Date	Chamber	Action
1/8/2013	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

10 ILCS 5/7-10

from Ch. 46, par. 7-10

10 ILCS 5/8-8

from Ch. 46, par. 8-8

10 ILCS 5/10-5

from Ch. 46, par. 10-5

10 ILCS 5/25-2

from Ch. 46, par. 25-2

10 ILCS 5/29-10

from Ch. 46, par. 29-10

730 ILCS 5/5-5-5

from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-5

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Election Code and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person is ineligible as a candidate for elective office and may not seek reelection to office if he or she has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State, another state, the United States, or a foreign country. Provides that a person convicted of a felony under the laws of another country is ineligible as a candidate for office and is ineligible to seek reelection to office only if the felony under that country's laws is substantially similar to a felony violation in this country and if that country's judicial system affords a criminal defendant guarantees of due process similar to those afforded to a criminal defendant in the United States. Applies to persons who seek elective office or reelection to office after the effective date of the amendatory Act.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/9/2011	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones
2/14/2011	House	First Reading
2/14/2011	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/15/2011	House	Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
3/17/2011	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/8/2013	House	Session Sine Die

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