Bill Text: IL HB5875 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that, except as otherwise provided by federal law, any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who knowingly registers to vote or knowingly votes in an election, including a municipal election, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that, except as otherwise provided by federal law, any person who knowingly registers a person to vote who is not a citizen of the United States shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 26-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB5875 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5875-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5875 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/29-21 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, except as otherwise provided by federal law, any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who knowingly registers to vote or knowingly votes in an election, including a municipal election, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that, except as otherwise provided by federal law, any person who knowingly registers a person to vote who is not a citizen of the United States shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.
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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:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
29-21 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/29-21 new)
Sec. 29-21. Non-citizen voting.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by federal law, any
person who is not a citizen of the United States and who
knowingly registers to vote or knowingly votes in an election,
including a municipal election, shall be guilty of a Class 4
felony.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by federal law, any
person who knowingly registers a person to vote who is not a
citizen of the United States shall be guilty of a Class 4
felony.