Illinois Senate Bill 2821 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election jurisdiction may establish vote centers. Defines "vote center" as a polling place where a voter who resides in the county in which the vote center is located may vote without regard to which precinct the voter resides in. Contains provisions concerning the process a board of election commissioners or county board must go through to establish vote centers, including the creation of a vote center administration plan that contains specified information and adopting an order approving the plan. Contains various requirements for the establishment of vote centers in an election jurisdiction. With certain exceptions, provides that an order establishing vote centers in an election jurisdiction takes effect immediately upon the filing of the order with the State Board of Elections, after local approval.

ELEC CD-VOTE CENTERS

Sen. Terry Link [D]

Sen. Melinda Bush [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2018-04-27	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-04-27	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-04-23	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on Election Law
2018-04-23	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
2018-04-20	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2018-04-20	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
2018-04-13	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 27, 2018
2018-04-12	Senate	To Subcommittee on Election Law
2018-02-21	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2018-02-13	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2018-02-13	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2018-02-13	Senate	First Reading
2018-02-13	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	1-17	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2821&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB2821.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB2821sam001.htm