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Q2 2019 Legislation: Rep. John M. Cabello sponsors or co-sponsors 37 bills

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Rep. John M. Cabello (R-68) sponsored seven bills in the second quarter of 2019, one less than the average Illinois state representative, and was added as a co-sponsor on 30 bills, 17 less than the average, according to a Rockford Sun 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 Cabello sponsored in the second quarter.

Bill Number
Date Introduced
Short Description
April 1
TRANSPORTATION-TECH
April 9
DCFS-HOTLINE-BULLYING & HAZING
May 30
CONGRATS-MARCUS LEMONIS
May 30
CONGRATS-LORI GREINER
June 27
CONGRATS-CHIEF ALAN STOECKEL
April 3
POLICE TRAINING-CERTIFICATION
April 10
SPEC PLATES-POLICE/FIREFIGHTER

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

Bill Number
Sponsors
Short Description
Rep. Tom Weber (R-64)
TRANSPORTATION-TECH
Rep. Norine K. Hammond (R-93); Sen. Jil Tracy (R-47)
VEH CD-TEXTING BODILY HARM
Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-118)
GA-PER DIEM & COLAS
Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-113)
UTILITIES-INFRASTRUCTURE
Rep. Kambium Buckner (D-26)
VICTIM STATEMENTS-DISCOVERY
Rep. Anna Moeller (D-43)
EDUCATION-TECH
Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-77); Sen. Martin A. Sandoval (D-11)
CRIM CD-FIRST RESPONDER
Rep. Andrew S. Chesney (R-89); Sen. Brian W. Stewart (R-45)
TROOPER JONES-STORY HIGHWAY
Rep. Steven Reick (R-63); Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-32)
DEPUTY J. KELTNER INTERCHANGE
Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-69)
SPC BRANDON ROWE MEM HGHWY
Rep. Thomas Morrison (R-54)
CON AMEND-TAX-2/3RDS VOTE
Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82)
CONGRATS-LISA GUINAN
Rep. Mike Murphy (R-99)
AMBUCS APPRECIATION MONTH
Rep. Maurice A. West, II (D-67)
MEMORIAL-CHARLES D. SWEENY
Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33)
SALVAGE VEHICLES-AUCTION
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-97)
VEH CD-ZIPPER MERGE
Sen. Linda Holmes (D-42); Rep. Jonathan Carroll (D-57)
COSMETICS-ANIMAL TESTING
Sen. Linda Holmes (D-42); Rep. Jonathan Carroll (D-57)
COSMETICS-ANIMAL TESTING
Sen. Melinda Bush (D-31); Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D-86)
PENCD-DNST FIRE-SECONDARY EMPT
Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-18)
COUNTY JAIL GOOD BEHAVIOR
Rep. Anna Moeller (D-43); Sen. Iris Y. Martinez (D-20)
HOME BIRTH CRISIS COMMITTEE
Rep. Kelly M. Burke (D-36); Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-18)
DISORDERLY CONDUCT-SCHL-MINOR
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
Rep. Gregory Harris (D-13)
FY19-PRIOR INCURRED COSTS
Rep. Gregory Harris (D-13)
FY19-PRIOR INCURRED COSTS
Sen. Ann Gillespie (D-27); Rep. Mark L. Walker (D-53)
COM COL-MANUFACTURING GRANTS
Sen. Thomas Cullerton (D-23); Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-77)
PARENTAL RIGHT TERMINATION
Rep. Natalie A. Manley (D-98)
FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION ELDERLY
Sen. Melinda Bush (D-31)
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