Date	Chamber	Action
1/7/2025	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

10 ILCS 5/1-24

10 ILCS 5/11-4.1

from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1

105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 new

105 ILCS 5/22-21

from Ch. 122, par. 22-21

105 ILCS 5/34-2.3

from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.3

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county board or board of election commissioners may use public school buildings as polling places only if a school board or a local school council approves the use of that school. Provides that, if the county board or board of election commissioners uses all convenient and available public buildings and determines that a public school building is needed as a polling place, it shall send a written request to use the public school building to the school board or local school council. Sets forth provisions concerning the contents of the request and the response to the request. Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board or local school council shall have the power to approve or deny, in accordance with the school board or local school council's rules and policies, any request of a county board or board of election commissioners to use a school building as a polling place. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/2/2024	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maura Hirschauer
2/6/2024	House	First Reading
2/6/2024	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/14/2024	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
2/28/2024	House	Assigned to Ethics & Elections
4/5/2024	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/7/2025	House	Session Sine Die

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