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Q1 2019 Legislation: Rep. Joe Sosnowski sponsors or co-sponsors 45 bills

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Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-69) sponsored 14 bills in the first quarter of 2019, 22 less than the average Illinois state representative, and was added as a co-sponsor on 31 bills, 28 less than the average, according to a Rockford Sun analysis of data made available by the Illinois General Assembly.

During the first quarter, 119 representatives sponsored legislation, with Rep. Michael J. Madigan (D-22) sponsoring the most with 940 bills. There were 119 representatives that co-sponsored legislation, with Rep. Jonathan Carroll (D-57) co-sponsoring 169 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 Sosnowski sponsored in the first quarter.

Bill Number
Date Introduced
Short Description
Feb. 1
VEH CD-75/OLDER DRIVING EXAM
Feb. 1
VEH CD-75/OLDER DRIVING EXAM
Feb. 11
JUV CT-NEGLECTED MINOR
Feb. 11
ADOPTION ACT-FINAL ORDER-DCFS
Feb. 14
CRIM CD-ELECTRONIC TRAK DEVICE
Feb. 14
EPA-NPDES DISCHARGE FEE-CITIES
March 20
VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY ACT
Feb. 15
ESTIMATED TAX
Jan. 24
INC TAX-TREE PLANTING CREDIT
Jan. 24
FINANCE ACT-BONDS AND DEBT
Jan. 24
INS CD-PHARM BENEFITS MANAGER
Feb. 11
CONAMEND-REPEAL PENSION RIGHTS
Feb. 13
HOUSE RULES-AMEND
March 20
NO FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS TAX

The following table shows the bills to which Sosnowski was added as a co-sponsor in the first quarter.

Bill Number
Sponsors
Short Description
Rep. Avery Bourne (R-95)
ESTATE TAX-REPEAL
Rep. Tony McCombie (R-71)
FOREST PRESERVE ZOOS-FREE DAYS
Rep. Tony McCombie (R-71)
CRIM CODE-AGG BAT-EMPLOYEES
Rep. Thomas M. Bennett (R-106)
ST CAPITOL PRESIDENT STATUES
Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-66)
VEH CD-ONE LICENSE PLATE
Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-113)
CRIM CD-CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTUR
Rep. Keith R. Wheeler (R-50)
CRIM PROSECUTIONS-SEX OFFENSES
Rep. Andrew S. Chesney (R-89)
WILDLIFE-ENDANGERED SPECIES
Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7)
TITLE-SECURED LOANS
Rep. Dave Severin (R-117)
SCH CD-STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS
Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D-86)
PROP TX-NOTICE
Rep. Amy Grant (R-42)
HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION
Rep. Amy Grant (R-42)
HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION
Rep. Michael J. Zalewski (D-23)
LIQUOR-CRAFT DISTILLER
Rep. André Thapedi (D-32); Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-69)
VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY ACT
Rep. Thomas Morrison (R-54)
PENCD-DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLN
Rep. Ann M. Williams (D-11); Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-18)
LOCAL WIND ENERGY REGULATION
Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-100)
CRIM CD-GROOMING-IN PERSON
Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-100)
TAXPAYER FISCAL CHARTER ACT
Rep. Rita Mayfield (D-60)
SCH DISTRICT EFFICIENCY COMM
Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst (R-79)
RIVER EDGE REDEVELOP-KANKAKEE
Rep. Jerry Costello, II (D-116)
PENCD-SERS-CONSERVATION POLICE
Rep. Tony McCombie (R-71)
FIREARM DEALERS CERTIFICATION
Rep. Rita Mayfield (D-60)
CRIM CD-PLACE OF WORSHIP
Rep. William Davis (D-30)
FINANCIALLY DISTRESSED CITIES
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-97)
SEX OFFENDER REG-BATTERY
Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82)
CONAMEND-LEGISLATIVE REDISTRCT
Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (D-40)
CON AMEND-STATE FINANCE
Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82)
GRADUATED INCOME TAX-OPPOSE
Rep. Martin J. Moylan (D-55)
MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION PROCESS
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-97)
HOUSE RULES 101ST GA

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