Bill Amendment: IL HB3994 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: GENDER NEUTRAL STATUTORY REF
Status: 2021-01-12 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 [HB3994 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3994-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: GENDER NEUTRAL STATUTORY REF
Status: 2021-01-12 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 [HB3994 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3994-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3994
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3994 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 1A-55, 17-13, and 19-6 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/1A-55) | ||||||
7 | (Text of Section from P.A. 100-587) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 1A-55. Cyber security efforts. The State Board of | ||||||
9 | Elections shall provide by rule, after at least 2 public | ||||||
10 | hearings of the Board and in consultation with the election | ||||||
11 | authorities, a Cyber Navigator Program to support the efforts | ||||||
12 | of election authorities to defend against cyber breaches and | ||||||
13 | detect and recover from cyber attacks. The rules shall include | ||||||
14 | the Board's plan to allocate any resources received in | ||||||
15 | accordance with the Help America Vote Act and provide that no | ||||||
16 | less than half of any such funds received shall be allocated to |
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1 | the Cyber Navigator Program. The Cyber Navigator Program should | ||||||
2 | be designed to provide equal support to all election | ||||||
3 | authorities, with allowable modifications based on need. The | ||||||
4 | remaining half of the Help America Vote Act funds shall be | ||||||
5 | distributed as the State Board of Elections may determine, but | ||||||
6 | no grants may be made to election authorities that do not | ||||||
7 | participate in the Cyber Navigator Program. | ||||||
8 | In distribution of the remaining funds received under the | ||||||
9 | federal Help America Vote Act, the Board may make such funds | ||||||
10 | available to election authorities for the maintenance of secure | ||||||
11 | collection sites for the return of vote by mail ballots.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
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13 | (Text of Section from P.A. 100-623) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 1A-55. Cyber security efforts. The Board shall adopt | ||||||
15 | rules, after at least 2 public hearings of the Board and in | ||||||
16 | consultation with election authorities, establishing a cyber | ||||||
17 | navigator program to support election authorities' efforts to | ||||||
18 | defend against cyber breaches and detect and recover from cyber | ||||||
19 | attacks. The rules shall include the Board's plan to allocate | ||||||
20 | any resources received in accordance with the federal Help | ||||||
21 | America Vote Act and provide that no less than half of any | ||||||
22 | funds received under the federal Help America Vote Act shall be | ||||||
23 | allocated to the cyber navigator program. The cyber navigator | ||||||
24 | program shall be designed to provide equal support to all | ||||||
25 | elections authorities with some modifications allowable based |
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1 | on need. The remaining half of the federal Help America Vote | ||||||
2 | Act funds shall be distributed as the Board sees fit, but no | ||||||
3 | grants may be made to election authorities that do not | ||||||
4 | participate in the cyber navigator program managed by the | ||||||
5 | Board. | ||||||
6 | In distribution of the remaining funds received under the | ||||||
7 | federal Help America Vote Act, the Board may make such funds | ||||||
8 | available to election authorities for the maintenance of secure | ||||||
9 | collection sites for the return of vote by mail ballots.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 100-623, eff. 7-20-18 .)
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11 | (10 ILCS 5/17-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-13)
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12 | Sec. 17-13.
(a) In the case of an emergency, as determined | ||||||
13 | by the
State Board of Elections, or if the Board determines | ||||||
14 | that all potential
polling places have been surveyed by the | ||||||
15 | election authority and that no
accessible polling place, as | ||||||
16 | defined by rule of the State Board of
Elections, is available | ||||||
17 | within a precinct nor is the election authority
able to make a | ||||||
18 | polling place within the precinct temporarily accessible,
the | ||||||
19 | Board, upon written application by the election authority, is
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20 | authorized to grant an exemption from the accessibility | ||||||
21 | requirements of the
Federal Voting Accessibility for the | ||||||
22 | Elderly and Handicapped Act (Public
Law 98-435). Such exemption | ||||||
23 | shall be valid for a period of 2 years.
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24 | (b) Any voter with a temporary or permanent disability who,
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25 | because of structural features of the building in which the |
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1 | polling place
is located, is unable to access or enter the | ||||||
2 | polling place, may request
that 2 judges of election of | ||||||
3 | opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to
him or her at | ||||||
4 | the point where he or she is unable to continue forward
motion | ||||||
5 | toward the polling place; but, in no case, shall a ballot be
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6 | delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of the entrance to the | ||||||
7 | building in
which the polling place is located. Such request | ||||||
8 | shall be made to the
election authority not later than the | ||||||
9 | close of business at the election
authority's office on the day | ||||||
10 | before the election and on a form prescribed
by the State Board | ||||||
11 | of Elections. The election authority shall notify the
judges of | ||||||
12 | election for the appropriate precinct polling places of such | ||||||
13 | requests.
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14 | Weather permitting, 2 judges of election shall deliver to | ||||||
15 | the
voter with a disability the ballot which he or she is | ||||||
16 | entitled to vote, a portable
voting booth or other enclosure | ||||||
17 | that will allow such voter to mark his or
her ballot in | ||||||
18 | secrecy, and a marking device.
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19 | (c) The voter must complete the entire voting process, | ||||||
20 | including the
application for ballot from which the judges of | ||||||
21 | election shall compare the
voter's signature with the signature | ||||||
22 | on his or her registration record card
in the precinct binder.
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23 | (d) Election authorities may establish curb-side voting | ||||||
24 | for individuals to cast a ballot during early voting or on | ||||||
25 | election day. An election authority's curb-side voting program | ||||||
26 | shall designate at least 2 election judges from opposite |
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1 | parties per vehicle and the individual must have the option to | ||||||
2 | mark the ballot without interference from the election judges. | ||||||
3 | After the voter has marked his or her ballot and placed it | ||||||
4 | in the
ballot envelope (or folded it in the manner prescribed | ||||||
5 | for paper ballots),
the 2 judges of election shall return the | ||||||
6 | ballot to the polling place and
give it to the judge in charge | ||||||
7 | of the ballot box who shall deposit it therein.
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8 | Pollwatchers as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 of this | ||||||
9 | Code shall
be permitted to accompany the judges and observe the | ||||||
10 | above procedure.
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11 | No assistance may be given to such voter in marking his or | ||||||
12 | her ballot,
unless the voter requests assistance and completes | ||||||
13 | the affidavit required
by Section 17-14 of this Code.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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15 | (10 ILCS 5/19-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-6)
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16 | Sec. 19-6.
Such vote by mail voter shall make and subscribe | ||||||
17 | to the
certifications provided for in the application and on | ||||||
18 | the return
envelope for the ballot, and such ballot or ballots | ||||||
19 | shall be folded by
such voter in the manner required to be | ||||||
20 | folded before depositing the
same in the ballot box, and be | ||||||
21 | deposited in such envelope and the
envelope securely sealed. | ||||||
22 | The voter shall then endorse his certificate
upon the back of | ||||||
23 | the envelope and the envelope shall be mailed in person by
such | ||||||
24 | voter, postage prepaid, to the election authority issuing the | ||||||
25 | ballot or,
if more convenient, it may be delivered in person, |
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1 | by either the voter or
by any person authorized by the voter, | ||||||
2 | or by a company
licensed as a motor carrier of property by the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Commerce Commission
under the Illinois Commercial | ||||||
4 | Transportation Law,
which is engaged in the business of making | ||||||
5 | deliveries. | ||||||
6 | Election authorities shall accept any vote by mail ballot | ||||||
7 | returned, including ballots returned with insufficient or no | ||||||
8 | postage. Election authorities may maintain one or more secure | ||||||
9 | collection sites for the postage-free return of vote by mail | ||||||
10 | ballots. Any election authority with collection sites shall | ||||||
11 | collect all ballots returned each day at close of business and | ||||||
12 | process them as required by this Code, including noting the day | ||||||
13 | on which the ballot was returned. Ballots returned to such | ||||||
14 | collection sites after close of business shall be dated as | ||||||
15 | delivered the next day, with the exception of ballots delivered | ||||||
16 | on election day, which shall be dated as received on election | ||||||
17 | day. Election authorities shall permit electors to return vote | ||||||
18 | by mail ballots at any collection site it has established | ||||||
19 | through the close of polls on election day. All collection | ||||||
20 | sites shall be secured by locks that may be opened only by | ||||||
21 | election authority personnel. The State Board of Elections | ||||||
22 | shall establish additional guidelines for the security of | ||||||
23 | collection sites. | ||||||
24 |
It shall be unlawful for any person not the voter or a | ||||||
25 | person authorized by the voter
to take the ballot and ballot | ||||||
26 | envelope of a
voter for deposit into the mail unless the ballot |
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1 | has been issued pursuant to
application by a physically | ||||||
2 | incapacitated elector under Section
3-3 or a hospitalized voter | ||||||
3 | under Section 19-13, in which case any
employee or person under | ||||||
4 | the direction of the facility in which the elector or
voter is | ||||||
5 | located may deposit the ballot and ballot envelope into the | ||||||
6 | mail. If the voter authorized a person to deliver the ballot to | ||||||
7 | the election authority, the voter and the person authorized to | ||||||
8 | deliver the ballot shall complete the authorization printed on | ||||||
9 | the exterior envelope supplied by an election authority for the | ||||||
10 | return of the vote by mail ballot. The exterior of the envelope | ||||||
11 | supplied by an election authority for the return of the vote by | ||||||
12 | mail ballot shall include an authorization in substantially the | ||||||
13 | following form:
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14 | I ............ (voter) authorize ............... to take | ||||||
15 | the necessary steps to have this ballot delivered promptly to | ||||||
16 | the office of the election authority.
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17 | ....................... ........................
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18 | Date Signature of voter
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19 | ...............................................
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20 | Printed Name of Authorized Delivery Agent
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21 | ...............................................
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22 | Signature of Authorized Delivery Agency
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1 | ...............................................
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2 | Date Delivered to the Election Authority
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3 | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.".
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