Illinois Senate Bill 2831 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any specified committee or any other elected or appointed committee position, including, but not limited to, local, county, or State chairperson, if he or she has ever been convicted of a felony, unless he or she has received a pardon for the offense from the Governor or the President of the United States. Provides that when a committeeperson or a person holding any other elected or appointed committee position (rather than a committeeperson) is convicted of a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall automatically become vacant. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.

ELEC CD-FELONY PROHIBITION

Sen. Andrew Chesney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	Senate	Session Sine Die
2024-01-19	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2024-01-19	Senate	First Reading
2024-01-19	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Andrew S. Chesney

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2831&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2831.htm