There are also many other types of statewide measures. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. Legislatively referred constitutional amendments Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee.Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee.State Government Administration Committee.Prescription Drug Affordability & Accessibility Committee.Museums, Arts, & Cultural Enhancements Committee.International Trade & Commerce Committee.Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee.Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee.Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School Committee.Elementary & Secondary Education Charter School Policy Committee.Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee.Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, and IT Committee.Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee.Appropriations-Human Services Committee.Appropriations-Higher Education Committee.Appropriations-General Service Committee.Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee.Senate Financial Institutions Committee.Healthcare Access and Availability Committee.Standing legislative committees See also: Standing committee and List of committees in Illinois state governmentĪ standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.Īt the beginning of the 2023 legislative session, there were 79 standing committees in Illinois' state government, including three joint legislative committees, 30 state Senate committees, and 46 state House committees. This information is provided by BillTrack50. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation has met these criteria yet in 2023. The list below shows up to 25 pieces of legislation in the 2023 legislative session that most recently passed both chambers of the legislature, were signed by the governor, or were approved by the legislature in a veto override. The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the Illinois General Assembly in the 2023 legislative session.
To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president.
Illinois was also one of nine state legislatures where the Democratic Party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. For more information about state government trifectas, click here. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. Illinois was one of 17 Democratic state government trifectas at the start of 2023 legislative sessions. Partisan control in 2023 See also: State government trifectas
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