Illinois 93rd Regular Session Status: Passed House

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Summary

Amends the Election Code. Authorizes the submission of public questions to voters in less than all precincts of a municipality of any size (now, more than 1,000,000 population).

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

136 added · 49 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill HB 2207 removed the specific requirement for a petition to be signed by 10% of registered voters in order to submit a question of public policy to voters. Instead, it now allows any valid written petition signed by registered voters to trigger this process. This change is significant because it simplifies and broadens the process for voters to bring issues to referendum, making it easier for communities to express their opinions on local matters.

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093_HB2207 LRB093 08349 JAM 08568 b AN ACT concerning elections.
HB2207 Engrossed LRB093 08349 JAM 08568 b AN ACT concerning elections.
The Election Code is amended by changing Section 28-6 as follows:
The Election Code is amended by changing Sections 28-6 and 28-9 as follows:
(a) On a written petition signed by 10% of the registered voters of any municipality, township, county or school district it shall be the duty of the proper election officers to submit any question of public policy so petitioned for, to the electors of such political subdivision at any regular election named in the petition at which an election is scheduled to be held throughout such political subdivision under Article 2A.
___________f_______ (a) On a written petition signed by a_____b_____________ ______t____________________e______________________n_____________ _____n_____________________n______________________i______ ------ the registered voters of ___ --- municipality, township, county or school district it shall be the duty of the proper election officers to submit any question of public policy so petitioned for, to the electors of such political subdivision at any regular election named in the petition at which an election is scheduled to be held throughout such political subdivision under Article 2A.
(b) In a municipality ---------------a------------- -----i------, when a question of public policy exclusively concerning a contiguous territory included entirely within but not coextensive with the municipality is initiated by resolution or ordinance of the corporate authorities of the municipality, or by a petition which may be signed by registered voters who reside in any part of any precinct all or part of which includes all or part of the territory and who equal in number 10% of the total number of registered -2- LRB093 08349 JAM 08568 b voters of the precinct or precincts the registered voters of which are eligible to sign the petition, it shall be the duty of the election authority having jurisdiction over such municipality to submit such question to the electors throughout each precinct all or part of which includes all or part of the territory at the regular election specified in the resolution, ordinance or petition initiating the public question.
(b) In a municipality ---------------a------------- -----i------, when a question of public policy exclusively concerning a contiguous territory included entirely within but not coextensive with the municipality is initiated by resolution or ordinance of the corporate authorities of the municipality, or by a petition which may be signed by HB2207 Engrossed -2- LRB093 08349 JAM 08568 b registered voters who reside in any part of any precinct all or part of which includes all or part of the territory and who equal in number ____e______________________o_____________ _____d______________________i_____________________g_____________ _____i_______ ------ the -o-------------- registered voters of the precinct or precincts the registered voters of which are eligible to sign the petition, it shall be the duty of the election authority having jurisdiction over such municipality to submit such question to the electors throughout each precinct all or part of which includes all or part of the territory at the regular election specified in the resolution, ordinance or petition initiating the public question.
84-1467.)
84-1467.) (10 ILCS 5/28-9) (from Ch.
46, par.
28-9) Sec.
28-9.
Petitions for proposed amendments to Article IV of the Constitution pursuant to Section 3, Article XIV of the Constitution shall be signed by a number of electors equal in number to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election.
Such petition shall have been signed by the HB2207 Engrossed -3- LRB093 08349 JAM 08568 b petitioning electors not more than 24 months preceding the general election at which the proposed amendment is to be submitted and shall be filed with the Secretary of State at least 6 months before that general election.
Upon receipt of a petition for a proposed Constitutional amendment, the Secretary of State shall, as soon as is practicable, but no later than the close of the next business day, deliver such petition to the State Board of Elections.
Petitions for advisory questions of public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire State shall be signed by ___n____________________e______________________o____________ ______c______________________f____________________h_____________ _____n__________________ ---l---------------------s------------- -----e-------.
Such petition shall have been signed by said petitioners not more than 24 months preceding the date of the general election at which the question is to be submitted and shall be filed with the State Board of Elections at least 6 months before that general election.
The proponents of the proposed Constitutional amendment or statewide advisory public question shall file the original petition in bound election jurisdiction sections.
Each section shall be composed of consecutively numbered petition sheets containing only the signatures of registered voters of a single election jurisdiction and, at the top of each petition sheet, the name of the election jurisdiction shall be typed or printed in block letters;
provided that, if the name of the election jurisdiction is not so printed, the election jurisdiction of the circulator of that petition sheet shall be controlling with respect to the signatures on that sheet.
Any petition sheets not consecutively numbered or which contain duplicate page numbers already used on other sheets, or are photocopies or duplicates of the original sheets, shall not be considered part of the petition for the purpose of the random sampling verification and shall not be HB2207 Engrossed -4- LRB093 08349 JAM 08568 b counted toward the minimum number of signatures required to qualify the proposed constitutional amendment or statewide advisory public question for the ballot.
Within 7 business days following the last day for filing the original petition, the proponents shall also file copies of the sectioned election jurisdiction petition sheets with each proper election authority and obtain a receipt therefor.
For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall be defined and construed as follows:
1.
"Board" means the State Board of Elections.
2.
"Election Authority" means a county clerk or city or county board of election commissioners.
3.
"Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county, in the case of a county in which no city board of election commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction of a county board of election commissioners;
(b) the territorial jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners;
and (c) the territory in a county outside of the jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners.
In each instance election jurisdiction shall be determined according to which election authority maintains the permanent registration records of qualified electors.
4.
"Proponents" means any person, association, committee, organization or other group, or their designated representatives, who advocate and cause the circulation and filing of petitions for a statewide advisory question of public policy or a proposed constitutional amendment for submission at a general election and who has registered with the Board as provided in this Act.
5.
"Opponents" means any person, association, committee, organization or other group, or their designated representatives, who oppose a statewide advisory question of public policy or a proposed constitutional amendment for submission at a general election and who have registered with HB2207 Engrossed -5- LRB093 08349 JAM 08568 b the Board as provided in this Act.
(Source:
P.A.
87-1052.) Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
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The bill amends the existing laws pertaining to the filing of petitions for public policy questions and statewide amendments.

  • 10 ILCS 5/28-6

    On a written petition signed by a number of voters equal to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election by the registered voters of the municipality, township, county or school district, → On a written petition signed by a number of voters equal to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election by the registered voters of the municipality, township, county, or school district,

    The amended text clarifies the reference to 'county' and standardizes the formatting of locations.

  • 10 ILCS 5/28-6

    In a municipality with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, when a question of public policy exclusively concerning a contiguous territory included entirely within but not coextensive with the municipality is initiated by resolution or ordinance of the corporate authorities of the municipality, or by a petition which may be signed by registered voters who reside in any part of any precinct all or part of which includes all or part of the territory and who equal in number to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election by the voters of the precinct or precincts in the territory where the question is to be submitted to the voters, it shall be the duty of the election authority having jurisdiction over such municipality to submit such question to the electors throughout each precinct all or part of which includes all or part of the territory at the regular election specified in the resolution, ordinance or petition initiating the public question. → In a municipality with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, when a question of public policy exclusively concerning a contiguous territory included entirely within but not coextensive with the municipality is initiated by resolution or ordinance of the corporate authorities of the municipality, or by a petition which may be signed by registered voters who reside in any part of any precinct all or part of which includes all or part of the territory and who equal in number to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election by the voters of the precinct or precincts in the territory where the question is to be submitted to the voters, it shall be the duty of the election authority having jurisdiction over such municipality to submit such question to the electors throughout each precinct all or part of which includes all or part of the territory at the regular election specified in the resolution, ordinance or petition initiating the public question.

    The bill does not change the content but standardizes the formatting.

  • 10 ILCS 5/28-9

    Petitions for advisory questions of public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire State shall be signed by a number of voters equal to 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election. → Petitions for advisory questions of public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire State shall be signed by a number of voters equal in number to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election.

    The amended text clarifies the requirement for signature numbers in statewide advisory questions.

  • 10 ILCS 5/28-9

    the proponents of the proposed statewide advisory public question shall file the original petition in bound sections. → the proponents of the proposed Constitutional amendment or statewide advisory public question shall file the original petition in bound election jurisdiction sections.

    The amended text specifies 'election jurisdiction' sections instead of just 'sections', providing clarity.

Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Referred to Rules

  3. First Reading

  4. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch

  5. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen

  6. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2003

  7. Arrive in Senate

  8. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000

  9. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich

  10. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  11. Second Reading - Short Debate

  12. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

  13. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  14. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections and Campaign Reform Committee; 008-000-000

  15. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections and Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote

  16. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections and Campaign Reform Committee

  17. Re-assigned to Elections and Campaign Reform Committee

  18. Assigned to Executive Committee

  19. Referred to Rules Committee

  20. First Reading

  21. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Boland

Sponsors

  • Mike Boland · Cosponsor

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  • Mike Boland

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 117 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 105001
Democrat 9000
Republican 3000
Total 117001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Slone — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Wirsing — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Myers — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Mathias — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Millner — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Parke — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Scully — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Brady — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Capparelli — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Forby — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Giles — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hartke — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Krause — Yea
Kurtz — Yea
Lang — Yea
Madigan — Not Voting
Howard — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Munson — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Davis, Steve — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Novak — Yea
O'Brien — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Tenhouse — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
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

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2207 do?
Amends the Election Code. Authorizes the submission of public questions to voters in less than all precincts of a municipality of any size (now, more than 1,000,000 population).
Who sponsors HB 2207?
HB 2207 is sponsored by Mike Boland.
What is the current status of HB 2207?
This bill died with 93rd Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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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