Illinois Senate Bill 1249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Authorizes 17-year-olds to register to vote and requires election authorities to accept the registration of otherwise qualified 17-year-olds. Provides that if the election authority sends those records to the polling places, it must clearly indicate that those persons are ineligible to vote. Requires the Secretary of State and public assistance agencies that offer voter registration to offer registration to 17-year-olds. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt implementing rules.

VOTER REGISTRATION-17 YEAR OLD

Sen. Michael Frerichs [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	Senate	Session Sine Die
2011-03-18	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2011-03-17	Senate	Postponed - Executive
2011-03-03	Senate	To Executive Subcommittee on Election Law; /3-14-2011 - Postponed
2011-02-23	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2011-02-08	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2011-02-08	Senate	First Reading
2011-02-08	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	4-110	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	5-110	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	6-110	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1249&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/09700SB1249.htm