104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4506
 
Introduced 1/26/2026, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/1A-70 new
30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new
    Amends the Election Code. Creates the Secure Elections Infrastructure Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be distributed by the State Board of Elections as grants to election authorities for: voting machine replacement; electronic poll book upgrades; cybersecurity hardening; voter accessibility upgrades; infrastructure for secure ballot transport and storage; and capital improvements to election authority facilities that are necessary to maintain safe, secure, and effective election administration. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall establish and use a formula to distribute moneys in the Fund to election authorities.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section 
51A-70 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/1A-70 new)
7    Sec. 1A-70. Secure Elections Infrastructure Fund. The 
8Secure Elections Infrastructure Fund is created as a special 
9fund created in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation, 
10moneys in the Fund shall be distributed by the State Board of 
11Elections as grants to election authorities for: voting 
12machine replacement; electronic poll book upgrades; 
13cybersecurity hardening, including the purchase of hardware 
14and software and vendor vetting; voter accessibility upgrades; 
15infrastructure for secure ballot transport and storage; and 
16capital improvements to election authority facilities that are 
17necessary to maintain safe, secure, and effective election 
18administration, including life-safety, environmental, 
19structural, or operational upgrades. The State Board of 
20Elections shall distribute moneys in the Fund to election 
21authorities using a formula determined by the State Board of 
22Elections that accounts for: the number of registered voters 
23located in each voting district; the number of voting 
 
 
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1districts under the jurisdiction of the election authority; 
2the average age and condition of voting equipment operated by 
3the election authority; appropriations received by the 
4election authority in the previous 10 years; and demonstrated 
5accessibility or cybersecurity needs.
 
6    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
7Section 5.1038 as follows:
 
8    (30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new)
9    Sec. 5.1038. The Secure Elections Infrastructure Fund.