Bill Sponsors: IL HB1452 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if at least 5,000 voting-age citizens of a municipality are members of a single minority group and are limited-English proficient, and the 5,000 voting-age citizens constitute at least 5 percent of the voting-age citizens of that municipality, as determined by the United States Bureau of the Census by use of the most recent American Community Survey data available before the ballots for an election are certified by the State Board of Elections, then the election authority with jurisdiction of that municipality shall make a sufficient number of ballots in the language spoken by that single minority group available to voters of that municipality. Provides that, if a municipality lies within 2 or more counties and does not have a board of election commissioners that is coterminous with its borders, then each election authority shall provide the non-English ballots for the precincts in that municipality lying within the election authority's jurisdiction. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall adopt any rules necessary for the implementation of these provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB1452 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative Lawrence Walsh [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-086FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Gregory Harris [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-013FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Arthur Turner [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-009FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Hernandez [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-002FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Silvana Tabares [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-021FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Emanuel Welch [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-007FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Cynthia Soto [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-004FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Kathleen Willis [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-077FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Will Guzzardi [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-039FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Kelly Cassidy [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-014FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Luis Arroyo [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-003FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Ann Williams [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-011FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Don Harmon [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-039FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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