Illinois House Bill 41

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-01-09 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person convicted of a felony or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution shall have his or her right to vote restored and shall be eligible to vote not later than 14 days following his or her conviction. Provides that a correctional institution shall make available to a person in its custody current election resource material from the State Board of Elections and current election resource material that is requested by a person in custody and received at the correctional institution from a local election authority in response to the request. Creates the Post-Conviction Task Force to strengthen and improve provisions that restore the right to vote to a person convicted of a felony or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution. Makes other changes. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.

ELEC CD-POST-CONVICTION VOTING

Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-01-09	House	First Reading
2024-12-06	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	1-26	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	1-27	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	19-2.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	3-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	100	5-45.65	New Code	See Bill Text
730	5	3-14-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	5	5-5-5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=41&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=155701&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=195467&DocName=10400HB0041&DocNum=41&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=155701&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=