Sec. 2-13. Records of legislative proceedings. Legislative record index.
Sec. 2-13. Records of legislative proceedings. Legislative record index. (a) The
clerk of either house may employ such number of qualified persons as are necessary to
make a record of the proceedings in the Senate and the House of Representatives and
to transcribe the same without unnecessary delay. A copy of such record of each day's
proceedings shall be filed in the State Library within two days after the transcript has
been completed and shall be available to the public.
(b) The clerks of the Senate and House shall, during sessions of the General Assembly, publish at such times during the session, as may be determined by said clerks, a
legislative record index which shall report the status of each bill and resolution pending
in or acted upon by the General Assembly. Said clerks shall make copies of the legislative
record index available to representatives of the press, the State Library, the Governor,
the Secretary of the State, the Attorney General and such other persons as the speaker
of the House or the president of the Senate may designate.
(1949 Rev., S. 19, 36; March, 1950, 1951, 1955, S. 8d; 1961, P.A. 2; P.A. 76-188, S. 1, 2.)
History: 1961 act eliminated requirement of weekly publication of legislative record and added requirement publication
include status of bills and resolutions acted upon as well as pending; P.A. 76-188 changed "legislative record" to "legislative
record index" and gave clerks power to publish it "at such times" as they determine during a session, deleting requirement
that it be published at least nine but no more than twelve times.