Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 1197

Amends the Election Code. Creates a new Article concerning audits. Requires that each election authority (i) conduct an election day audit of a random sample of 10% of votes cast and (ii) provide by contract or employment for the performance by one or more independent auditors of post-election parallel tabulations and audits. Provides for the scope of the audits and the resulting reports. Requires that optical scan technology and direct recording electronic voting systems meet certain federal and independent testing standards. Creates a voluntary tax checkoff for the Fund. With respect to early voting, requires that an election authority using only direct recording electronic voting systems have paper ballots available for voters wishing to use them. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Election Integrity Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Illinois Election Integrity Act.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/13/2021	Senate	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
2/6/2019	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro
2/6/2019	Senate	First Reading
2/6/2019	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/13/2019	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2/21/2019	Senate	To Subcommittee on Election Law
3/22/2019	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 28, 2019
3/28/2019	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
1/13/2021	Senate	Session Sine Die