Bill Text: IL HB1144 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a Judge that could seek retention of the Judge's office may not resign and seek election to the same office unless the former Judge has not served as elected or appointed Judge for that office for at least 2 years. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1144 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1144-Introduced.html


103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1144

Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/7A-1 from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a Judge that could seek retention of the Judge's office may not resign and seek election to the same office unless the former Judge has not served as elected or appointed Judge for that office for at least 2 years. Makes other changes.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Section 7A-1 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/7A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1)
7 Sec. 7A-1. Any Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Judge who has
8been elected to that office and who seeks to be retained in
9that office under subsection (d) of Section 12 of Article VI of
10the Constitution shall file a declaration of candidacy for
11retention to succeed himself in the office of the Secretary of
12State not less than 6 months before the general election
13preceding the expiration of the Judge's his term of office.
14Within 3 business days thereafter, the Secretary of State
15shall certify to the State Board of Elections the names of all
16incumbent judges who were eligible to stand for retention at
17the next general election but failed to timely file a
18declaration of candidacy to succeed themselves in office or,
19having timely filed such a declaration, withdrew it. The State
20Board of Elections may rely upon the certification from the
21Secretary of State (a) to determine when vacancies in judicial
22office exist and (b) to determine the judicial positions for
23which elections will be held. The Secretary of State, not less

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1than 63 days before the election, shall certify the Judge's
2candidacy to the proper election officials. The names of
3Judges seeking retention shall be submitted to the electors,
4separately and without party designation, on the sole question
5whether each Judge shall be retained in office for another
6term. The retention elections shall be conducted at general
7elections in the appropriate Judicial District, for Supreme
8and Appellate Judges, and in the circuit for Circuit Judges.
9The affirmative vote of three-fifths of the electors voting on
10the question shall elect the Judge to the office for a term
11commencing on the first Monday in December following the
12Judge's his election.
13 Upon certification of a Judge's candidacy for retention by
14the Secretary of State, the judicial candidate may file a
15written request with the Secretary of State for redaction of
16the judicial candidate's home address information from the
17candidate's declaration of candidacy for retention. After
18receipt of the candidate's written request, the Secretary of
19State shall redact or cause redaction of the judicial
20candidate's home address from the candidate's declaration of
21candidacy for retention within 5 business days. For the
22purposes of this subsection, "home address" has the meaning as
23defined in Section 1-10 of the Judicial Privacy Act.
24 A Judge that could seek retention of the Judge's office
25under this Section may not resign and seek election to the same
26office unless the former Judge has not served as elected or

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1appointed Judge for that office for at least 2 years.
2(Source: P.A. 96-886, eff. 1-1-11; 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)
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