Always check for motions
Sunday, May 30, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Rachel Hinton at the Sun-Times was the only reporter who wrote about this bill who noticed that a crucial motion had been filed…
In the House, lawmakers held a heated debate on House Bill 1091, one of two bills in the Legislature that’s aimed at making the state’s FOID card system more effective.
Rep. Maura Hirschauer, D-Batavia, sponsored the bill and introduced it in the House. Hirschauer said it would create an option for an electronic FOID card; allow for automatic renewal of the card when one’s concealed carry license is renewed and requires an applicant seeking to get, or renew, a Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card to include a full set of their fingerprints to the Illinois State Police, unless the applicant has already done so.
Hirschauer said the bill will help to “keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people,” like the man who fatally shot five of his co-workers in 2019 at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora. […]
That bill passed 60 to 50, largely along party lines. But, by Saturday night, Rep. Frances Hurley, D-Chicago, had filed a motion to reconsider. As a result, the bill would stay in the House unless, or until, the motion is taken up by members.
Yep.
This is a House bill, so it needs three days of readings in the Senate. That can’t happen before midnight Monday even if the brick is lifted by Rep. Hurley today.
I’ve made this mistake before. It’s maddening and embarrassing. Thank goodness for reporters like Hinton.
…Adding… Literally seconds after this post went live, a story by NPR Illinois’ Hannah Meisel went online…
State Rep. Curtis Tarver (D-Chicago) recounted his Nov. 2019 arrest after a traffic stop, when Chicago Police detained the Democrat for seven hours for carrying a gun with an out-of-date FOID card.
In reality, Tarver renewed his FOID card two days prior but Chicago Police’s database had not yet ingested the renewal information. Tarver said electronic notifications for FOID card renewal deadlines may have prevented his arrest.
“I get a letter to my home address from 10 years ago, and it becomes an issue,” Tarver said. “I take care of it with the State Police, I still get pulled over because the system’s [are] not caught up with each other, and I’m screwed.”
Tarver asked Hirschauer to commit to getting that passed. […]
However, it’s unclear whether the legislation will make it to the Senate, as after the bill’s narrow approval, State Rep. Fran Hurley (D-Chicago), who voted for the bill and managed members of her own Moderate Caucus within the House, filed a motion to reconsider.
Another fine Statehouse reporter heard from.
* Oops…
* Illinois House sends controversial FOID card bill to Senate
* Mandatory fingerprints for legal gun owners passes to Illinois Senate
* Illinois Lawmakers Advance Bill Requiring Fingerprints For Gun Card Applications
* House passes bill requiring fingerprints for FOID cards, but Senate may make changes
* Illinois House passes proposal requiring fingerprints from gun owners: It now heads to the Senate for consideration.
- Nagidam - Sunday, May 30, 21 @ 6:47 am:
Odd that Rep. Hurley would use a motion like this to put a brick on a gun bill. She has never been considered Pro-gun.
- ok. - Sunday, May 30, 21 @ 8:52 am:
“Odd that Rep. Hurley would use a motion like this to put a brick on a gun bill. She has never been considered Pro-gun”
Hurleys was a yes on the bill. the move is parliamentary to prevent the opponents from bricking it.
- thisjustinagain - Sunday, May 30, 21 @ 9:04 am:
So, the bill was bricked by one of the supporters to avoid the opposition from bricking it? Even though there wasn’t time for the 3 reads in the Senate? I know I’m missing something here. But that’s great it was bricked, since it will just create more delays and costs for the gun owner, while not affecting criminals one iota.
- ok. - Sunday, May 30, 21 @ 9:44 am:
So, the bill was bricked by one of the supporters to avoid the opposition from bricking it?
Yes, you can only file a motion to reconsider once. but that motion can also be withdrawn allowing the bill to proceed.
For instance, I’m not sure it if was Rep. Cassidy’s RHA or weed bill in ‘19, but Rep Guzzardi filed a motion in a similar manner then withdrew it later. I recall this because Rich posted about it on here.
- Nadigam - Sunday, May 30, 21 @ 11:54 am:
@OK,
===Hurleys was a yes on the bill. the move is parliamentary to prevent the opponents from bricking it.===
Oh I get that was probably her intent. What I don’t understand is why she dint release the motion. The bill is dead as it relates to a vote by June 1st. She blocks a pro-gun legislator from doing what she did with filing the motion but forgets to release the bill? Seems like there wasn’t an understanding of the rules.
- Been There - Sunday, May 30, 21 @ 12:12 pm:
=== Odd that Rep. Hurley would use a motion like this to put a brick on a gun bill. She has never been considered Pro-gun.====
My guess is the Senate was not planning on taking this bill up this weekend. But this could hang out there until the end of 2022. So Fran probably reconsidered so she can release it next veto or next year even.
- ok. - Sunday, May 30, 21 @ 3:35 pm:
=The bill is dead as it relates to a vote by June 1st=
Incorrect. A bill is not “dead” until the current GA dissolves and a new GA convenes (103rd). then it is considered “Session Sine Die”
After May 31st you just need to achieve a higher vote threshold, which is 2/3rds of each chamber to pass legislation. Hurley will release the motion in a few days and the bill will be sent to the Senate where the Senate sponsor is supposed to make some changes via more negotiations as indicated by Rep. Hirschauer.
The likely outcome is that, as “Been There” points out, The Senate will vote on this bill next year. The proponents don’t appear to be rushing this bill.
- Commonsense in Illinois - Sunday, May 30, 21 @ 5:55 pm:
Just an observation here, but House Democrats might be playing here. They have a roll call on what many might see as a reasonable piece of legislation.
This way, their members don’t get as much guff from the pro-gun folks, but Dem candidates, in newly drawn districts, can whack away at Republicans for their vote.
- thisjustinagain - Sunday, May 30, 21 @ 8:28 pm:
Thank you fellow commenters on what Hurley was up to. I did not know the brick was a one-time thing. Question is did she have the votes to pass it in both chambers (the Senate wanted to amend certain aspects; maybe that discussion got too involved for the time remaining in the session?