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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4418 Introduced 2/3/2020, by Rep. John Connor SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections, in consultation with the Department of Innovation and Technology, to study and evaluate the use of blockchain technology to protect voter records and election results with the assistance of specified experts. Requires the Board to submit a report on the use of blockchain technology to the Governor and General Assembly. Repeals the provisions on January 1, 2023.
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| | HB4418 | | LRB101 16640 SMS 66025 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 1A-60 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-60 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1A-60. Blockchain technology. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "blockchain technology" means |
| 9 | | distributed ledger technology that uses a distributed, |
| 10 | | decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger, which may be |
| 11 | | public or private, permissioned or permissionless, or driven by |
| 12 | | tokenized crypto economics or tokenless. The data on the ledger |
| 13 | | is protected with cryptography, is immutable and auditable, and |
| 14 | | provides an uncensored truth. |
| 15 | | (b) The State Board of Elections, in consultation with, and |
| 16 | | using data collected by, the Department of Innovation and |
| 17 | | Technology, shall study and evaluate the use of blockchain |
| 18 | | technology to protect voter records and election results. The |
| 19 | | State Board of Elections shall evaluate the data with the |
| 20 | | assistance of experts in: |
| 21 | | (1) blockchain technology; |
| 22 | | (2) voter fraud; |
| 23 | | (3) cyber security; |