Illinois House Bill 626 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides that the Office of the Secretary of State and the State Board of Elections shall jointly establish an automatic voter registration program. Provides that designated automatic voter registration agencies may agree to participate in an automatic voter registration program established by the State Board of Elections. Provides that the term "designated automatic voter registration agency" means an agency of the State or federal government that has been determined by the State Board of Elections to have access to reliable personal information and has entered into an interagency contract with the State Board of Elections to participate in the automatic voter registration program. Provides for dual purpose applications, and provides that an application for a driver's license or a State identification card shall be a dual-purpose application. Provides that if an election authority is required by law to send an election-related notice to an individual, that election authority may send that notice solely by electronic mail if the individual provides a current e-mail address to the election authority and authorizes the election authority to send notices by electronic mail. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that certain information specified in the amendatory Act is exempt from inspection and copying. Effective immediately.

ELEC CD-VOTER REGISTRATION

Rep. Mike Fortner [R]

Sen. Thomas Bennett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2017-03-31	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-03-06	House	To Voter Education & Registration Subcommittee
2017-02-02	House	Assigned to Elections & Campaign Finance Committee
2017-02-01	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
2017-01-24	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-01-24	House	First Reading
2017-01-24	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	1-16	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	1A-16.1	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	1A-16.2	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	1A-16.6	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	1A-16.7	New Code	See Bill Text
5	140	7.5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=626&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB0626.htm