Illinois House Bill 762 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Changes the threshold at which a party must poll to be considered a political party, rather than a new political party, from 5% of the entire vote cast in the State in the general election for State and county officers then next preceding a primary to 2%. Includes the President of the United States in the definition of "state office" or "state officer" for certain purposes. Reduces various signature requirements to form a new political party. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

ELEC CD-BALLOT ACCESS

Rep. Allen Skillicorn [R]

Rep. David Welter [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2017-03-31	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-03-06	House	To Ballot Access Subcommittee
2017-02-09	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
2017-02-08	House	Assigned to Elections & Campaign Finance Committee
2017-01-27	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-01-27	House	First Reading
2017-01-26	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	10-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	10-2	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	10-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	7-2	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	7-4	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	8-2	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	8-3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=762&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB0762.htm