-84), Camille Y. Lilly (D-78), Theresa Mah (D-2), Natalie A. Manley (D-98), 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), Aaron M. Ortiz (D-1), 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), Katie Stuart (D-112), Curtis J. Tarver, II (D-25), André Thapedi (D-32), Arthur Turner (D-9), Karina Villa (D-49), Celina Villanueva (D-21), Mark L. Walker (D-53), Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D-86), Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7), David A. Welter (R-75), Maurice A. West, II (D-67), Ann M. Williams (D-11), Kathleen Willis (D-77), Lance Yednock (D-76), 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.