Bill Text: IL HJRCA0039 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that no voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure related to voting, shall be imposed or applied by the State or any political subdivision in a manner which results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the State to vote on account of sex, sexual orientation, race, color, or status as a member of a language minority. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-03 - Tabled Pursuant to Rule 46 [HJRCA0039 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HJRCA0039-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0039 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. III, Sec. 8 new
Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that no voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure related to voting, shall be imposed or applied by the State or any political subdivision in a manner which results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the State to vote on account of sex, sexual orientation, race, color, or status as a member of a language minority. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH 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 add Section 8 to Article III
of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
ARTICLE III
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
(ILCON Art. III, Sec. 8 new)
SECTION 8. VOTING - RACE, GENDER, AND LANGUAGE
No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or
standard, practice, or procedure related to voting, shall be
imposed or applied by the State or any political subdivision of
the State in a manner which results in a denial or abridgement
of the right of any citizen of the State to vote on account of
sex, sexual orientation, race, color, or status as a member of
a language minority.
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being

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declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.