In the final minutes of the Illinois House of Representatives’ 2024 Veto Session, House Republican Floor Leader Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) called for a vote to end Veto Session, and the entirety of the 103rd General Assembly, “sine die,” a Latin term that means “without a day.” A Sine Die adjournment would have ended session without setting a date to reconvene, but the motion was struck down by House Democrats, thus setting a time for the 103rd General Assembly to reconvene once more in early January in what is known as a “lame duck session.”
A lame duck session is a time when members of one General Assembly meet after a new General Assembly has been elected but before members are sworn in. In theory, the General Assembly can use this reconvention to resolve legislative matters still lingering from the spring or Veto sessions or address pressing issues that require immediate action.
This year, we might see even more partisan “gun control” laws passed through the General Assembly.