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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 1612853, member: 4703&quot;]The way it works is that both houses of a bicameral legislature have to pass the identically same bill for it to go to the executive for signature/veto.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the Illinois lower house passes the unamended bill, that&#039;s it.&nbsp; If they pass it with any amendment, no matter how minor, it has to go back to the Senate.&nbsp; Then if the Senate approves the lower house version, it goes to the governor.&nbsp; If they make further amendments, it goes back to the lower house.&nbsp; In theory this could be repeated numerous times.</p><p><br /></p><p>(If either house votes it down anywhere along the way, it&#039;s a goner.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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