Illinois House Bill 1416 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person is ineligible as a candidate for elective office and may not seek reelection to office if he or she has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State, another state, the United States, or a foreign country. Provides that a person convicted of a felony under the laws of another country is ineligible as a candidate for office and is ineligible to seek reelection to office only if the felony under that country's laws is substantially similar to a felony violation in this country and if that country's judicial system affords a criminal defendant guarantees of due process similar to those afforded to a criminal defendant in the United States. Applies to persons who seek elective office or reelection to office after the effective date of the amendatory Act.

ELECTIVE OFFICE-NO FELONY

Rep. Thaddeus Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2011-03-17	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-15	House	Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
2011-02-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-14	House	First Reading
2011-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	10-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	25-2	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	29-10	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	7-10	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	8-8	Amended Code	Citation Text
730	5	5-5-5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1416&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB1416.htm