Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2017	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

220 ILCS 5/21-601

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, in the 4 weeks before an election, any candidate for public office is entitled to 120 minutes of air time at no cost, available between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., during any public, education, or government access programming aired in the jurisdiction that the candidate seeks to represent. Provides that the Illinois State Board of Elections shall adopt rules to enforce those provisions. Provides that the rules shall be made public and posted on the Illinois State Board of Elections' website. Provides that each cable operator shall publish rules of access and post them on its website Effective on January 1, 2016.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/15/2015	Senate	Prefiled with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss
1/15/2015	Senate	First Reading
1/15/2015	Senate	Referred to Assignments
1/28/2015	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2/3/2015	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2/6/2015	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
2/19/2015	Senate	To Subcommittee on Election Law
3/17/2015	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss
3/17/2015	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
3/24/2015	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
3/26/2015	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on Election Law
3/27/2015	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2015
4/15/2015	Senate	Reported Back To Executive; 002-001-000
4/24/2015	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2015
5/15/2015	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015
10/10/2015	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
10/10/2015	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
1/10/2017	Senate	Session Sine Die

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