Illinois Senate Bill 2083 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to create a pilot program to allow petition signatures to be gathered electronically. Provides that a statement of candidacy shall include a space for a candidate to include his or her telephone number and email address. Provides that a candidate's petition for countywide office in Cook County must contain at least 5,000 but not more than 10,000 signatures (rather than the number of signatures equal to .5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election in Cook County). Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941. Provides that a petition for nomination for mayor of Chicago must be signed by at least 5,000 but not more than 10,000 legal voters of the city (rather than 12,500).

ELEC CODE-PETITIONS

Sen. Heather Steans [D]

Sen. Ann Gillespie [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-03-28	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-28	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 28, 2019
2019-03-06	Senate	To Subcommittee on Election Law
2019-03-06	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on Election Law
2019-03-06	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
2019-03-05	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2019-03-05	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans
2019-03-05	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2019-02-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	10-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	1A-60	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	7-10	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	8-8	Amended Code	Citation Text
65	20	21-28	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2083&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB2083.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB2083sam001.htm