Bill Text: IL HJRCA0033 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the General Assembly may by law provide for the right to vote of a person convicted of a felony, or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution or jail, but in any event the right to vote shall be restored not later than upon completion of his or her sentence. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-10-22 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. [HJRCA0033 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HJRCA0033-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0033 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. III, Sec. 2
Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the General Assembly may by law provide for the right to vote of a person convicted of a felony, or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution or jail, but in any event the right to vote shall be restored not later than upon completion of his or her sentence. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
this resolution a proposition to amend Section 2 of Article III
of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
ARTICLE III
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
(ILCON Art. III, Sec. 2)
SECTION 2. VOTING RIGHTS; FELONS DISQUALIFICATIONS
The General Assembly may by law provide for the right to
vote of a person convicted of a felony, or otherwise under
sentence in a correctional institution or jail, but in any
event the right to vote shall be restored not later than upon
completion of his or her sentence. A person convicted of a
felony, or otherwise under sentence in a correctional
institution or jail, shall lose the right to vote, which right
shall be restored not later than upon completion of his
sentence.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

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SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.