ELB wrote: . . .In May 2011, gun-rights advocates lost a bid in the Illinois House to legalize concealed carry by a 65-32 vote. Seventy-one votes were necessary for passage of the legislation, House Bill 148, which was lobbied against by Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Only needed 71 votes due to legislative trickery, with the democrat majority leader ruling that "home rule" requirements meant that the bill needed the "super majority" rather than a simple majority (60 votes) which it had easily.