Bill Amendment: IL HB1673 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: ELECTIONS-TECH

Status: 2019-04-12 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1673 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB1673-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Tim Butler

Filed: 4/8/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1673
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1673 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Section 19A-15 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
(a) The period for early voting by personal appearance
begins the 40th day preceding a general primary, consolidated
primary, consolidated, or general election and extends through
the end of the day before election day.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a
permanent polling place for early voting must remain open
beginning the 15th day before an election through the end of
the day before election day during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that

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beginning 8 days before election day, a permanent polling place
for early voting must remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m.
to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Sundays; except that, in addition to the hours required by this
subsection, a permanent polling place designated by an election
authority under subsections (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19A-10
must remain open for a total of at least 8 hours on any holiday
during the early voting period and a total of at least 14 hours
on the final weekend during the early voting period.
Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection (b),
the day before a general primary, consolidated primary, or a
general or consolidated election, a county clerk's office may
close at 6:00 p.m.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority
may close an early voting polling place if the building in
which the polling place is located has been closed by the State
or unit of local government in response to a severe weather
emergency or other force majeure. The election authority shall
notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall
make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an
alternative location for early voting.
(d) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-4,
eff. 3-12-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14;
98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)".