Illinois House Bill 6198 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides that, when the religious holidays of Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday occur during the early voting period, an election authority may close an early voting place on those days, provided that the early voting place remains open 2 hours later on at least 2 weekdays during the final week of the early voting period. Provides that the election authority shall notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall provide notice to the public of the closure and the extended hours during the final week. Effective immediately.

ELEC-EARLY VOTING PERIOD

Rep. Renee Kosel [R]

Rep. Robert Pritchard [R]

Rep. Sandra Pihos [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2012-08-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2012-08-16	House	First Reading
2012-07-27	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
2012-07-19	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
2012-07-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ren

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	19A-15	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6198&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB6198.htm