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ADVOCACY UPDATE The Legislative Process Doesn’t End When the General Assembly Adjourns BY JOE MCCOY, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, IML It was presumed at the time of this writing that the General was approved by the Senate on May 31, 2015, and held until Assembly would conclude its business by the scheduled May March 31 of this year before the parliamentary hold was lifted 31 adjournment date. A budget deal still appeared elusive, and to allow the bill to be considered by the Governor. Most bills, like last year, the General Assembly may elect to remain in however, are transmitted to the Governor within 30 days of “continuous session” to convene for work on legislative issues having passed both chambers. during the summer months. The Governor has 60 days to evaluate the legislation and Even so, most legislation with enough support to pass both decide upon a course of action after receiving the bill from the chambers during 2016 will have been approved before June General Assembly. This period of time is used to collect input 1. These bills will be evaluated by the Governor during the from relevant state agencies, key staff members and affected summer months. This article intends to explain that process. constituencies. While the Governor can act on a bill at any time during the 60-day period, most bill signings or vetoes Thousands of bills are introduced each year in the General occur in August. Assembly. A small percentage of these bills actually clear enough hurdles to become law. With exceptions, the typical life The Governor has four options with a bill. Legislation can be cycle of an enacted law includes the initial bill introductions, signed into law, receive a total veto, receive an amendatory committee hearings, amendments to address concerns of any veto or receive no action whatsoever. If the Governor takes opposition, more committee hearings, floor debates in both no action on a bill, the bill becomes law. This is an extremely chambers and eventual approval by the Governor. In the case of infrequent occurrence. It should be noted that appropriation a veto, the General Assembly is provided with an opportunity bills are handled differently. to accept any changes recommended by the Governor or override the veto and enact the bill into law despite the The General Assembly is permitted an opportunity to have the Governor’s objections. final word on legislation that receives a veto or amendatory veto. This opportunity presents itself during the fall Veto Session. There are plenty of opportunities for a bill to fall by the If the Governor vetoes a bill outright, legislators can attempt wayside, and most do. In Springfield, it’s commonly to override the veto with a three-fifths vote of both chambers. understood that it is much easier to defeat a bill than pass If successful, the bill is enacted into law. An amendatory veto legislation into law. occurs when the Governor makes changes to the bill. Legislators can either accept the changes with a majority vote or attempt to Legislative activity does not end, however, when the override the changes with a three-fifths vote. If such an override General Assembly adjourns on the traditional date of May is successful, the bill reverts back to the form it had when sent to 31. The lifecycle of approved legislation continues on in a the Governor and becomes law. different venue. Joe McCoy is IML’s Legislative Director. Contact Joe Once a bill is approved by both chambers, the General at [email protected]. Assembly has 30 calendar days to officially transmit the bill to the Governor. This 30-day period can be rendered moot Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/ if a legislator places a parliamentary hold on a bill.