Rep. Terri Bryant (R-115) sponsored five bills in the second quarter of 2019, three less than the average Illinois state representative, and was added as a co-sponsor on 40 bills, seven less than the average, according to a North Egypt News analysis of data made available by the Illinois General Assembly.
During the second quarter, 117 representatives sponsored legislation, with Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-113) sponsoring the most with 36 bills. There were 120 representatives that co-sponsored legislation, with Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24) co-sponsoring 129 bills, more than any other representative.
When a bill is introduced to the House, the clerk reads the bill title before the House and it is automatically referred to the Rules Committee. If the Rules Committee thinks that the bill merits further consideration, it is assigned to another committee. If the committee reports favorably on the bill to the House, or if the committee has been discharged with respect to the bill, the bill will be ready for its second reading before the House.
According to House rules, a bill can be passed only after the House clerk has read the bill before the House on three separate days. However, many bills are introduced as shell bills in order to circumvent the rule requiring three readings before they can be passed. These shell bills, which are far more common in Illinois than in other states, are created with the purpose of beginning the often lengthy process of passing a new piece of legislation. But since they would only make trivial or meaningless changes in the law in the form that they initially appear, they are either left to die or are later changed to something more substantive that can be rushed to passage without bothering with procedure. This has the unfortunate effect of leading to laws that may not have been debated or discussed sufficiently.
Representatives that sponsor an inordinately large number of bills are often sponsoring many shell bills.
The following table shows the bills that Bryant sponsored in the second quarter.
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The following table shows the bills to which Bryant was added as a co-sponsor in the second quarter.
Rep. Carol Ammons (D-103)
Rep. Darren Bailey (R-109)
Rep. Norine K. Hammond (R-93); Sen. Jil Tracy (R-47)
VEH CD-TEXTING BODILY HARM
Rep. Andrew S. Chesney (R-89)
WILDLIFE-ENDANGERED SPECIES
Rep. Andrew S. Chesney (R-89)
WILDLIFE-ENDANGERED SPECIES
Rep. Andrew S. Chesney (R-89); Sen. Brian W. Stewart (R-45)
WILDLIFE CD-RIFLE HUNTING
Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-118)
Rep. Monica Bristow (D-111); Sen. Jason Plummer (R-54)
Rep. Darren Bailey (R-109)
MEDICAID-NO GENDER SURGERY
US CONST-ART V-APPLICATION
Rep. Thomas Morrison (R-54)
CON AMEND-TAX-2/3RDS VOTE
Rep. Celina Villanueva (D-21)
METASTATIC BREAST CANCER DAY
Rep. Daniel Swanson (R-74)
SPINAL ATROPHY AWARENESS MONTH
Rep. Charles Meier (R-108)
CRIM CD-EAVESDROP EXTENSION
Sen. Linda Holmes (D-42); Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7)
CHARTER SCH COMMISSION-ABOLISH
Sen. Andy Manar (D-48); Rep. Katie Stuart (D-112)
IL TEACHING EXCELLENCE PROGRAM
Rep. Nathan D. Reitz (D-116)
AGRICULTURE ED TEACHER PROGRAM
Sen. Linda Holmes (D-42); Rep. Jeff Keicher (R-70)
INSURANCE-DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAM
Sen. Scott M. Bennett (D-52); Rep. Thomas M. Bennett (R-106)
HGHER ED-DIVERSE FACULTY GRANT
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-97)
Sen. Brian W. Stewart (R-45); Rep. Daniel Swanson (R-74)
MILITARY JUSTICE-UNIFORM CODE
Sen. Rachelle Crowe (D-56)
PHYSICIAN-GRANTS-UNDERSERVED
Sen. John G. Mulroe (D-10)
TOBACCO PRODUCTS COMPLIANCE
Rep. Nathan D. Reitz (D-116)
EXTEND SW CONNECTOR TASK FORCE
Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (D-4); Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson (D-40)
INCARCERATED PARENTS-CHILDREN
HGHER ED-DIVERSE FACULTY GRANT
PUBLIC OFFICERS-HIRING SELF
ANCRA-CRIM INVESTIGATIONS
Sen. John G. Mulroe (D-10); Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe (R-20)
Sen. Antonio Muñoz (D-1); Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-8)
SCH CD-OFFICE OF SCH SAFETY
GOVT ETHICS-ECONOMIC INTERESTS
Sen. Omar Aquino (D-2); Rep. Carol Ammons (D-103)
VEH CD-LICENSE TO WORK ACT
Rep. Michael D. Unes (R-91)
AGG ASSAULT&BAT-VET&SERVICEMEM
Sen. Ann Gillespie (D-27); Rep. Grant Wehrli (R-41)
SOCIAL WORKER AUTHORIZED EXAM
Sen. Ann Gillespie (D-27); Rep. Mark L. Walker (D-53)
COM COL-MANUFACTURING GRANTS
Rep. Dave Severin (R-117)
PENCD-IMRF-DNST FIRE-HIRE DATE
HOTEL CASINO EMPLOYEE SAFETY
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