Illinois House Bill 2987 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Local Officer Eligibility Act. Provides that a person seeking a local office or a local officer seeking another office may not qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the person follows the requirements of the Act. Provides that, if a local officer seeks to become a candidate for any other office and any part of the terms run concurrently with each other, the person must first resign the local office that the officer presently holds. Includes resignation requirements. Provides that a person who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise supervises must resign as provided under the provisions if the person is seeking to qualify for the office of the sheriff. Provides that, if an election authority determines that a person failed to resign as required under the Act, an automatic resignation occurs 14 days after the filing of a petition for nomination. Requires the election authority to provide notice of the automatic resignation. Provides that the Act does not apply to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority. Defines terms. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.

LOCAL OFFICER ELIGIBILITY ACT

Rep. Blaine Wilhour [R]

Rep. Maurice West [D]

Rep. Chris Miller [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Session Sine Die
2023-03-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
2023-03-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2023-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-16	House	First Reading
2023-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Blaine Wilhour

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	7-10	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	8-8	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2987&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2987.htm