IL HB0039 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Further amends the Election Code and amends the Unified Code of Corrections making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2024.
Title
ELEC CODE-INCARCERATED BAN
Sponsors
| Rep. LaShawn Ford [D] | Rep. Bob Morgan [D] | Rep. Kambium Buckner [D] | Rep. Will Guzzardi [D] |
| Sen. Mark Walker [D] | Rep. Kevin Olickal [D] | Rep. Marcus Evans [D] | Rep. Joyce Mason [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-07 | House | Session Sine Die |
| 2024-04-05 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-04-05 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2024-03-27 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 2024-01-31 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Ethics & Elections |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Assigned to Ethics & Elections |
| 2023-05-04 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. |
| 2023-04-05 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal |
| 2023-03-14 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker |
| 2023-03-14 | House | Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 2023-03-14 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 2023-03-13 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 2023-03-13 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner |
| 2023-03-11 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2023-03-10 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 2023-03-08 | House | Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed by Voice Vote |
| 2023-03-08 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 2023-03-08 | House | Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Ethics & Elections; Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 2023-03-08 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 2023-03-07 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Ethics & Elections |
| 2023-03-02 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2023-03-02 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford |
| 2023-02-21 | House | Assigned to Ethics & Elections |
| 2023-01-12 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2023-01-12 | House | First Reading |
| 2022-12-05 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5 | 24-1.1 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 10 | 5 | 24A-3 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 10 | 5 | 24B-3 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 10 | 5 | 3-5 | Repealed Code | Citation Text |
| 730 | 5 | 5-5-5 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
