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LEGAL/LEGISLATIVE SCENE
Illinois General Assembly Workload, 1973 through 1990

1973-74

1975-76

1977-78

1979-80

1981-82

1983-84

1985-86

1987418

1989-90

Bills introduced

4,602

6,082

5,345

5, 689

4, 383

5, 251

5, 990

6, 591

6, 569

Senate

1,684

2,047

1,893

2, 045

1, 693

1, 960

2, 317

2, 280

2, 321

House

2,918

4,035

3,452

3, 644

2, 690

3, 291

3, 673

4, 311

4, 248

Sent to Governor

1,508

1,780

1,736

1, 711

1, 159

1, 722

1, 606

1, 659

1, 687

Senate

656

702

695

672

568

713

734

686

655

House

852

1,078

1,041

1, 039

591

1, 009

872

973

1, 032

Percent

32.7%

29.2%

32.4%

30.0%

26.4%

32.7%

26.8%

25.2%

25.7%

Bills signed*

1,232

1,430

1, 401

1, 434

958

1, 335

1, 365

1, 331

1, 393

Senate

530

573

546

555

473

537

635

568

527

House

702

857

855

879

485

798

730

763

866

Percent

81.8%

80.3%

80.7%

83.8%

82.6%

77.5%

84.9%

80.2%

82.6%

Appropriation reduced

or item vetoed

99

104

39

49

131

68

135

107

40

Senate

51

58

21

28

80

37

78

56

22

House

48

46

18

21

51

31

57

51

18

Percent

6.5%

5.8%

2.4%

2.8%

11.3%

3.9%

8.4%

6.4%

2.4%

Vetoed in full

216

252

219

154

99

200

126

195

154

Senate

104

96

91

72

48

90

61

62

79

House

112

156

128

82

51

110

65

133

75

Percent

14.3%

14.1%

12.6%

9.0%

8.5%

11.6%

7.8%

11.8%

9.1%

Overridden

11

23

17

28

6

30

19

19

19

Senate

7

9

5

15

3

13

9

7

8

House

4

14

12

13

3

17

10

12

11

Percent

5.0%

9.1%

7.7%

18.1%

6.0%

15.0%

15.0%

9.7%

12.3%

Amendatory vetoes

60

98

116

123

102

187

115

133

140

Senate

22

33

58

45

47

86

38

58

49

House

38

65

58

78

55

101

77

75

91

Percent

3.9%

5.5%

6.6%

7.1%

8.8%

10.8%

7.1%

8.0%

8.3%

Adopted

46

68

95

107

89

151

92

87

70

Senate

15

23

50

41

41

70

35

39

24

House

31

45

45

66

48

81

57

48

46

Percent

76.6%

69.3%

81.8%

86.9%

80.7%

87.2%

80.0%

65.4%

50.0%

Overridden

3

5

3

6

6

20

6

14

8

Senate

1

3

2

1

4

8

0

4

1

House

2

2

1

5

2

12

6

10

7

Percent

5.0%

5.1%

2.5%

4.8%

5.8%

10.6%

5.2%

10.5%

5.7%

No action

11

25

18

10

7

16

17

32

62

Senate

6

7

6

3

2

8

3

14

24

House

5

18

12

7

5

8

14

18

38

Percent

18.3%

25.5%

15.5%

8.1%

6.8%

8.5%

14.7%

24.1%

44.3%

Bills enacted

1,292

1,526

1,516

1,575

1,059

1,536

1, 482

1,451

1,490

% of bills introduced

28.0%

25.0%

28.3%

27.6%

24.1%

29.2%

24.7%

22.0%

22.7%

% of bills sent to Governor

85.6%

85.7%

97.3%

92.0%

91.3%

89.1%

92.2%

87.5%

88.3%


* Includes appropriation bills reduced, item vetoed, and bills filed without signature.
Compiled by Legislative Research Unit staff from Laws of Illinois Legislative Synopsis and Digest, and Legislative Information System.
1990 statistics prepared by Erik Olson, Research Assistant, July 11, 1991.

Illinois Parks and Recreation 15 September/October 1991


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