Bill Text: IL HJRCA0033 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | this resolution a proposition to amend Section 2 of Article III | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
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10 | ARTICLE III
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11 | SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
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12 | (ILCON Art. III, Sec. 2)
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13 | SECTION 2. VOTING RIGHTS; FELONS DISQUALIFICATIONS
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14 | The General Assembly may by law provide for the right to | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | vote of a person convicted of a felony, or otherwise under | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | sentence in a correctional institution or jail, but in any | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | event the right to vote shall be restored not later than upon | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | completion of his or her sentence. A person convicted of a | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | felony, or otherwise under sentence in a
correctional | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | institution or jail, shall lose the right to vote, which
right | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | shall be restored not later than upon completion of his | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | sentence.
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23 | (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
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1 | SCHEDULE
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2 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
3 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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