Bill Text: IL HB5846 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that at the time a candidate for President or Vice President of the United States files a statement of candidacy, the State Board of Elections shall give the candidate a blank form of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices and a copy of its provisions. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-11-10 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5846 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5846-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5846 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/29B-10 from Ch. 46, par. 29B-10; formerly Ch. 46, par. 1103
Amends the Election Code. Provides that at the time a candidate for President or Vice President of the United States files a statement of candidacy, the State Board of Elections shall give the candidate a blank form of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices and a copy of its provisions. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
29B-10 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/29B-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-10; formerly Ch.
46, par. 1103)
Sec. 29B-10. Code of Fair Campaign Practices. At the time a
political committee, as defined in Article 9, files its
statements of organization, or at the time a candidate for
President or Vice President of the United States files a
statement of candidacy under Section 7-11 of this Code, the
State Board of Elections, in the case of a candidate for the
President or Vice President of the United States, a state
political committee, or a political committee acting as both a
state political committee and a local political committee, or
the county clerk, in the case of a local political committee,
shall give the candidate or political committee a blank form of
the Code of Fair Campaign Practices and a copy of the
provisions of this Article. The State Board of Elections or
county clerk shall inform each political committee that
subscription to the Code is voluntary. The text of the Code
shall read as follows:

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CODE OF FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES
There are basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair
play that every candidate for public office in the State of
Illinois has a moral obligation to observe and uphold, in order
that, after vigorously contested but fairly conducted
campaigns, our citizens may exercise their constitutional
right to a free and untrammeled choice and the will of the
people may be fully and clearly expressed on the issues.
THEREFORE:
(1) I will conduct my campaign openly and publicly, and
limit attacks on my opponent to legitimate challenges to his
record.
(2) I will not use or permit the use of character
defamation, whispering campaigns, libel, slander, or
scurrilous attacks on any candidate or his personal or family
life.
(3) I will not use or permit any appeal to negative
prejudice based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion or
national origin.
(4) I will not use campaign material of any sort that
misrepresents, distorts, or otherwise falsifies the facts, nor
will I use malicious or unfounded accusations that aim at
creating or exploiting doubts, without justification, as to the
personal integrity or patriotism of my opposition.
(5) I will not undertake or condone any dishonest or
unethical practice that tends to corrupt or undermine our

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American system of free elections or that hampers or prevents
the full and free expression of the will of the voters.
(6) I will defend and uphold the right of every qualified
American voter to full and equal participation in the electoral
process.
(7) I will immediately and publicly repudiate methods and
tactics that may come from others that I have pledged not to
use or condone. I shall take firm action against any
subordinate who violates any provision of this Code or the laws
governing elections.
I, the undersigned, candidate for election to public office
in the State of Illinois or chair of a political committee in
support of or opposition to a question of public policy, hereby
voluntarily endorse, subscribe to, and solemnly pledge myself
to conduct my campaign in accordance with the above principles
and practices.
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Date Signature
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.