Bill Text: IL SJRCA0002 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that, in addition to other eligibility requirements, any person seeking to hold the office of Attorney General on or after the second Monday in January of 2027 must be a licensed attorney-at-law of this State. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SJRCA0002 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SJRCA0002-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SC0002 Introduced 2/24/2023, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. V, Sec. 3
Amends the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that, in addition to other eligibility requirements, any person seeking to hold the office of Attorney General on or after the second Monday in January of 2027 must be a licensed attorney-at-law of this State. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be
submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or
rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6
months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to
amend Section 3 as follows:
ARTICLE V
THE EXECUTIVE
(ILCON Art. V, Sec. 3)
SECTION 3. ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to hold the office of Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller or
Treasurer, a person must be a United States citizen, at least
25 years old, and a resident of this State for the three years
preceding his election. Additionally, any person seeking to
hold the office of Attorney General on or after the second
Monday in January of 2027 must be a licensed attorney-at-law
of this State.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

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SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.