Bill Text: IL HB0491 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-05-31 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0491 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB0491-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0491 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 120/5-1
Amends the Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
LRB104 04353 SPS 14378 b
A BILL FOR
HB0491 LRB104 04353 SPS 14378 b
AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011 is
amended by changing Section 5-1 as follows:
(10 ILCS 120/5-1)
Sec. 5-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the the
Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011. All references in this
Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
(Source: P.A. 96-1541, eff. 3-7-11.)