Illinois 101st Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 5 D cosponsors

SB 3530 — ELECTION CODE-DISABILITIES

Last action — Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2020

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 101st Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Amends the Election Code. Changes the definition of "person with a disability" to include a person having an intellectual or developmental disability. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code. Requires an election authority to provide public notice 75 days (rather than 60 days) before each general and consolidated election calculated to reach elderly voters and voters with disabilities, of the availability of registration and voting aids under the Federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, of the availability of assistance in marking the ballot, procedures for voting by vote by mail ballot, and procedures for voting early by personal appearance.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2020

  2. Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 29, 2020

  3. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2020

  4. Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 22, 2020

  5. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2020

  6. Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 15, 2020

  7. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 7, 2020

  8. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 30, 2020

  9. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  10. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

  11. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments

  12. Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments

  13. Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 7, 2020

  14. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2020

  15. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 2, 2020

  16. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans

  17. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes

  18. To Subcommittee on Election Law

  19. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on Election Law

  20. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick

  21. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  22. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam

  23. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive

  24. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  25. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

  26. Assigned to Executive

  27. Referred to Assignments

  28. First Reading

  29. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

Sponsors

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Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (177)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 3530 do?
Amends the Election Code. Changes the definition of "person with a disability" to include a person having an intellectual or developmental disability. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code. Requires an election authority to provide public notice 75 days (rather than 60 days) before each general and consolidated election calculated to reach elderly voters and voters with disabilities, of the availability of registration and voting aids under the Federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, of the availability of assistance in marking the ballot, procedures for voting by vote by mail ballot, and procedures for voting early by personal appearance.
Who sponsors SB 3530?
SB 3530 is sponsored by Sara Feigenholtz (Democrat), Linda Holmes (Democrat), Ram Villivalam (Democrat), Julie A. Morrison (Democrat), Robert F. Martwick (Democrat), and Heather A. Steans.
What is the current status of SB 3530?
This bill died with 101st Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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