101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0048

 

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
ILCON Art. III, Sec. 2 rep.

    Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Repeals language denying a person convicted of a felony, or otherwise under sentence in a correctional institution or jail, the right to vote until completion of his or her sentence. Effective upon being declared adopted.


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1
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
8this resolution a proposition to amend Section 2 of Article III
9of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
 
10
ARTICLE III
11
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

12    (ILCON Art. III, Sec. 2 rep.)
13SECTION 2. VOTING DISQUALIFICATIONS (REPEALED)
14    A person convicted of a felony, or otherwise under sentence
15in a correctional institution or jail, shall lose the right to
16vote, which right shall be restored not later than upon
17completion of his sentence.
18(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
 
19
SCHEDULE
20    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
21declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
22Constitutional Amendment Act.