(CAPITOL CITY NOW) – The way things work in Springfield is at the heart of a lawsuit some superminority Republicans are filing.

It’s far from “Schoolhouse Rock.”

Lawmakers strip out a bill’s language and replace it with an entirely new bill, tacked on as an amendment, as a way to get around the rule that a bill must be read three times in three days.

As an example, Senate Minority Leader John Curran (R-Downers Grove) holds up a bill which would allow lawsuits in which neither plaintiff nor defendant even lives in Illinois.

“Our next step in the process is to seek preliminary injunctive relief to stop this bill in its tracks and allow for a full review of it and its constitutionality,” Curran said Wednesday during a virtual news conference.

Added State Rep. Travis Weaver (R-Edwards), “Senate Bill 328 is a clear violation of the three-readings rule: a gut-and-replace at the end of session, passed in a way to intentionally block Illinois citizens and businesses from providing feedback on the bill’s destructive nature.

“We know that Senate Bill 328 is not the only time the majority party hid the ball from the people they say they represent,” Weaver continues. “We found at least 24 instances where the three-readings rule was violated this spring. Senate Bill 328 is just the worst example.”

The bill in question, the Republicans said. could have been debated at any time, not just the last day of session.

They are calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to veto the bill.

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