Rep. Chris Miller (R-110) sponsored three bills in the second quarter of 2019, five less than the average Illinois state representative, and was added as a co-sponsor on 39 bills, eight less than the average, according to a East Central Reporter 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 Miller sponsored in the second quarter.
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The following table shows the bills to which Miller was added as a co-sponsor in the second quarter.
Rep. Maurice A. West, II (D-67)
PROP TAX-RESIDENTIAL ABATEMENT
Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D-86); Sen. Pat McGuire (D-43)
EPA-UNCONTAMINATED PLASTICS
Rep. Thomas M. Bennett (R-106)
WORK COMP-PARTIAL DISABILITY
Rep. Thomas M. Bennett (R-106)
WORKERS COMP-REVIEW-COLLATERAL
Rep. Thomas M. Bennett (R-106)
WORKERS COMP SPINAL INJURY
Rep. Thomas M. Bennett (R-106)
WORKERS COMP-PAIN MANAGEMENT
WORKERS COMP-FEE SCHEDULE
WORKERS COMP EMPLOYEE TRAVEL
WORKERS COMP-COMPOUND DRUGS
WORKERS COMP-SHOULDER HIP
WORKERS COMP-BENEFIT RATES
WORKERS COMP-PRIOR INJURY
Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-118)
Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-102); Sen. Chapin Rose (R-51)
Rep. Darren Bailey (R-109)
MEDICAID-NO GENDER SURGERY
US CONST-ART V-APPLICATION
Rep. Camille Y. Lilly (D-78); Sen. Don Harmon (D-39)
KIDDIELAND AMUSEMENT PARK ROAD
Rep. Thomas Morrison (R-54)
CON AMEND-TAX-2/3RDS VOTE
Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-66)
Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-101)
RECOGNIZE-NAT. DAY OF PRAYER
Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-66)
CONSTITUTION-INCOME TAX LIMIT
Rep. Charles Meier (R-108)
Sen. Sue Rezin (R-38); Rep. Thomas M. Bennett (R-106)
CORONER-SUDDEN INFANT DEATH
Sen. Michael E. Hastings (D-19); Rep. Kelly M. Burke (D-36)
PMP-LICENSED VETERINARIANS
Rep. Mary Edly-Allen (D-51)
Sen. John F. Curran (R-41); Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82)
EPA-PERMITS-ETHYLENE OXIDE
Sen. John G. Mulroe (D-10)
TOBACCO PRODUCTS COMPLIANCE
Rep. Anna Moeller (D-43); Sen. Iris Y. Martinez (D-20)
HOME BIRTH CRISIS COMMITTEE
Sen. Julie A. Morrison (D-29); Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-77)
INS CODE-DENTAL ANESTHETICS
ANCRA-CRIM INVESTIGATIONS
Sen. Dan McConchie (R-26); Rep. Margo McDermed (R-37)
TRACK-SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE
Sen. Emil Jones, III (D-14); Rep. André Thapedi (D-32)
COMPLETE COUNT COMMISSION
Rep. Michael D. Unes (R-91)
AGG ASSAULT&BAT-VET&SERVICEMEM
Sen. Scott M. Bennett (D-52); Rep. Carol Ammons (D-103)
HOTEL CASINO EMPLOYEE SAFETY
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