Illinois Senate Bill 3937 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 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. Provides that, if the last day of the filing period for petitions for nomination is the day before a State holiday, the Board may, by proclamation, authorize the office in which petitions must be filed to remain open until noon (instead of 5:00 P.M.) on the last day of the filing period. Provides that the proclamation must be issued before the first day for circulating petitions for nomination for that filing period, except that a proclamation for the 2013 consolidated election period must be issued within 7 business days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that polling places for early voting may remain open from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (instead of 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.) on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Effective immediately.

ELEC CD-HOURS-PETITIONS

Sen. Pamela Althoff [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	Senate	Session Sine Die
2012-11-14	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2012-11-14	Senate	First Reading
2012-11-14	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	1-4	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	19A-15	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3937&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/09700SB3937.htm