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The Illinois General Assembly is the state legislature, composed of the 118-member Illinois House of Representatives and the 59-member Illinois Senate. Representatives elect from their chamber a Speaker and Speaker pro tempore, and senators elect from the chamber a President of the Senate .
The Illinois state government has numerous departments, but the so-called code departments provide most of the state's services. [1] [2] Code departments
Member: Health & Human Services; State Government 8 Cook Ira I. Silverstein: Democratic 1999 [20] Chair: Executive Member: Judiciary; Licensed Activities 9 Cook Jeffrey M. Schoenberg: Democratic 2003 [21] Chair: State Government Member: Appropriations I; Appropriations II; Health & Human Services 10 Cook James A. DeLeo: Democratic 1993 [22]
(The Center square) – Illinois legislators return Saturday for the start of the final days of the 103rd General Assembly. One Republican legislator says that’s an opportunity to address ...
The Illinois General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Initially, the state did not have organized political parties, but the Democratic and Whig parties began to form in the 1830s. Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln successfully campaigned as a member of the Whig Party to serve in the General Assembly in ...
Later in that same year, the Illinois legislature mandated participation by all Illinois school districts (except those located in the city of Chicago) and all their employees except those covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois. Coverage of schools increased the number of employers in IMRF from 156 to 652 and the ...
The 101st General Assembly enacted a total of 673 bills into law. [4] Notable among these was the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (410 ILCS 705), which legalizes and regulates the production, consumption, and sale of cannabis in Illinois.
Active members are full-time, part-time, and substitute Illinois public school personnel employed outside the city of Chicago in positions requiring licensure by the Illinois State Board of Education. Persons employed in certain state agencies and statewide or national organizations related to education are also active TRS members.