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Bill Status of HB5617 100th General Assembly

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Short Description: BD ELEC-CORRECTIONS-VOTER INFO

House Sponsors
Rep. Sonya M. Harper

Last Action

Date	Chamber	Action
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

10 ILCS 5/1A-8

from Ch. 46, par. 1A-8

730 ILCS 5/3-14-1

from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that upon a person's release from the Department of Corrections, the Department shall provide the person with a voting rights information form from the State Board of Elections that is tailored to a person released from a Department of Corrections facility and contains information that includes, but is not limited to, information on eligibility to vote, voting locations, voter registration, and automatic voter registration. Amends the Election Code to require the State Board of Elections to create the form and post it on its website.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/16/2018	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2/16/2018	House	First Reading
2/16/2018	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/7/2018	House	Assigned to Elections & Campaign Finance Committee
4/13/2018	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die

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