Illinois Senate Bill 1587 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides for the election of the Chicago Board of Education at the general primary election in 2020 only as a nonpartisan election on a separate ballot. Provides that a member of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected at each consolidated election thereafter. Makes related changes. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that a person shall be a U.S. citizen and registered voter and shall have been a resident of the city and the electoral district for at least one year immediately preceding his or her election. Sets forth provisions concerning nominating petitions and ballots. Sets forth provisions providing that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 electoral districts by the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago Board of Education. Sets forth provisions providing that in the year following each decennial census, the General Assembly shall redistrict the electoral districts to reflect the results of each decennial census. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

ELECTED CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD

Sen. Omar Aquino [D]

Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]

Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]

Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-03-11	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
2019-04-05	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2019-03-12	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	2A-1.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	2A-48	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-13.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-21.9	New Code	See Bill Text
105	5	34-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-4	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-4.1	New Code	See Bill Text
105	5	34-4.2	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1587&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1587.htm