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17-595: The Act was introduced in the 94th Illinois General Assembly by senator James A. DeLeo as Senate Bill 273, on February 3, 2005. In 2008, the Illinois state legislature amended the MPCA creating a regional authority to establish a pilot program that targets individuals who are circumventing the law. As a result, the Southern Illinois counties of Williamson, Jackson, Union, Saline, Franklin, and Johnson, comprise

34-596: A three-fifths majority vote. The Illinois Senate tries impeachments made by the House of Representatives, and can convict impeached officers by a two-thirds vote. Voting in the Illinois Senate is done by members pushing one of three buttons. Unlike most states, the Illinois Senate allows members to vote yes, no, or present. It takes 30 affirmative votes to pass legislation during final action. The number of negative votes does not matter. Therefore, voting present has

51-693: Is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly , the legislative branch of the government of the State of Illinois in the United States . The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, the Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from individual legislative districts determined by population and redistricted every 10 years; based on

68-477: The 1970 Illinois Constitution , the Illinois Senate has 59 members, who serve overlapping two- and four-year terms. Thirty votes are required for a majority, and 36 votes (or 60%) are required to override a veto or propose a constitutional amendment. Of the 23 members elected in the 2004 election , 20 were elected to four-year terms, and three were elected to two-year terms. Three new members joined

85-574: The 2004 Illinois Senate election , reducing the Democratic majority in the preceding 93rd Senate by one. The independent Senator, James T. Meeks of Chicago, caucused with the Democrats. He had been elected in 2002 on the Honesty and Integrity Party ticket. The Illinois House has 118 members who are elected every two years. The composition of the 94th House reflects the results of

102-495: The 2004 election , in which three seats changed from Democratic to Republican, and two seats changed from Republican to Democratic, resulting in a reduced 65–53 Democratic majority. Seven new members joined the chamber, and nine who had previously been appointed to fill vacancies were elected for the first time. 102 House incumbents were re-elected. The 94th House consisted of 65 Democrats and 53 Republicans. Illinois Senate Minority The Illinois Senate

119-614: The Illinois House of Representatives , existed from January 12, 2005 to January 9, 2007 during the first two years of Rod Blagojevich 's second term as governor. The General Assembly met at the Illinois State Capitol . During the 94th General Assembly, the Senate was in session for 119 legislative days , and the House was in session for 143 legislative days. There were no special sessions. All 118 members of

136-745: The Illinois Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation . The governor signed the amendment into law on January 21, 2005. Prompted by a series of high-profile dog bite incidents, in 2006 the legislature passed three measures imposing penalties on the owners of dangerous dogs or those involved in dog fighting. Among these was the first law in the country to prohibit certain felons, including those convicted of forcible felonies , from owning dogs that have not been spayed or neutered. The governor signed all three measures into law on May 31, 2006. The Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act ( 720 ILCS 648 )

153-477: The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois . Its first official working day is the second Wednesday of January each year. Its primary duties are to pass bills into law, approve the state budget, confirm appointments to state departments and agencies, act on federal constitutional amendments and propose constitutional amendments for Illinois. It also has the power to override gubernatorial vetoes through

170-540: The 2020 U.S. census each senator represents approximately 213,347 people. Senators are divided into three groups, each group having a two-year term at a different part of the decade between censuses, with the rest of the decade being taken up by two four-year terms. For example, group one elects senators for terms of four years, four years and two years, group two elects senators for terms of four years, two years and four years, and group three elects senators for terms of two years, four years and four years. This ensures that

187-540: The House, and 23 of the 59 members of the Senate, were elected in the 2004 election . The apportionment of seats was based on the 2000 census . Both chambers had a Democratic majority. The 94th General Assembly was followed by the 95th General Assembly in January 2007. The 94th General Assembly enacted a total of 1,113 bills into law. Early in the session, the General Assembly passed an amendment to

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204-591: The Illinois Meth Precursor Control Pilot Authority (IMPCPA). This Illinois -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to law in the United States or its constituent jurisdictions is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 94th Illinois General Assembly The 94th Illinois General Assembly , consisting of the Illinois Senate and

221-582: The Senate reflects changes made when the General Assembly redistricts itself after each census. Usually, depending on the election year, roughly one-third or two-thirds of Senate seats are contested. On rare occasions (usually after a census), all Senate seats are up for election. In contrast, the Illinois House of Representatives is made up of 118 members with its entire membership elected to two-year terms. House districts are formed by dividing each Senate district in half, with each senator having two " associated " representatives. The Illinois Senate convenes at

238-590: The chamber at the outset: two by election and one ( Kwame Raoul ) by appointment to fill the seat of Barack Obama , who had been elected to the US Senate. Five members who had previously been appointed were elected in 2006 for the first time. The remaining 51 members were returning incumbents , either re-elected or continuing the second half of a four-year term. The Senate of the 94th General Assembly consisted of 31 Democrats, 27 Republicans, and one Independent. One seat changed from Democratic to Republican hands in

255-435: The same effect on the tally as voting no. As of February 6, 2021 , the 102nd General Assembly of the Illinois Senate consists of the following leadership: In 1924, Florence Fifer Bohrer became the body's first female member and Adelbert H. Roberts became its first African American member. In 1977, Earlean Collins became the first African American woman to serve in the Illinois Senate. Barack Obama , later

272-546: Was brought on by a 2005 Illinois Court of Appeals ruling that punitive damages were only available in cases brought by the state Department of Labor . The same bill also amended the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act to restore a penalty of 1% per day for employers who fail to pay wages due after receiving a demand from the Department of Labor. The bill was signed into law on July 14, 2006. Under

289-610: Was signed into law on November 16, 2005, and took effect on January 15, 2006. The MPCA required that people present identification in order to purchase cold medication that contains pseudoephedrine (Sudafed, Tylenol Cold and Claritin D), which could be used to produce methamphetamine . In 2006, the legislature passed an amendment to the Illinois Minimum Wage Law that allowed employees to receive punitive damages when they sue an employer for unpaid wages. This change

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