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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5875 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Election Code. Provides that, except as otherwise provided by federal law, any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who knowingly registers to vote or knowingly votes in an election, including a municipal election, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that, except as otherwise provided by federal law, any person who knowingly registers a person to vote who is not a citizen of the United States shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately. |
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| | HB5875 | | LRB103 42482 SPS 75713 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 29-21 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/29-21 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 29-21. Non-citizen voting. |
| 8 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided by federal law, any |
| 9 | | person who is not a citizen of the United States and who |
| 10 | | knowingly registers to vote or knowingly votes in an election, |
| 11 | | including a municipal election, shall be guilty of a Class 4 |
| 12 | | felony. |
| 13 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided by federal law, any |
| 14 | | person who knowingly registers a person to vote who is not a |
| 15 | | citizen of the United States shall be guilty of a Class 4 |
| 16 | | felony.
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| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 18 | | becoming law. |