Illinois Senate Bill 2747 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-27 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Changes specified references to the required postmark date for vote by mail ballots to "no later than election day" to conform to other changes from Public Act 98-1171. Provides that in the event that the return address of an application for ballot by a physically incapacitated elector is that of a facility licensed or certified under specified Acts and the applicant is a registered voter in the precinct in which such facility is located, the ballots shall be prepared and transmitted to a responsible judge of election no later than 9 a.m. on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday (previously, only Saturday, Sunday, or Monday) immediately preceding the election as designated by the election authority. Provides that the period for early voting by personal appearance begins the 15th (rather than 40th) day preceding an election. Provides that the envelope in which a vote by mail ballot is returned to the election authority may be delivered by any person authorized by the voter. Provides that any person who, having voted once, knowingly during any election (previously, on the same election day) where the ballot or machine lists any of the same candidates and issues listed on the ballot or machine previously used for voting by that person, (a) files an application to vote in the same or another polling place or (b) accepts a ballot or enters a voting machine (except to legally give assistance under the Code), shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony. Provides that certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for school district offices to be filled at consolidated elections shall be filed with the county clerk or county board of election commissioners of the county (was previously required to be filed with the "election authority") in which the principal office of the school district is located not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the consolidated election. Amends the School Code. Removes a provision that provided that the county clerk or the county board of election commissioners shall receive and file only those petitions which include a statement of candidacy, the required number of voter signatures, the notarized signature of the petition circulator and a receipt from the County Clerk showing that the candidate has filed a statement of economic interest on or before the last day to file as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Effective immediately.

ELEC CD-VARIOUS

Sen. Melinda Bush [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-27	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2016-05-27	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2016-05-13	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 27, 2016
2016-04-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 13, 2016
2016-04-08	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 22, 2016
2016-04-06	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on Election Law
2016-04-05	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
2016-03-23	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2016-03-23	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush
2016-03-02	Senate	To Subcommittee on Election Law
2016-02-24	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2016-02-16	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2016-02-16	Senate	First Reading
2016-02-16	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	1-12	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	10-6	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	16-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	19-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	19-4	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	19A-15	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	1A-16.8	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	20-2	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	20-2.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	20-2.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	20-2.3	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	20-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	20-6	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	20-8	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	29-5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2747&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB2747.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB2747sam001.htm