Bill Text: IL SB2412 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that any candidate for President of the United States may have the candidate's name printed upon the primary ballot of the candidate's political party by filing in the office of the State Board of Elections not more than 141 days (instead of 113) and not less than 134 days (instead of 106) prior to the date of the general primary. Changes the filing dates of petitions for nomination for a State, congressional, or judicial office; petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election in the office of Representative in Congress; petitions for nomination for the office of Supreme, Appellate, or Circuit Court Judge; petitions for nomination for delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating convention; petitions for nomination for a county office or trustee of a sanitary district; petitions for nomination for a municipal or township office; petitions of candidates for State central committeeperson; and petitions of candidates for precinct, township, or ward committeepersons. In provisions concerning the nomination of candidates to serve as General Assembly members, provides that, in the event that a candidate of a party who has been nominated under the provisions of the Article shall die before the general election, decline the nomination, or withdraw the candidate's name from the ballot prior to the general election, the legislative or representative committee of the party for such district shall nominate a candidate of the party to fill the vacancy. Removes a provision concerning alternative methods of filling the vacancy in nomination. Makes a conforming change. Describes the process used to fill a vacancy in nomination if a vacancy in office of State Senator occurs with more than 28 months remaining in the term and after the period for filing petitions for the general primary election has passed. Creates the Election Worker Protection and Candidate Accountability Referendum Act. Directs the State Board of Elections to cause the following advisory question to be submitted to the voters at the general election on November 5, 2024: "Should any candidate appearing on the Illinois ballot for federal, State, or local office be subject to civil penalties if the candidate interferes or attempts to interfere with an election worker's official duties?" Creates the Property Tax Relief and Fairness Referendum Act. Directs the State Board of Elections to cause the following advisory question to be submitted to the voters at the general election on November 5, 2024: "Should the Illinois Constitution be amended to create an additional 3% tax on income greater than $1,000,000 for the purpose of dedicating funds raised to property tax relief?" Creates the Assisted Reproductive Health Referendum Act. Directs the State Board of Elections to cause the following advisory question to be submitted to the voters at the general election on November 5, 2024: "Should all medically appropriate assisted reproductive treatments, including, but not limited to, in vitro fertilization, be covered by any health insurance plan in Illinois that provides coverage for pregnancy benefits, without limitation on the number of treatments?" Requires immediate certification by the State Board of Elections of the advisory questions of public policy created by these new Acts. Provides for the repeal of the new Acts on January 1, 2025. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-05-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0586 [SB2412 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2412-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 103-0586
SB2412 Enrolled LRB103 24993 KTG 51327 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
ARTICLE 1
Section 1-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 7-11, 7-12, 7-61, 8-17, and 25-6 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11)
Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United
States may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of his
political party by filing in the office of the State Board of
Elections not more than 141 113 and not less than 134 106 days
prior to the date of the general primary, in any year in which
a Presidential election is to be held, a petition signed by not
less than 3000 or more than 5000 primary electors, members of
and affiliated with the party of which he is a candidate, and
no candidate for President of the United States, who fails to
comply with the provisions of this Article shall have his name
printed upon any primary ballot; provided : Provided, however,
that if the rules or policies of a national political party
conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for
President of the United States in a presidential preference
primary, the Chair of the State central committee of such

national political party shall notify the State Board of
Elections in writing, citing by reference the rules or
policies of the national political party in conflict, and in
such case the Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in
accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the
state central committee of such national political party.
Provided, further, unless rules or policies of a national
political party otherwise provide, the vote for President of
the United States, as herein provided for, shall be for the
sole purpose of securing an expression of the sentiment and
will of the party voters with respect to candidates for
nomination for said office, and the vote of the state at large
shall be taken and considered as advisory to the delegates and
alternates at large to the national conventions of respective
political parties; and the vote of the respective
congressional districts shall be taken and considered as
advisory to the delegates and alternates of said congressional
districts to the national conventions of the respective
political parties.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
mail or in person as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where
the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional,

or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for
which is made for a territorial division or district which
comprises more than one county or is partly in one county
and partly in another county or counties (including the
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District), then, except as
otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the
State Board of Elections not more than 141 113 and not less
than 134 106 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in
the case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by
special election in the office of representative in
Congress from this State, such petition for nomination
shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board
of Elections not more than 113 85 days and not less than
110 82 days prior to the date of the primary.
Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
preceding the 134th 106th day before a general primary
election, petitions for nomination for the office in which
the vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal
office of the State Board of Elections not more than 120 92
nor less than 113 85 days prior to the date of the general
primary election.
Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the

principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
than 141 113 and not less than 134 106 days prior to the
date of the primary; provided, however, that if the rules
or policies of a national political party conflict with
such requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
convention, the chair of the State central committee of
such national political party shall notify the Board in
writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
national political party in conflict, and in such case the
Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in
accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the
state central committee of such national political party.
(2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
office or trustee of a sanitary district then such
petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106 days prior to
the date of the primary.
(3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
filed in the office of the local election official, not
more than 127 99 nor less than 120 92 days prior to the
date of the primary; provided, where a municipality's or
township's boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely
within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office

of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the
election authority.
(4) The petitions of candidates for State central
committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
the State Board of Elections not more than 141 113 nor less
than 134 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
(5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
county clerk not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106
days prior to the date of the primary.
(6) The State Board of Elections and the various
election authorities and local election officials with
whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall
specify the place where filings shall be made and upon
receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which
each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons
waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for
filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office
involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions
filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day
for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that
day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or
as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as

filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more
petitions filed within the last hour of the filing
deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or
more petitions are received simultaneously, the State
Board of Elections or the various election authorities or
local election officials with whom such petitions are
filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing,
by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of
random selection approved by the State Board of Elections.
Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following
the last day for petition filing and shall be open to the
public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of
conducting such random selection shall be given by the
State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
committee of each established political party, and by each
election authority or local election official, to the
County Chair of each established political party, and to
each organization of citizens within the election
jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at
the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present
on the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
election authority or local election official shall post
in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance
of the office, notice of the time and place of such
lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct

of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the
order in which their petitions have been filed. Where
candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be
certified in the order determined by lot and prior to
candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.
(7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
election authority or local election official with whom
such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed
of the obligation to file statements of organization,
reports of campaign contributions, and annual reports of
campaign contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of
this Code. Such notice shall be given in the manner
prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
(8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
statement of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the
period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has
filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the
same governmental unit with that officer within a year
preceding the date on which such nomination papers were
filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
statement of economic interests interest of that candidate
are not required to be filed with the same officer, the

candidate must file with the officer with whom the
nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer
with whom the statement of economic interests is filed
showing the date on which such statement was filed. Such
receipt shall be so filed not later than the last day on
which nomination papers may be filed.
(9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
national nominating convention has been filed may cause
his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by
him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to
take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal
or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections
or with the appropriate election authority or local
election official, not later than the date of
certification of candidates for the consolidated primary
or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be
certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions
for nomination have been filed for the same person with
respect to more than one political party, his name shall
not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the
same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible
so that the same person could not serve in more than one of
such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a

candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
business days following the last day for petition filing.
A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for
nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only
one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if
petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or
subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name
shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which
the petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to
withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices
within such time his name shall not be certified, nor
printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a
political party is not incompatible with any other office.
(10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary shall be held for an established
political party in any township, municipality, or ward
thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided

that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
Article, the nomination of an established political party
of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
office.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary election shall be held for an
established political party for any special primary
election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in
the office of representative in the United States Congress
where the nomination of such political party for said
office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
the nomination of an established political party of a
candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such established party for
election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
scheduled election day.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has

not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends
to become a write-in candidate for a political party's
nomination for any office for which the nomination is
uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
election official with whom nomination papers for such
office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the
name and address of the person intending to become a
write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a
qualified primary elector of the political party from whom
the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the
person intends to become a write-in candidate for the
party's nomination, and (iv) the office the person is
seeking as a write-in candidate. An election authority
shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a
primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is
uncontested unless a statement or notice meeting the
requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner.
(11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
Elections, appropriate election authority or local
election official where the petitions are filed shall

within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
local election official, the last set of petitions filed
shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
State Board of Elections, election authority or local
election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
State Board of Elections, election authority or local
election official then only the first set of petitions
filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
void.
(12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
not less than 6 months.
(Source: P.A. 101-523, eff. 8-23-19; 102-15, eff. 6-17-21;
102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary, the
provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of
candidates to be voted for at such special election.
In cases where a primary election is required, the officer

or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions of
this Code relating to general elections to call an election
shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of
candidates to be voted for at such special election. Notice of
such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior to the
maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a
primary as provided in Section 7-12.
Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
certification of candidates by the certifying board or officer
must be filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy
in nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15
days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days
after the event creating the vacancy. The resolution filling
the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or personal delivery to
the certifying officer or board within 3 days of the action by
which the vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is
sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on the envelope containing
such resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3-day
limit, the resolution shall be deemed filed within such 3-day
limit. Failure to so transmit the resolution within the time
specified in this Section shall authorize the certifying
officer or board to certify the original candidate. Vacancies
shall be filled by the officers of a local municipal or
township political party as specified in subsection (h) of
Section 7-8, other than a statewide political party, that is

established only within a municipality or township and the
managing committee (or legislative committee in case of a
candidate for State Senator or representative committee in the
case of a candidate for State Representative in the General
Assembly or State central committee in the case of a candidate
for statewide office, including, but not limited to, the
office of United States Senator) of the respective political
party for the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs.
The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the
following information:
(a) the name of the original nominee and the office
vacated;
(b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
(c) the name and address of the nominee selected to
fill the vacancy and the date of selection.
The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic
interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a

vacancy in nomination.
Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before
the consolidated election or the general election shall not be
filled. In this event, the certification of the original
candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on the
official ballot to be voted at the general election.
A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or
after the day of the primary), or declines the nomination;
provided that nominations may become vacant for other reasons.
If the name of no established political party candidate
was printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a
particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in
candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be
created which may be filled in accordance with the
requirements of this Section. Except as otherwise provided in
this Code, if the name of no established political party
candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for an a
particular office nominated under this Article and if no
person was nominated as a write-in candidate for such office,
a vacancy in nomination shall be filled only by a person
designated by the appropriate committee of the political party
and only if that designated person files nominating petitions
with the number of signatures required for an established
party candidate for that office within 75 days after the day of

the general primary. The circulation period for those
petitions begins on the day the appropriate committee
designates that person. The person shall file his or her
nominating petitions, statements of candidacy, notice of
appointment by the appropriate committee, and receipt of
filing his or her statement of economic interests together.
These documents shall be filed at the same location as
provided in Section 7-12. The electoral boards having
jurisdiction under Section 10-9 to hear and pass upon
objections to nominating petitions also shall hear and pass
upon objections to nomination petitions filed by candidates
under this paragraph.
A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
for his or her nomination at such primary election, is
ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
consolidated election as a candidate of another political
party.
A candidate seeking election to an office for which
candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
nomination at such caucus is ineligible to be listed on the
ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate
of another political party.
In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct,

township, ward, county, or congressional district, as the case
may be, shall, through its representative on such central or
managing committee, be entitled to one vote for each ballot
voted in such precinct, township, ward, county, or
congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary
electors of its party at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled.
For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
"certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring
the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the
official ballot at an election and directing election
authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to
the local election official, the election authority, or the
State Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom
nomination papers, including certificates of nomination and
resolutions to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and
whose duty it is to certify candidates.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
(10 ILCS 5/8-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-17)
Sec. 8-17. The death of any candidate prior to, or on, the
date of the primary shall not affect the canvass of the
ballots. If the result of such canvass discloses that such
candidate, if he had lived, would have been nominated, such
candidate shall be declared nominated.

In the event that a candidate of a party who has been
nominated under the provisions of this Article shall die
before election (whether death occurs prior to, or on, or
after, the date of the primary), or decline the nomination, or
withdraw the candidate's name from the ballot prior to the
general election or should the nomination for any other reason
become vacant, the legislative or representative committee of
such party for such district shall nominate a candidate of
such party to fill such vacancy. However, if there was no
candidate for the nomination of the party in the primary,
except as otherwise provided in this Code, no candidate of
that party for that office may be listed on the ballot at the
general election, unless the legislative or representative
committee of the party nominates a candidate to fill the
vacancy in nomination within 75 days after the date of the
general primary election. Vacancies in nomination occurring
under this Article shall be filled by the appropriate
legislative or representative committee in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7-61 of this Code. In proceedings to
fill the vacancy in nomination, the voting strength of the
members of the legislative or representative committee shall
be as provided in Section 8-6 or as provided in Section 25-6,
as applicable.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
(10 ILCS 5/25-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-6)

Sec. 25-6. General Assembly vacancies.
(a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of State Senator or
Representative in the General Assembly, the vacancy shall be
filled within 30 days by appointment of the legislative or
representative committee of that legislative or representative
district of the political party of which the incumbent was a
candidate at the time of his election. Prior to holding a
meeting to fill the vacancy, the committee shall make public
(i) the names of the committeeperson on the appropriate
legislative or representative committee, (ii) the date, time,
and location of the meeting to fill the vacancy, and (iii) any
information on how to apply or submit a name for consideration
as the appointee. A meeting to fill a vacancy in office shall
be held in the district or virtually, and any meeting shall be
accessible to the public. The appointee shall be a member of
the same political party as the person he succeeds was at the
time of his election, and shall be otherwise eligible to serve
as a member of the General Assembly.
(b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a legislator
elected other than as a candidate of a political party, the
vacancy shall be filled within 30 days of such occurrence by
appointment of the Governor. The appointee shall not be a
member of a political party, and shall be otherwise eligible
to serve as a member of the General Assembly. Provided,
however, the appropriate body of the General Assembly may, by
resolution, allow a legislator elected other than as a

candidate of a political party to affiliate with a political
party for his term of office in the General Assembly. A vacancy
occurring in the office of any such legislator who affiliates
with a political party pursuant to resolution shall be filled
within 30 days of such occurrence by appointment of the
appropriate legislative or representative committee of that
legislative or representative district of the political party
with which the legislator so affiliates. The appointee shall
be a member of the political party with which the incumbent
affiliated.
(c) For purposes of this Section, a person is a member of a
political party for 23 months after (i) signing a candidate
petition, as to the political party whose nomination is
sought; (ii) signing a statement of candidacy, as to the
political party where nomination or election is sought; (iii)
signing a Petition of Political Party Formation, as to the
proposed political party; (iv) applying for and receiving a
primary ballot, as to the political party whose ballot is
received; or (v) becoming a candidate for election to or
accepting appointment to the office of ward, township,
precinct or state central committeeperson.
(d) In making appointments under this Section, each
committeeperson of the appropriate legislative or
representative committee shall be entitled to one vote for
each vote that was received, in that portion of the
legislative or representative district which he represents on

the committee, by the Senator or Representative whose seat is
vacant at the general election at which that legislator was
elected to the seat which has been vacated and a majority of
the total number of votes received in such election by the
Senator or Representative whose seat is vacant is required for
the appointment of his successor; provided, however, that in
making appointments in legislative or representative districts
comprising only one county or part of a county other than a
county containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, each
committeeperson shall be entitled to cast only one vote.
(e) Appointments made under this Section shall be in
writing and shall be signed by members of the legislative or
representative committee whose total votes are sufficient to
make the appointments or by the Governor, as the case may be.
Such appointments shall be filed with the Secretary of State
and with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the
Secretary of the Senate, whichever is appropriate.
(f) An appointment made under this Section shall be for
the remainder of the term, except that, if the appointment is
to fill a vacancy in the office of State Senator and the
vacancy occurs with more than 28 months remaining in the term,
the term of the appointment shall expire at the time of the
next general election at which time a Senator shall be elected
for a new term commencing on the determination of the results
of the election and ending on the second Wednesday of January
in the second odd-numbered year next occurring. If a vacancy

in office of State Senator occurs with more than 28 months
remaining in the term and after the period for filing
petitions for the general primary election, then the
appropriate legislative committee for the applicable political
party may fill a vacancy in nomination for that office in
accordance with Section 7-61 for the next general election,
except that each committeeperson of the appropriate
legislative committee shall be entitled to one vote for each
vote received, by the Senator whose seat is vacant, in the
portion of the legislative district that the committeeperson
represents on the committee, at the most recent general
election at which that Senator was elected. A majority of the
total number of votes received in that election by the Senator
whose seat is vacant is required to fill the vacancy in
nomination. However, in filling a vacancy in nomination in a
legislative district composed of only one county or part of a
county, other than a county containing 2,000,000 or more
inhabitants, each committeeperson shall be entitled to cast
only one vote. Whenever a Senator has been appointed to fill a
vacancy and was thereafter elected to that office, the term of
service under the authority of the election shall be
considered a new term of service, separate from the term of
service rendered under the authority of the appointment.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
ARTICLE 2

Section 2-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
Election Worker Protection and Candidate Accountability
Referendum Act. References in this Article to "this Act" mean
this Article.
Section 2-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections
shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to
be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held
on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the
following form:
"Should any candidate appearing on the Illinois ballot for
federal, State, or local office be subject to civil
penalties if the candidate interferes or attempts to
interfere with an election worker's official duties?"
The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or
"No".
Section 2-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections
shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section
2-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire
State to each election authority in Illinois.
Section 2-15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,

2025.
ARTICLE 3
Section 3-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
Property Tax Relief and Fairness Referendum Act. References in
this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
Section 3-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections
shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to
be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held
on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the
following form:
"Should the Illinois Constitution be amended to create an
additional 3% tax on income greater than $1,000,000 for
the purpose of dedicating funds raised to property tax
relief?"
The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or
"No".
Section 3-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections
shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section
3-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire
State to each election authority in Illinois.

Section 3-15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
2025.
ARTICLE 4
Section 4-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
Assisted Reproductive Health Referendum Act. References in
this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
Section 4-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections
shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to
be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held
on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the
following form:
"Should all medically appropriate assisted reproductive
treatments, including, but not limited to, in vitro
fertilization, be covered by any health insurance plan in
Illinois that provides coverage for pregnancy benefits,
without limitation on the number of treatments?"
The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or
"No".
Section 4-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections

shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section
4-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire
State to each election authority in Illinois.
Section 4-15`. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
2025.
ARTICLE 99
Section 99-97. Severability. The provisions of this Act
are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.