Bill Text: IL HB4377 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Effective January 1, 2021.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-10-22 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. [HB4377 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4377-Introduced.html


101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4377

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/3-5 rep.

Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Effective January 1, 2021.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 (10 ILCS 5/3-5 rep.)
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by repealing
6Section 3-5.
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
81, 2021.
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