Let the Shell Games Begin in Illinois General Assembly
Recently seated members of the 102nd General Assembly had introduced 6,950 bills as of March 22.
That is correct, it is not a typo and you did not misread.
Almost 7,000 proposals of some variety have been introduced. In addition, 180 Senate resolutions, 162 House resolutions, 10 Senate joint resolutions, 26 House joint resolutions, 10 Senate joint resolution constitutional amendments, and 32 House resolutions constitutional amendments have been filed.
If you add in these 335 various types of resolutions to the 6,950 bills filed, you have a grand total of 7,285 initiatives filed by 177 elected officials (118 House and 59 Senate members). That is an average of just more than 41 proposals per member of the General Assembly.
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That is correct, it is not a typo and you did not misread.
Almost 7,000 proposals of some variety have been introduced. In addition, 180 Senate resolutions, 162 House resolutions, 10 Senate joint resolutions, 26 House joint resolutions, 10 Senate joint resolution constitutional amendments, and 32 House resolutions constitutional amendments have been filed.
If you add in these 335 various types of resolutions to the 6,950 bills filed, you have a grand total of 7,285 initiatives filed by 177 elected officials (118 House and 59 Senate members). That is an average of just more than 41 proposals per member of the General Assembly.
Click Here to read more.