Illinois Senate Bill 762 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Requires candidates for President of the United States to file with the State Board of Elections federal income tax returns for the 5 most recent tax years prior to the election by August 15 of every presidential election year. Requires the candidate to grant consent for the Board to publish the tax returns. Requires the Board to issue a certificate of compliance upon a timely filing to acknowledge receipt of the returns. Requires the Board to publish the returns for certain periods of time, with certain information redacted. Provides that any vote by an elector from the State Electoral College for a candidate that has not received a certificate of compliance is void. Allows a second vote by the Electoral College to be taken in certain circumstances, but provides that only one extra is allowed. Provides that any votes in the Electoral College for a candidate without a certificate of compliance on the second vote are forfeited. Provides that the name of a candidate for President, or his or her electors, shall not be printed on the ballot unless the candidate has received the certificate of compliance. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

ELEC CD-PRESIDENT TAX RETURNS

Sen. John Cullerton [D]

Sen. Omar Aquino [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-01-06	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-03-16	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
2017-03-16	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Daniel Biss
2017-03-15	Senate	Postponed-Subcommittee on Election Law
2017-03-01	Senate	To Subcommittee on Election Law
2017-02-15	Senate	Sponsor Removed Sen. Daniel Biss
2017-02-15	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
2017-02-08	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2017-02-01	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-02-01	Senate	First Reading
2017-02-01	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	21-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	21-4	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	21-6	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	21-7	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=762&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0762.htm