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SB 955 — ELECTION CODE-TECH
Last action — Session Sine Die
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 93rd 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning a disabled voter's identification card.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
1 added · 1 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendments made to Bill SB 955 include an addition of a line, while a different line has been removed. This means that there is a new piece of information or requirement that has been introduced while something previously stated has been eliminated. These changes might impact how the bill will be implemented or understood, which could be important for those affected by the legislation. It's crucial to keep track of these updates to understand the evolving nature of the bill.
093_SB0955SB955 Engrossed LRB093 02865 JAM 02881 b AN ACT to amend the Election Code.
Action History
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Session Sine Die
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House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur-Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b)-Referred to Rules.
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House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur-Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b)-Referred to Rules.
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur-Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b)-Referred to Rules.
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
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House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Local Government; 006-004-000
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House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Local Government; 006-004-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Local Government; 006-004-000
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House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government
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House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government
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House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
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House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
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House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
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House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
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Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
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Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01,03,04-Jun 1, 2004
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Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01,03,04
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a)
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House Floor Amendment No. 5 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a)
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-023-000
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted 087-025-001
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House Floor Amendment No. 5 Referred to Rules Committee
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House Floor Amendment No. 5 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Arthur L. Turner
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
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House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Elections and Campaign Reform Committee; 007-001-001
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House Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Elections and Campaign Reform Committee
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House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee
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House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
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Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
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Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 003-002-000
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Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 31, 2004
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
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Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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Sponsor Removed Rep. Mike Boland
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
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House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
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House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
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House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano
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Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee
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Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
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Assigned to Executive Committee
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
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Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
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Arrived in House
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Third Reading - Passed; 032-016-002
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Verified
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 19, 2003
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Second Reading
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
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Do Pass Executive; 008-005-000
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Assigned to Executive
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine
Sponsors
- Lawrence M. Walsh · Cosponsor
- Harry Osterman · Cosponsor
- David E. Miller · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (3)
- Lawrence M. Walsh
- Harry Osterman
- David E. Miller
Not signed on (180)
180 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 180 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 78 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 87 | 25 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 74% | 21% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Nay |
| Sommer | — | Nay |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Aguilar | — | Nay |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Nay |
| Black | — | Nay |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Nay |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Capparelli | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Nay |
| Mulligan | — | Nay |
| Hultgren | — | Nay |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Not Voting |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| Slone | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Bradley, John | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Dugan | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Grunloh | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Nay |
| Leitch | — | Nay |
| Lindner | — | Nay |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Morrow | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Nay |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Nay |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Davis, Steve | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Nay |
| Pihos | — | Nay |
| Sullivan | — | Nay |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Nay |
| Tenhouse | — | Nay |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Nay |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Nay |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Nay |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Not Voting |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Nay |
| Eddy | — | Nay |
| Fritchey | — | Not Voting |
| Giles | — | Nay |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Pritchard | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Not Voting |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 80 | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 90 | 23 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 76% | 19% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Nay |
| Slone | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Nay |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Nay |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Aguilar | — | Nay |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Nay |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Nay |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Morrow | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Not Voting |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Nay |
| Hultgren | — | Nay |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Not Voting |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Bradley, John | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Capparelli | — | Yea |
| Dugan | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Grunloh | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Nay |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Nay |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Davis, Steve | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Nay |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Nay |
| Munson | — | Nay |
| Sullivan | — | Nay |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Nay |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Nay |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Nay |
| Tenhouse | — | Nay |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Nay |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Nay |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Not Voting |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Nay |
| Dunkin | — | Nay |
| Eddy | — | Nay |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Pritchard | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Yea |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 25 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 32 | 16 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 54% | 27% | 0% | 19% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Nay |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Not Voting |
| Burzynski | — | Not Voting |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Obama | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Woolard | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Nay |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Nay |
| Jones, J. | — | Nay |
| Luechtefeld | — | Nay |
| Jones, W. | — | Nay |
| Watson | — | Nay |
| Petka | — | Not Voting |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Not Voting |
| Brady | — | Not Voting |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Philip | — | Nay |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Not Voting |
| Winkel | — | Not Voting |
| Wojcik | — | Not Voting |
| Cronin | — | Nay |
| Dillard | — | Nay |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Not Voting |
| Peterson | — | Not Voting |
| Radogno | — | Nay |
| Rauschenberger | — | Nay |
| Righter | — | Nay |
| Risinger | — | Not Voting |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Nay |
| Rutherford | — | Nay |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Nay |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 955 do?
- Amends the Election Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning a disabled voter's identification card.
- Who sponsors SB 955?
- SB 955 is sponsored by Lawrence M. Walsh, Harry Osterman, and David E. Miller.
- What is the current status of SB 955?
- This bill died with 93rd 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.
- Where can I track SB 955?
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