Bill Text: IL SB3206 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that no member of the State Board of Elections or affiliated person shall contribute, either financially or in services or goods or any other way, to any political party, candidate, or organization engaged in political activity. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 10)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-05-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3206 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB3206-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3206 Introduced 2/2/2026, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1A-13 from Ch. 46, par. 1A-13
Amends the Election Code. Provides that no member of the State Board of Elections or affiliated person shall contribute, either financially or in services or goods or any other way, to any political party, candidate, or organization engaged in political activity. Defines terms. 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 changing
Section 1A-13 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1A-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-13)
Sec. 1A-13. Prohibited political activities.
(a) No employee of the State Board of Elections, including
its executive director and assistant executive director, shall
engage in any partisan political activity whatsoever, except
to vote at elections, nor shall such person contribute, either
financially or in services or goods or any other way, to any
political party, candidate, or organization engaged in
political activity. No employee of the Board shall become a
candidate for nomination for, or election to, or accept
appointment to any public office. Whoever violates any
provision of this Section shall be deemed to have vacated his
position and shall be discharged. No such person shall be
thereafter rehired unless the State Civil Service Commission,
upon appeal, finds that this Section has not been violated by
such person.
(b) No member of the State Board of Elections or an
affiliated person shall contribute, either financially or in

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services or goods or any other way, to any political party,
candidate, or organization engaged in political activity.
As used in this subsection:
"Affiliated person" means:
(1) a spouse or household member;
(2) a person who shares a common financial interest
with the member through a partnership, joint venture, or
similar arrangement;
(3) an officer, director, or executive employee of a
business entity controlled by or established by the
member; or
(4) a person who holds an ownership interest,
beneficial interest, or distributive share greater than
7.5% in any business entity in which the member also holds
an ownership or beneficial interest.
"Business entity" means any entity doing business for
profit, whether organized as a corporation, partnership, sole
proprietorship, limited liability company or partnership, or
otherwise.
(Source: P.A. 83-941.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.