Bill Text: IL HB0041 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person convicted of a felony or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution shall have his or her right to vote restored and shall be eligible to vote not later than 14 days following his or her conviction. Provides that a correctional institution shall make available to a person in its custody current election resource material from the State Board of Elections and current election resource material that is requested by a person in custody and received at the correctional institution from a local election authority in response to the request. Creates the Post-Conviction Task Force to strengthen and improve provisions that restore the right to vote to a person convicted of a felony or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution. Makes other changes. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB0041 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB0041-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 5-45.65 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 100/5-45.65 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 5-45.65. Emergency rulemaking; State Board of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Elections. To provide for the expeditious and timely | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | implementation of this amendatory Act of the 104th General | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Assembly, emergency rules implementing this amendatory Act of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | the 104th General Assembly may be adopted in accordance with | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Section 5-45 by the State Board of Elections, except that the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 24-month limitation on the adoption of emergency rules and the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | provisions of Sections 5-115 and 5-125 do not apply to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | adopted under this Section. The adoption of emergency rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | authorized by Section 5-45 and this Section is deemed to be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2031.
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19 | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Sections 3-5 and 19-2.5 and by adding Sections 1-26 and 1-27 as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | follows:
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1 | (10 ILCS 5/1-26 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 1-26. Post-conviction voting. | ||||||
3 | (a) As used in this Section, "correctional institution" | ||||||
4 | means any place used to house persons under State supervision | ||||||
5 | or custody, including, but not limited to, State, federal, or | ||||||
6 | juvenile facilities, adult transition centers, halfway houses, | ||||||
7 | and other reentry or rehabilitation programs. | ||||||
8 | (b) A person convicted of a felony, or otherwise under | ||||||
9 | sentence in a correctional institution, shall have his or her | ||||||
10 | right to vote restored and shall be eligible to vote not later | ||||||
11 | than 14 days following his or her conviction. Persons under | ||||||
12 | any form of State supervision or custody who are disqualified | ||||||
13 | from voting shall have their right to vote restored under this | ||||||
14 | Section, including, but not limited to: persons incarcerated | ||||||
15 | in State, federal, or juvenile facilities; persons on | ||||||
16 | probation or parole; persons on mandatory supervised release; | ||||||
17 | persons on work release; persons on furlough; persons released | ||||||
18 | on electronic monitoring; persons housed in adult transition | ||||||
19 | centers, halfway houses, or other reentry or rehabilitation | ||||||
20 | programs; and persons owing court fines or fees. Persons may | ||||||
21 | not be denied the right to vote because of a past criminal | ||||||
22 | conviction. | ||||||
23 | (c) Each local election authority shall coordinate with | ||||||
24 | the correctional institution, Department of Corrections, and | ||||||
25 | other correctional agencies incarcerating eligible voters to | ||||||
26 | facilitate voting by mail for those voters eligible to vote in |
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1 | that election jurisdiction who are incarcerated in the | ||||||
2 | correctional institution. | ||||||
3 | (d) All requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act of | ||||||
4 | 1965, including Sections 203 and 208, State and local language | ||||||
5 | access requirements, and the federal Americans with | ||||||
6 | Disabilities Act and State and local disability access | ||||||
7 | requirements shall also apply to voting under this Section. | ||||||
8 | The correctional institution shall make available to persons | ||||||
9 | in its custody voter registration applications, vote by mail | ||||||
10 | ballot applications, vote by mail ballots received at the | ||||||
11 | institution from the local election authority, and other | ||||||
12 | election materials in the languages provided by the State | ||||||
13 | Board of Elections and local election authorities. | ||||||
14 | (e) The correctional institution shall make available to a | ||||||
15 | person in its custody current election resource material, | ||||||
16 | maintained by the State Board of Elections, containing | ||||||
17 | detailed information regarding the voting rights of a person | ||||||
18 | with a criminal conviction in the following formats: (1) in | ||||||
19 | print; (2) on the correctional institution's website; and (3) | ||||||
20 | in a visible location on the premises of each correctional | ||||||
21 | institution where notices are customarily posted. The | ||||||
22 | correctional institution shall also make available to a person | ||||||
23 | in its custody current election resource material from a local | ||||||
24 | election authority that is requested by that person in its | ||||||
25 | custody and received at the correctional institution from the | ||||||
26 | local election authority in response to that person's request. |
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1 | The correctional institution shall provide resource materials | ||||||
2 | to a person in its custody upon intake and release of the | ||||||
3 | person on parole, mandatory supervised release, final | ||||||
4 | discharge, or pardon from the correctional institution. | ||||||
5 | (f) By December 31, 2026, and by December 31 of each year | ||||||
6 | thereafter, the State Board of Elections, in coordination and | ||||||
7 | cooperation with correctional institutions and local election | ||||||
8 | authorities, shall prepare a report containing data concerning | ||||||
9 | compliance with this Section, including the number of voter | ||||||
10 | registrations, vote by mail ballot applications, vote by mail | ||||||
11 | ballots completed, and voter education packets delivered. | ||||||
12 | (g) A person who has left the person's residence as part of | ||||||
13 | the person's confinement in a correctional institution and who | ||||||
14 | has not established another residence for voter registration | ||||||
15 | purposes may not be considered to have changed or lost | ||||||
16 | residence. The person may register to vote at the address of | ||||||
17 | the person's last place of residence before the person's | ||||||
18 | confinement in a correctional institution. | ||||||
19 | (h) The provisions of this Section shall apply to all | ||||||
20 | elections beginning with the general election in 2026. | ||||||
21 | (i) The State Board of Elections may adopt rules, | ||||||
22 | including emergency rules, to implement the provisions of this | ||||||
23 | Section.
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24 | (10 ILCS 5/1-27 new) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 1-27. Post-Conviction Task Force. |
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1 | (a) The Post-Conviction Task Force is created to | ||||||
2 | strengthen and improve implementation of the provisions of | ||||||
3 | Section 1-23 that restore the right to vote to a person | ||||||
4 | convicted of a felony, or otherwise under sentence in a | ||||||
5 | correctional institution, and to provide voting access while | ||||||
6 | under sentence in a correctional institution. | ||||||
7 | (b) The members of the Task Force shall be as follows: | ||||||
8 | (1) the Chair of the State Board of Elections, or the | ||||||
9 | Chair's designee, who shall serve as Chair of the Task | ||||||
10 | Force; | ||||||
11 | (2) the Director of Corrections or the Director's | ||||||
12 | designee; | ||||||
13 | (3) the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State's | ||||||
14 | designee; | ||||||
15 | (4) a representative from a statewide organization | ||||||
16 | that represents county clerks, appointed by the Chair of | ||||||
17 | the State Board of Elections; | ||||||
18 | (5) a representative from 2 separate Illinois | ||||||
19 | organizations advocating against voter | ||||||
20 | disenfranchisement, with one representative appointed by | ||||||
21 | the President of the Senate and one representative | ||||||
22 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
23 | and | ||||||
24 | (6) 4 members from the General Assembly, with one | ||||||
25 | member appointed by the President of the Senate, one | ||||||
26 | member appointed by the Senate Minority Leader, one member |
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1 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
2 | and one member appointed by the House Minority Leader. | ||||||
3 | (c) The State Board of Elections shall provide | ||||||
4 | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | ||||||
5 | (d) On or before July 1, 2026, the Task Force members shall | ||||||
6 | be appointed. On or before September 1, 2026, the Task Force | ||||||
7 | shall prepare a status report that summarizes its work and | ||||||
8 | makes recommendations on the implementation of provisions | ||||||
9 | restoring voting rights to a person convicted of a felony or | ||||||
10 | otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution and | ||||||
11 | providing access to vote while under sentence in a | ||||||
12 | correctional institution. On or before December 31, 2026, the | ||||||
13 | Task Force shall prepare a comprehensive report that | ||||||
14 | summarizes its work and the implementation and administration | ||||||
15 | of the 2026 general election. The report shall include | ||||||
16 | recommendations for strengthening and improving implementation | ||||||
17 | of restoring voting rights to a person convicted of a felony or | ||||||
18 | otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution and | ||||||
19 | providing access to vote while under sentence in a | ||||||
20 | correctional institution. | ||||||
21 | (e) The Task Force is dissolved and this Section is | ||||||
22 | repealed on January 1, 2027.
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23 | (10 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-5) | ||||||
24 | Sec. 3-5. Confinement or detention in a jail. No person | ||||||
25 | who has been legally convicted, in this or another state or in |
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1 | any federal court, of any crime, and is serving a sentence of | ||||||
2 | confinement in any penal institution, or who has been | ||||||
3 | convicted under any Section of this Code and is serving a | ||||||
4 | sentence of confinement in any penal institution, shall vote, | ||||||
5 | offer to vote, attempt to vote or be permitted to vote at any | ||||||
6 | election until his release from confinement. | ||||||
7 | Confinement for purposes of this Section shall include any | ||||||
8 | person convicted and imprisoned but granted a furlough as | ||||||
9 | provided by Section 3-11-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections, | ||||||
10 | or admitted to a work release program as provided by Section | ||||||
11 | 3-13-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. Confinement shall | ||||||
12 | not include any person convicted and imprisoned but released | ||||||
13 | on parole. | ||||||
14 | Confinement or detention in a jail pending acquittal or | ||||||
15 | conviction of a crime is not a disqualification for voting. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
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17 | (10 ILCS 5/19-2.5) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 19-2.5. Notice for vote by mail ballot. | ||||||
19 | (a) An election authority shall notify all qualified | ||||||
20 | voters, except voters who have applied for permanent vote by | ||||||
21 | mail status under subsection (b) of Section 19-3 or voters who | ||||||
22 | submit a written request to be excluded from the permanent | ||||||
23 | vote by mail status, not more than 90 days nor less than 45 | ||||||
24 | days before a general election of the option for permanent | ||||||
25 | vote by mail status using the following notice and including |
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1 | the application for permanent vote by mail status in | ||||||
2 | subsection (b) of Section 19-3: | ||||||
3 | "You may apply to permanently be placed on vote by mail | ||||||
4 | status using the attached application.". | ||||||
5 | (b) A person completing a voter registration application | ||||||
6 | or submitting a change of address shall be notified of the | ||||||
7 | option to receive a vote by mail ballot. Upon request of the | ||||||
8 | person, the voter registration application or change of | ||||||
9 | address form shall serve as an application to receive an | ||||||
10 | official vote by mail ballot, and the individual need not | ||||||
11 | complete a separate vote by mail application. An elector who | ||||||
12 | is a resident of a location covered by Section 203 of the | ||||||
13 | federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 or local language access | ||||||
14 | requirements must be offered a voter registration application | ||||||
15 | in a language of the applicable minority group and must be able | ||||||
16 | to request a vote by mail ballot in the language of the | ||||||
17 | applicable minority group. Upon processing the voter | ||||||
18 | registration application and accepting the application without | ||||||
19 | rejection, the election authority shall provide the individual | ||||||
20 | with an official vote by mail ballot for the next occurring | ||||||
21 | election. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21; | ||||||
23 | 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
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24 | Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
25 | changing Sections 3-14-1 and 5-5-5 as follows:
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1 | (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the institution. | ||||||
3 | (a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory release, | ||||||
4 | final discharge, or pardon, the Department shall return all | ||||||
5 | property held for him, provide him with suitable clothing and | ||||||
6 | procure necessary transportation for him to his designated | ||||||
7 | place of residence and employment. It may provide such person | ||||||
8 | with a grant of money for travel and expenses which may be paid | ||||||
9 | in installments. The amount of the money grant shall be | ||||||
10 | determined by the Department. | ||||||
11 | (a-1) The Department shall, before a wrongfully imprisoned | ||||||
12 | person, as defined in Section 3-1-2 of this Code, is | ||||||
13 | discharged from the Department, provide him or her with any | ||||||
14 | documents necessary after discharge. | ||||||
15 | (a-2) The Department of Corrections may establish and | ||||||
16 | maintain, in any institution it administers, revolving funds | ||||||
17 | to be known as "Travel and Allowances Revolving Funds". These | ||||||
18 | revolving funds shall be used for advancing travel and expense | ||||||
19 | allowances to committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners. | ||||||
20 | The moneys paid into such revolving funds shall be from | ||||||
21 | appropriations to the Department for Committed, Paroled, and | ||||||
22 | Discharged Prisoners. | ||||||
23 | (a-3) (Blank). Upon release of a person who is eligible to | ||||||
24 | vote on parole, mandatory release, final discharge, or pardon, | ||||||
25 | the Department shall provide the person with a form that |
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1 | informs him or her that his or her voting rights have been | ||||||
2 | restored and a voter registration application. The Department | ||||||
3 | shall have available voter registration applications in the | ||||||
4 | languages provided by the Illinois State Board of Elections. | ||||||
5 | The form that informs the person that his or her rights have | ||||||
6 | been restored shall include the following information: | ||||||
7 | (1) All voting rights are restored upon release from | ||||||
8 | the Department's custody. | ||||||
9 | (2) A person who is eligible to vote must register in | ||||||
10 | order to be able to vote. | ||||||
11 | The Department of Corrections shall confirm that the | ||||||
12 | person received the voter registration application and has | ||||||
13 | been informed that his or her voting rights have been | ||||||
14 | restored. | ||||||
15 | (a-4) Prior to release of a person on parole, mandatory | ||||||
16 | supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, the Department | ||||||
17 | shall screen every person for Medicaid eligibility. Officials | ||||||
18 | of the correctional institution or facility where the | ||||||
19 | committed person is assigned shall assist an eligible person | ||||||
20 | to complete a Medicaid application to ensure that the person | ||||||
21 | begins receiving benefits as soon as possible after his or her | ||||||
22 | release. The application must include the eligible person's | ||||||
23 | address associated with his or her residence upon release from | ||||||
24 | the facility. If the residence is temporary, the eligible | ||||||
25 | person must notify the Department of Human Services of his or | ||||||
26 | her change in address upon transition to permanent housing. |
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1 | (b) (Blank). | ||||||
2 | (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the | ||||||
3 | Department shall establish procedures to provide written | ||||||
4 | notification of any release of any person who has been | ||||||
5 | convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney and sheriff of | ||||||
6 | the county from which the offender was committed, and the | ||||||
7 | State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the | ||||||
8 | offender is to be paroled or released. Except as otherwise | ||||||
9 | provided in this Code, the Department shall establish | ||||||
10 | procedures to provide written notification to the proper law | ||||||
11 | enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any | ||||||
12 | person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of the | ||||||
13 | offender or the commission of the offense took place in the | ||||||
14 | municipality, if the offender is to be paroled or released | ||||||
15 | into the municipality, or if the offender resided in the | ||||||
16 | municipality at the time of the commission of the offense. If a | ||||||
17 | person convicted of a felony who is in the custody of the | ||||||
18 | Department of Corrections or on parole or mandatory supervised | ||||||
19 | release informs the Department that he or she has resided, | ||||||
20 | resides, or will reside at an address that is a housing | ||||||
21 | facility owned, managed, operated, or leased by a public | ||||||
22 | housing agency, the Department must send written notification | ||||||
23 | of that information to the public housing agency that owns, | ||||||
24 | manages, operates, or leases the housing facility. The written | ||||||
25 | notification shall, when possible, be given at least 14 days | ||||||
26 | before release of the person from custody, or as soon |
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1 | thereafter as possible. The written notification shall be | ||||||
2 | provided electronically if the State's Attorney, sheriff, | ||||||
3 | proper law enforcement agency, or public housing agency has | ||||||
4 | provided the Department with an accurate and up to date email | ||||||
5 | address. | ||||||
6 | (c-1) (Blank). | ||||||
7 | (c-2) The Department shall establish procedures to provide | ||||||
8 | notice to the Illinois State Police of the release or | ||||||
9 | discharge of persons convicted of violations of the | ||||||
10 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act or a | ||||||
11 | violation of the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act. The | ||||||
12 | Illinois State Police shall make this information available to | ||||||
13 | local, State, or federal law enforcement agencies upon | ||||||
14 | request. | ||||||
15 | (c-5) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised | ||||||
16 | release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated | ||||||
17 | by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of | ||||||
18 | Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the | ||||||
19 | Department of Corrections shall provide copies of the | ||||||
20 | following information to the appropriate licensing or | ||||||
21 | regulating Department and the licensed or regulated facility | ||||||
22 | where the person becomes a resident: | ||||||
23 | (1) The mittimus and any pre-sentence investigation | ||||||
24 | reports. | ||||||
25 | (2) The social evaluation prepared pursuant to Section | ||||||
26 | 3-8-2. |
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1 | (3) Any pre-release evaluation conducted pursuant to | ||||||
2 | subsection (j) of Section 3-6-2. | ||||||
3 | (4) Reports of disciplinary infractions and | ||||||
4 | dispositions. | ||||||
5 | (5) Any parole plan, including orders issued by the | ||||||
6 | Prisoner Review Board, and any violation reports and | ||||||
7 | dispositions. | ||||||
8 | (6) The name and contact information for the assigned | ||||||
9 | parole agent and parole supervisor. | ||||||
10 | This information shall be provided within 3 days of the | ||||||
11 | person becoming a resident of the facility. | ||||||
12 | (c-10) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised | ||||||
13 | release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated | ||||||
14 | by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of | ||||||
15 | Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the | ||||||
16 | Department of Corrections shall provide written notification | ||||||
17 | of such residence to the following: | ||||||
18 | (1) The Prisoner Review Board. | ||||||
19 | (2) The chief of police and sheriff in the | ||||||
20 | municipality and county in which the licensed facility is | ||||||
21 | located. | ||||||
22 | The notification shall be provided within 3 days of the | ||||||
23 | person becoming a resident of the facility. | ||||||
24 | (d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, | ||||||
25 | mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, the | ||||||
26 | Department shall provide such person with information |
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1 | concerning programs and services of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
2 | Public Health to ascertain whether such person has been | ||||||
3 | exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any | ||||||
4 | identified causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency | ||||||
5 | Syndrome (AIDS). | ||||||
6 | (e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, | ||||||
7 | mandatory supervised release, final discharge, pardon, or who | ||||||
8 | has been wrongfully imprisoned, the Department shall verify | ||||||
9 | the released person's full name, date of birth, and social | ||||||
10 | security number. If verification is made by the Department by | ||||||
11 | obtaining a certified copy of the released person's birth | ||||||
12 | certificate and the released person's social security card or | ||||||
13 | other documents authorized by the Secretary, the Department | ||||||
14 | shall provide the birth certificate and social security card | ||||||
15 | or other documents authorized by the Secretary to the released | ||||||
16 | person. If verification by the Department is done by means | ||||||
17 | other than obtaining a certified copy of the released person's | ||||||
18 | birth certificate and the released person's social security | ||||||
19 | card or other documents authorized by the Secretary, the | ||||||
20 | Department shall complete a verification form, prescribed by | ||||||
21 | the Secretary of State, and shall provide that verification | ||||||
22 | form to the released person. | ||||||
23 | (f) Forty-five days prior to the scheduled discharge of a | ||||||
24 | person committed to the custody of the Department of | ||||||
25 | Corrections, the Department shall give the person: | ||||||
26 | (1) who is otherwise uninsured an opportunity to apply |
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1 | for health care coverage including medical assistance | ||||||
2 | under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code in | ||||||
3 | accordance with subsection (b) of Section 1-8.5 of the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Public Aid Code, and the Department of | ||||||
5 | Corrections shall provide assistance with completion of | ||||||
6 | the application for health care coverage including medical | ||||||
7 | assistance; | ||||||
8 | (2) information about obtaining a standard Illinois | ||||||
9 | Identification Card or a limited-term Illinois | ||||||
10 | Identification Card under Section 4 of the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Identification Card Act if the person has not been issued | ||||||
12 | an Illinois Identification Card under subsection (a-20) of | ||||||
13 | Section 4 of the Illinois Identification Card Act; | ||||||
14 | (3) information about voter registration and may | ||||||
15 | distribute information prepared by the State Board of | ||||||
16 | Elections. The Department of Corrections may enter into an | ||||||
17 | interagency contract with the State Board of Elections to | ||||||
18 | participate in the automatic voter registration program | ||||||
19 | and be a designated automatic voter registration agency | ||||||
20 | under Section 1A-16.2 of the Election Code; | ||||||
21 | (4) information about job listings upon discharge from | ||||||
22 | the correctional institution or facility; | ||||||
23 | (5) information about available housing upon discharge | ||||||
24 | from the correctional institution or facility; | ||||||
25 | (6) a directory of elected State officials and of | ||||||
26 | officials elected in the county and municipality, if any, |
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1 | in which the committed person intends to reside upon | ||||||
2 | discharge from the correctional institution or facility; | ||||||
3 | and | ||||||
4 | (7) any other information that the Department of | ||||||
5 | Corrections deems necessary to provide the committed | ||||||
6 | person in order for the committed person to reenter the | ||||||
7 | community and avoid recidivism. | ||||||
8 | (g) Sixty days before the scheduled discharge of a person | ||||||
9 | committed to the custody of the Department or upon receipt of | ||||||
10 | the person's certified birth certificate and social security | ||||||
11 | card as set forth in subsection (d) of Section 3-8-1 of this | ||||||
12 | Act, whichever occurs later, the Department shall transmit an | ||||||
13 | application for an Identification Card to the Secretary of | ||||||
14 | State, in accordance with subsection (a-20) of Section 4 of | ||||||
15 | the Illinois Identification Card Act. | ||||||
16 | The Department may adopt rules to implement this Section. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; | ||||||
18 | 102-606, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-345, eff. | ||||||
19 | 1-1-24 .)
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20 | (730 ILCS 5/5-5-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-5) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 5-5-5. Loss and restoration of rights. | ||||||
22 | (a) Conviction and disposition shall not entail the loss | ||||||
23 | by the defendant of any civil rights, except under this | ||||||
24 | Section and Sections 29-6 and 29-10 of the The Election Code, | ||||||
25 | as now or hereafter amended. |
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1 | (b) A person convicted of a felony or otherwise under | ||||||
2 | sentence in a correctional institution shall have his or her | ||||||
3 | right to vote restored not later than 14 days following his or | ||||||
4 | her conviction shall be ineligible to hold an office created | ||||||
5 | by the Constitution of this State until the completion of his | ||||||
6 | sentence . | ||||||
7 | (b-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | ||||||
8 | convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous | ||||||
9 | crime for an offense committed on or after the effective date | ||||||
10 | of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly and | ||||||
11 | committed while he or she was serving as a public official in | ||||||
12 | this State is ineligible to hold any local public office or any | ||||||
13 | office created by the Constitution of this State unless the | ||||||
14 | person's conviction is reversed, the person is again restored | ||||||
15 | to such rights by the terms of a pardon for the offense, the | ||||||
16 | person has received a restoration of rights by the Governor, | ||||||
17 | or the person's rights are otherwise restored by law. | ||||||
18 | (c) A person sentenced to imprisonment shall lose his | ||||||
19 | right to vote until released from imprisonment. | ||||||
20 | (d) On completion of sentence of imprisonment or upon | ||||||
21 | discharge from probation, conditional discharge or periodic | ||||||
22 | imprisonment, or at any time thereafter, all license rights | ||||||
23 | and privileges granted under the authority of this State which | ||||||
24 | have been revoked or suspended because of conviction of an | ||||||
25 | offense shall be restored unless the authority having | ||||||
26 | jurisdiction of such license rights finds after investigation |
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1 | and hearing that restoration is not in the public interest. | ||||||
2 | This paragraph (d) shall not apply to the suspension or | ||||||
3 | revocation of a license to operate a motor vehicle under the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
5 | (e) Upon a person's discharge from incarceration or | ||||||
6 | parole, or upon a person's discharge from probation or at any | ||||||
7 | time thereafter, the committing court may enter an order | ||||||
8 | certifying that the sentence has been satisfactorily completed | ||||||
9 | when the court believes it would assist in the rehabilitation | ||||||
10 | of the person and be consistent with the public welfare. Such | ||||||
11 | order may be entered upon the motion of the defendant or the | ||||||
12 | State or upon the court's own motion. | ||||||
13 | (f) Upon entry of the order, the court shall issue to the | ||||||
14 | person in whose favor the order has been entered a certificate | ||||||
15 | stating that his behavior after conviction has warranted the | ||||||
16 | issuance of the order. | ||||||
17 | (g) This Section shall not affect the right of a defendant | ||||||
18 | to collaterally attack his conviction or to rely on it in bar | ||||||
19 | of subsequent proceedings for the same offense. | ||||||
20 | (h) No application for any license specified in subsection | ||||||
21 | (i) of this Section granted under the authority of this State | ||||||
22 | shall be denied by reason of an eligible offender who has | ||||||
23 | obtained a certificate of relief from disabilities, as defined | ||||||
24 | in Article 5.5 of this Chapter, having been previously | ||||||
25 | convicted of one or more criminal offenses, or by reason of a | ||||||
26 | finding of lack of "good moral character" when the finding is |
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1 | based upon the fact that the applicant has previously been | ||||||
2 | convicted of one or more criminal offenses, unless: | ||||||
3 | (1) there is a direct relationship between one or more | ||||||
4 | of the previous criminal offenses and the specific license | ||||||
5 | sought; or | ||||||
6 | (2) the issuance of the license would involve an | ||||||
7 | unreasonable risk to property or to the safety or welfare | ||||||
8 | of specific individuals or the general public. | ||||||
9 | In making such a determination, the licensing agency shall | ||||||
10 | consider the following factors: | ||||||
11 | (1) the public policy of this State, as expressed in | ||||||
12 | Article 5.5 of this Chapter, to encourage the licensure | ||||||
13 | and employment of persons previously convicted of one or | ||||||
14 | more criminal offenses; | ||||||
15 | (2) the specific duties and responsibilities | ||||||
16 | necessarily related to the license being sought; | ||||||
17 | (3) the bearing, if any, the criminal offenses or | ||||||
18 | offenses for which the person was previously convicted | ||||||
19 | will have on his or her fitness or ability to perform one | ||||||
20 | or more such duties and responsibilities; | ||||||
21 | (4) the time which has elapsed since the occurrence of | ||||||
22 | the criminal offense or offenses; | ||||||
23 | (5) the age of the person at the time of occurrence of | ||||||
24 | the criminal offense or offenses; | ||||||
25 | (6) the seriousness of the offense or offenses; | ||||||
26 | (7) any information produced by the person or produced |
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1 | on his or her behalf in regard to his or her rehabilitation | ||||||
2 | and good conduct, including a certificate of relief from | ||||||
3 | disabilities issued to the applicant, which certificate | ||||||
4 | shall create a presumption of rehabilitation in regard to | ||||||
5 | the offense or offenses specified in the certificate; and | ||||||
6 | (8) the legitimate interest of the licensing agency in | ||||||
7 | protecting property, and the safety and welfare of | ||||||
8 | specific individuals or the general public. | ||||||
9 | (i) A certificate of relief from disabilities shall be | ||||||
10 | issued only for a license or certification issued under the | ||||||
11 | following Acts: | ||||||
12 | (1) the Animal Welfare Act; except that a certificate | ||||||
13 | of relief from disabilities may not be granted to provide | ||||||
14 | for the issuance or restoration of a license under the | ||||||
15 | Animal Welfare Act for any person convicted of violating | ||||||
16 | Section 3, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.03-1, or 4.01 of the Humane | ||||||
17 | Care for Animals Act or Section 26-5 or 48-1 of the | ||||||
18 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; | ||||||
19 | (2) the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act; | ||||||
20 | (3) the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, | ||||||
21 | and Nail Technology Act of 1985; | ||||||
22 | (4) the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Repairer Regulation | ||||||
23 | Act; | ||||||
24 | (5) the Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act; | ||||||
25 | (6) the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of | ||||||
26 | 1984; |
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1 | (7) the Illinois Farm Labor Contractor Certification | ||||||
2 | Act; | ||||||
3 | (8) the Registered Interior Designers Act; | ||||||
4 | (9) the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of | ||||||
5 | 1989; | ||||||
6 | (10) the Landscape Architecture Registration Act; | ||||||
7 | (11) the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act; | ||||||
8 | (12) the Private Employment Agency Act; | ||||||
9 | (13) the Professional Counselor and Clinical | ||||||
10 | Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act; | ||||||
11 | (14) the Real Estate License Act of 2000; | ||||||
12 | (15) the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act; | ||||||
13 | (16) the Professional Engineering Practice Act of | ||||||
14 | 1989; | ||||||
15 | (17) the Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor's | ||||||
16 | License Act; | ||||||
17 | (18) the Electrologist Licensing Act; | ||||||
18 | (19) the Auction License Act; | ||||||
19 | (20) the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989; | ||||||
20 | (21) the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act; | ||||||
21 | (22) the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing | ||||||
22 | Act; | ||||||
23 | (23) the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing | ||||||
24 | Code; | ||||||
25 | (24) (blank); | ||||||
26 | (25) the Professional Geologist Licensing Act; |
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1 | (26) the Illinois Public Accounting Act; and | ||||||
2 | (27) the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21; 103-562, eff. 11-17-23.)
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