Bill Text: IL HB1894 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is not prohibited from photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot. Provides that any person who gives, promises to give, or receives any money or other valuable consideration in connection with the dissemination or viewing of a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-25 - Assigned to Ethics & Elections [HB1894 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1894-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1894 Introduced , by Rep. Kam Buckner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/29-9 from Ch. 46, par. 29-9
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is not prohibited from photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot. Provides that any person who gives, promises to give, or receives any money or other valuable consideration in connection with the dissemination or viewing of a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Section 29-9 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/29-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-9)
Sec. 29-9. Unlawful observation of voting; photographs of
ballots.
(a) Except as permitted by this Code, any person who
knowingly marks his ballot or casts his vote on a voting
machine or voting device so that it can be observed by another
person, and any person who knowingly observes another person
lawfully marking a ballot or lawfully casting his vote on a
voting machine or voting device, shall be guilty of a Class 4
felony. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a person from
photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the
voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or
partially completed ballot.
(b) Any person who gives, promises to give, or receives
any money or other valuable consideration in connection with
the dissemination or viewing of a photograph of a completed or
partially completed ballot shall be guilty of a Class 4
felony.

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(Source: P.A. 78-887.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.