Bill Text: IL HB1872 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Effective January 1, 2022.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-15 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker [HB1872 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1872-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1872 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/3-5 rep.
Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Effective January 1, 2022.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
(10 ILCS 5/3-5 rep.)
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by repealing
Section 3-5.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2022.