Bill Text: IL SB0497 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that the nomination papers of a candidate shall be deemed invalid and a candidate's name shall not appear on the ballot if the candidate is found to have personally engaged in material fraud or a pattern of fraud in connection with the signatures on the nominating papers or false swearing with respect to the nominating papers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-24 - Referred to Rules Committee [SB0497 Detail]

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0497 Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 77/1
Amends the Illinois Congressional Redistricting Act of 2011. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
LRB103 02948 AWJ 47954 b
A BILL FOR
SB0497 LRB103 02948 AWJ 47954 b
AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Congressional Redistricting Act of
2011 is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(10 ILCS 77/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the the
Illinois Congressional Redistricting Act of 2011.
(Source: P.A. 97-14, eff. 6-24-11.)