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[18] [19] On April 25, the bill was passed unanimously in the Illinois Senate [20] and on May 6, its house counterpart sponsored by Deb Conroy passed the Illinois House of Representatives with 108 yes votes. [21] The bill was signed into law by Pat Quinn in August. [22]
The governor can veto bills passed by the General Assembly in four different ways: a full veto, an amendatory veto, and, for appropriations only, an item veto and a reduction veto. [19] These veto powers are unusually broad among US state governors. [20] The line item veto was added to the Illinois Constitution in 1884. [21]
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State lawmakers passed SB 4 in November, codifying a series of penalties for anyone suspected of crossing into Texas from Mexico other than through an international port of entry. The penalties ...
Senate Bill 3219, led by Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, would allow the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide grant funding to farmer-owned grocery stores.
Illinois is the second state to adopt a homeless bill of rights. [23] The measure, SB 1210, was passed in May 2013 by the Illinois General Assembly and immediately went into effect after being signed by Governor Pat Quinn on August 22 of that year. [3]
SB 4, which Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law in December, had been scheduled to take effect March 5, but its implementation was delayed after the Justice Department and civil rights groups sued Texas.
On August 28, in wake of the failed override of Senate Bill 1, the House passed Senate Bill 1947 73–34, with 3 voting present. An amendment passed later that day, 38–13 with 4 voting present, and the bill was sent to the Governor. On August 31, the bill was signed into law. [28]