Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2020-598

• Record #: R2020-598
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 9/9/2020
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Committees and Rules
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Amendment of City Council Rules of Order and Procedure by modifying Rule 54 to prohibit use of cellular telephones or personal electronic devices to make or receive audio calls or to record or broadcast videos in City Council Chamber
• Sponsors: Harris, Michelle A.
• Topic: CITY COUNCIL - Rules of Order & Procedure
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics	Failed to Pass
9/9/2020	21000	City Council	Referred

RESOLUTION

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, That the Rules of Order and Procedure of the City Council, City of Chicago, for the 2019 - 2023 term are hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:

Michelle Harris Alderman, 8^th Ward

RULE 54. Cellular telephones and other personal electronic devices that will emit a sound shall be set on silence or vibrate mode at all times and may not be used to make or receive audio or video calls, or to simultaneously record and broadcast ("live stream") video while a person is in the City Council Chambers or in any other room that is utilized for a committee meeting while a City Council or committee meeting is in progress. The Sergeant-At-Arms shall post signs in appropriate places to advise the public of this Rule.