Bill Text: IL HB2598 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to create a form to be used by an election authority to remove a voter from its roll. Provides that the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who died during the preceding month.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-24 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler [HB2598 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2598-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2598 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1A-60 new
10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1
10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1
Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to create a form to be used by an election authority to remove a voter from its roll. Provides that the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who died during the preceding month.
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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
Sections 4-14.1 and 5-9.1 and by adding Section 1A-60 as
follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1A-60 new)
Sec. 1A-60. Remove voter form. The State Board of
Elections shall create a form to be used by an election
authority to remove a voter from its roll.
(10 ILCS 5/4-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1)
Sec. 4-14.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration.
Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death
registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county
clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as
indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may issue
certifications of death records from that system and shall may
use that system to cancel the registration of any person who
has died during the preceding month. Regardless of whether or
not such a system has been established, it is the duty of the
county clerk to examine, monthly, the records deposited in his
or her office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to

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deaths in the county, and to cancel the registration of any
person who has died during the preceding month.
(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1)
Sec. 5-9.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration.
Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death
registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county
clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as
indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may issue
certifications of death records from that system and shall may
use that system to cancel the registration of any person who
has died during the preceding month and cause the name of each
such deceased person to be erased from the register of the
precinct in which the deceased person was registered.
Regardless of whether or not such a system has been
established, it is the duty of the county clerk to examine
monthly the records deposited in his or her office pursuant to
the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county, to
cancel the registration of any person who has died during the
preceding month and cause the name of each such deceased
person to be erased from the register of the precinct in which
the deceased person was registered.
(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)