Bill Text: IL HB3218 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that the consolidated primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March (rather than the last Tuesday in February), and the consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November (rather than the first Tuesday in April). Repeals provisions concerning Passover and Easter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3218 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3218-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3218 Introduced , by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1a rep.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the consolidated primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March (rather than the last Tuesday in February), and the consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November (rather than the first Tuesday in April). Repeals provisions concerning Passover and Easter.
LRB100 09569 MLM 19736 b
A BILL FOR
HB3218 LRB100 09569 MLM 19736 b
AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
2A-1.1 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule.
(a) In even-numbered years, the general election shall be
held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November;
and an election to be known as the general primary election
shall be held on the third Tuesday in March;
(b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as the
consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November in April except as provided in
Section 2A-1.1a of this Act; and an election to be known as the
consolidated primary election shall be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in March last Tuesday in
February.
(Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 96-886, eff. 1-1-11.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1a rep.)
Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
Section 2A-1.1a.