Illinois 96th Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 1370 — SOS-VOTER REGISTRATION

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 96th 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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Summary

Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Replaces language regarding the use of driver services facilities as temporary places of voter registration with language providing that: applicants for driver's licenses and State identification cards at driver services facilities shall be asked if they wish to apply to register to vote; it is the responsibility of an applicant to determine whether he or she is legally eligible to vote; applicants who apply to register to vote shall complete a voter registration application which the Secretary of State shall forward to the appropriate local election authority; applicants who do not wish to apply to register to vote shall sign a declination statement; and the Secretary of State shall maintain a database of all persons who complete voter registration applications at driver services facilities.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

5 added · 30 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised version of SB 1370 changes how voter registration is handled at driver services facilities. Specifically, it now clearly states that individuals applying for a driver’s license or state ID will be asked if they want to register to vote, and if they do, they will need to fill out a registration application. This is important because it emphasizes personal responsibility for eligibility and ensures that voter registration applications are properly processed and forwarded to local election authorities, potentially increasing voter participation.

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*LRB09605723AJT15791b* SB1370 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2010 SB1370 Introduced 2/10/2009, by Sen.
SB1370 Engrossed LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b AN ACT concerning voter registration.
M.
Maggie Crotty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 335/5.5 new ILCS 5/2-105 from Ch.
95 1/2, par.
2-105 Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code.
Replaces language regarding the use of driver services facilities as temporary places of voter registration with language providing that:
applicants for driver's licenses and State identification cards at driver services facilities shall be asked if they wish to apply to register to vote;
it is the responsibility of an applicant to determine whether he or she is legally eligible to vote;
applicants who apply to register to vote shall complete a voter registration application which the Secretary of State shall forward to the appropriate local election authority;
applicants who do not wish to apply to register to vote shall sign a declination statement;
and the Secretary of State shall maintain a database of all persons who complete voter registration applications at driver services facilities.
LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b A BILL FOR SB1370 LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b AN ACT concerning voter registration.
SB1370 - 2 - LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b (625 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch.
SB1370 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b (625 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch.
(c) All applicants who will be at least 18 years of age at the next election and who appear at a Secretary of State driver services facility for the issuance of an original, duplicate, corrected, or renewal driver's license, except for applicants SB1370 - 3 - LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b for a temporary visitor's driver's license, shall be asked if they wish to apply to register to vote.
(c) All applicants who will be at least 18 years of age at the next election and who appear at a Secretary of State driver services facility for the issuance of an original, duplicate, corrected, or renewal driver's license, except for applicants SB1370 Engrossed - 3 - LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b for a temporary visitor's driver's license, shall be asked if they wish to apply to register to vote.
Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990, and no later than November 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, the Secretary of State, to the extent practicable, shall designate to each election authority in the State a reasonable number of employees at each driver services facility registered to vote within the SB1370 - 4 - LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b jurisdiction of such election authority and within adjacent election jurisdictions for appointment as deputy registrars by the election authority located within the election jurisdiction where the employees maintain their residences.
Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990, and no later than November 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, the Secretary of State, to the extent practicable, shall designate to each election authority in the State a reasonable number of employees at each driver services facility registered to vote within the SB1370 Engrossed - 4 - LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b jurisdiction of such election authority and within adjacent election jurisdictions for appointment as deputy registrars by the election authority located within the election jurisdiction where the employees maintain their residences.
The brochures shall (i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be SB1370 - 5 - LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft, (ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies that provide assistance to victims of financial identity theft.
The brochures shall (i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be SB1370 Engrossed - 5 - LRB096 05723 AJT 15791 b an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft, (ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies that provide assistance to victims of financial identity theft.
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  3. Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee

  4. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  5. Referred to Rules Committee

  6. First Reading

  7. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard

  8. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  9. Arrived in House

  10. Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

  11. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  12. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter

  13. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2009

  14. Second Reading

  15. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2009

  16. Do Pass Elections; 009-000-000

  17. Assigned to Elections

  18. Referred to Assignments

  19. First Reading

  20. Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty

Sponsors

  • M. Maggie Crotty · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • M. Maggie Crotty

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 57 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 47002
Democrat 9000
Republican 1000
Total 57002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Haine — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Millner — Yea
Noland — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Not Voting
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Subjects

elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1370 do?
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Replaces language regarding the use of driver services facilities as temporary places of voter registration with language providing that: applicants for driver's licenses and State identification cards at driver services facilities shall be asked if they wish to apply to register to vote; it is the responsibility of an applicant to determine whether he or she is legally eligible to vote; applicants who apply to register to vote shall complete a voter registration application which the Secretary of State shall forward to the appropriate local election authority; applicants who do not wish to apply to register to vote shall sign a declination statement; and the Secretary of State shall maintain a database of all persons who complete voter registration applications at driver services facilities.
Who sponsors SB 1370?
SB 1370 is sponsored by M. Maggie Crotty.
What is the current status of SB 1370?
This bill died with 96th 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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