Bill Text: IL SB3458 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Moves provisions concerning election interference to the prohibitions and penalties article of the Code. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3458 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3458-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3458 Introduced 2/13/2020, by Sen. Steve Stadelman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/29-21 new
10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 rep.
Amends the Election Code. Moves provisions concerning election interference to the prohibitions and penalties article of the Code. 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. Election interference.
(a) As used in this Section, "public funds" means any funds
appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly or by any
political subdivision of the State of Illinois.
(b) No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to
vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be
appropriated for political or campaign purposes to any
candidate or political organization. This Section shall not
prohibit the use of public funds for dissemination of factual
information relative to any proposition appearing on an
election ballot, or for dissemination of information and
arguments published and distributed under law in connection
with a proposition to amend the Constitution of the State of
Illinois.
(c) The first time any person violates any provision of
this Section, that person shall be guilty of a Class B
misdemeanor. Upon the second or any subsequent violation of any

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provision of this Section, the person violating any provision
of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 rep.)
Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
Section 9-25.1.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.