Illinois House Bill 257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides that for the 2020 general primary election and each election thereafter, each election authority shall mail to every registered voter within that election authority's jurisdiction a vote by mail ballot. Provides that ballots under the provisions must be sent to voters in a reasonable amount of time before the date of the election. Provides that the receipt of a ballot does not prevent a voter from instead casting a ballot in person. Provides that the State Board of Elections may adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions.

ELEC CD-ALL-MAIL ELECTIONS

Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-29	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-09	House	First Reading
2019-01-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	19-2.3	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=257&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB0257.htm