Bill Text: IL HB4827 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall create a training program on how to safely manage conflicts and make the training available free of charge to all election judges and employees of election authorities. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor who knowingly: (1) interferes in any manner with an election judge in the discharge of the election judge's duties; (3) makes available publicly, including posting on the Internet, the contact information, including, but not limited to, the phone number, email address, or physical address of an election judge; or (4) threatens, coerces, or intimidates, whether verbally or in writing, an election judge with the intent to impede or interfere with the election judge while the election judge is engaged in the performance of his or her duties or retaliate against the election judge on account of the election judge's performance of his or her duties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-07 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4827 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4827-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4827 Introduced , by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1A-70 new
10 ILCS 5/29-21 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall create a training program on how to safely manage conflicts and make the training available free of charge to all election judges and employees of election authorities. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor who knowingly: (1) interferes in any manner with an election judge in the discharge of the election judge's duties; (3) makes available publicly, including posting on the Internet, the contact information, including, but not limited to, the phone number, email address, or physical address of an election judge; or (4) threatens, coerces, or intimidates, whether verbally or in writing, an election judge with the intent to impede or interfere with the election judge while the election judge is engaged in the performance of his or her duties or retaliate against the election judge on account of the election judge's performance of his or her duties.
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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 adding Sections
1A-70 and 29-21 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1A-70 new)
Sec. 1A-70. Conflict management training. The State Board
of Elections shall create a training program on how to safely
manage conflicts and make the training available free of
charge to all election judges and employees of election
authorities.
(10 ILCS 5/29-21 new)
Sec. 29-21. Election judge protections. A person is guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor who knowingly:
(1) interferes in any manner with an election judge in
the discharge of the election judge's duties;
(2) induces any election judge to violate or refuse to
comply with the election judge's duty;
(3) makes available publicly, including posting on the
Internet, the contact information, including, but not
limited to, the phone number, email address, or physical
address of an election judge; or

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