Full Text of SB2123 103rd General Assembly
SB2123ham005 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Katie Stuart Filed: 5/24/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2123
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2123, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | 4 | | 4, on page 5, line 12, after "Sections", by inserting "1-19,"; | 5 | | and | 6 | | on page 5, line 13, by deleting "12A-10,"; and | 7 | | on page 5, line 15, by replacing "1-23" with "1-23, 1-24, | 8 | | 1-25,"; and | 9 | | on page 5, immediately below line 15, by inserting the | 10 | | following: | 11 | | "(10 ILCS 5/1-19) | 12 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024) | 13 | | Sec. 1-19. Access to Voting for Persons with Disabilities | 14 | | Advisory Task Force. |
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| 1 | | (a) The Access to Voting for Persons with Disabilities | 2 | | Advisory Task Force is hereby created to review current laws | 3 | | and make recommendations to improve access to voting for | 4 | | persons with disabilities. Members of the Task Force shall be | 5 | | appointed as follows: | 6 | | (1) Three members appointed by the Governor, one of | 7 | | whom shall serve as chair, and at least one with | 8 | | experience representing or working with persons with | 9 | | physical disabilities and one with experience representing | 10 | | or working with person with neurological or mental | 11 | | disabilities; | 12 | | (2) Three members appointed by the President of the | 13 | | Senate, including at least one attorney with election law | 14 | | experience; | 15 | | (3) Three members appointed by the Senate Minority | 16 | | Leader, including at least one attorney with election law | 17 | | experience; | 18 | | (4) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the | 19 | | House of Representatives, including at least one attorney | 20 | | with election law experience; | 21 | | (5) Three members appointed by the Minority Leader of | 22 | | the House of Representatives, including at least one | 23 | | attorney with election law experience. | 24 | | (b) The Task Force shall hold a minimum of 4 meetings. No | 25 | | later than August 1, 2022, the Task Force shall produce and the | 26 | | State Board of Elections shall publish on its website a report |
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| 1 | | with a summary of the laws and resources available for persons | 2 | | with disabilities seeking to exercise their right to vote. The | 3 | | Task Force shall produce a report with recommendations for | 4 | | changes to current law or recommendations for election | 5 | | authorities submit the report to the Governor and General | 6 | | Assembly no later than December 15, 2022. | 7 | | (c) The Members shall serve without compensation. If a | 8 | | vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be filled according | 9 | | to the guidelines of the initial appointment. At the | 10 | | discretion of the chair, additional individuals may | 11 | | participate as non-voting members in the meetings of the Task | 12 | | Force. | 13 | | (d) The State Board of Elections shall provide staff and | 14 | | administrative support to the Task Force. | 15 | | (e) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2025 January 1, | 16 | | 2024 .
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)"; and | 18 | | on page 7, line 23, after "compensation", by inserting " but | 19 | | may be reimbursed for their expenses incurred in performing | 20 | | their duties "; and | 21 | | on page 10, by replacing lines 3 through 8 with the following: | 22 | | " (3) 4 members, appointed by the Minority Leader of | 23 | | the Senate, including 2 members of the Senate and 2 | 24 | | members of the public; |
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| 1 | | (4) 4 members, appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 2 | | House of Representatives, including 2 members of the House | 3 | | of Representatives and 2 members of the public; "; and | 4 | | on page 10, line 11, by replacing " ; and " with " . "; and | 5 | | on page 10, by deleting line 12; and | 6 | | on page 10, immediately below line 26, by inserting the | 7 | | following:
| 8 | | "(10 ILCS 5/1-24 new) | 9 | | Sec. 1-24. 2024 Election Day State holiday. | 10 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
| 11 | | contrary, the 2024 general election shall be a State holiday | 12 | | known as
2024 General Election Day and shall be observed | 13 | | throughout this
State. The 2024 general election shall be | 14 | | deemed a legal school holiday
for purposes of the School Code. | 15 | | Any school closed under this amendatory Act of
the 103rd | 16 | | General Assembly and Section 24-2 of the School Code
shall be | 17 | | made available to an election authority as a polling
place for | 18 | | 2024 General Election Day. This Section is repealed on January | 19 | | 1, 2025.
| 20 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-25 new) | 21 | | Sec. 1-25. The Security of Remote Vote by Mail Task Force. |
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| 1 | | (a) The Security of Remote Vote by Mail Task Force is | 2 | | hereby created for the purposes described in subsection (b). | 3 | | Members of the Task Force shall be appointed as follows: | 4 | | (1) 2 members who identify as a voter with a print | 5 | | disability appointed by the Governor; | 6 | | (2) 2 members who have experience with absent military | 7 | | and naval service voting appointed by the Governor; | 8 | | (3) one member with expertise in cybersecurity | 9 | | appointed by the Governor; | 10 | | (4) one member with expertise in election security | 11 | | appointed by the Governor; | 12 | | (5) one member with expertise in administering | 13 | | elections appointed by the Governor; | 14 | | (6) 2 members appointed by the President of the | 15 | | Senate; | 16 | | (7) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 17 | | Representatives; | 18 | | (8) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 19 | | Senate; and | 20 | | (9) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 21 | | House of Representatives. | 22 | | (b) The Task Force shall study the feasibility of | 23 | | implementing a remote vote by mail system that would allow an | 24 | | election authority to transmit a vote by mail ballot | 25 | | electronically to a voter, and allow the voter to mark, | 26 | | verify, and return the ballot to the election authority |
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| 1 | | electronically. In conducting its study, the Task Force shall | 2 | | consider whether implementing such a system of remote vote by | 3 | | mail is a safe and secure way to vote; what methods of remote | 4 | | voting exist within the United States; and what factors, if | 5 | | any, mitigate security related concerns in relation to | 6 | | implementing a remote vote by mail system. The Task Force | 7 | | shall also suggest changes to current law that would be | 8 | | necessary to implement a remote vote by mail system that would | 9 | | allow an election authority to transmit a vote by mail ballot | 10 | | electronically to a voter, and allow the voter to mark, | 11 | | verify, and return the ballot to the election authority | 12 | | electronically. | 13 | | (c) The Task Force shall complete its study no later than | 14 | | June 30, 2025 and shall report its findings to the Governor and | 15 | | the General Assembly as soon as possible after the study is | 16 | | complete. | 17 | | (d) The members shall serve without compensation. If a | 18 | | vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be filled according | 19 | | to the guidelines of the initial appointment. | 20 | | (e) The State Board of Elections shall provide staff and | 21 | | administrative support to the Task Force. | 22 | | (f) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026. "; and | 23 | | on page 11 by replacing lines 3 through 13 with the following: | 24 | | " (a) The Department of Human Services shall coordinate | 25 | | with each United States District Court in Illinois for a |
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| 1 | | representative or representatives of the Department of Human | 2 | | Services to offer voter registration information, provide | 3 | | voter registration applications, and collect completed voter | 4 | | registration applications, including electronic voter | 5 | | registration applications, from all eligible citizens after a | 6 | | judicial naturalization ceremony, as allowed by the United | 7 | | States District Court presiding over the naturalization. | 8 | | (b) The Department of Human Services shall coordinate with | 9 | | the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in | 10 | | Illinois which would allow a representative or representatives | 11 | | of the Department of Human Services to offer voter | 12 | | registration information, provide voter registration | 13 | | applications, and collect completed voter registration | 14 | | applications, including electronic voter registration | 15 | | applications, from all eligible citizens after an | 16 | | administrative naturalization ceremony, as allowed by the | 17 | | United States Citizenship and Immigration Services presiding | 18 | | over the naturalization. | 19 | | (c) The Department of Human Services may adopt rules to | 20 | | implement this Section. "; and | 21 | | on page 14, by replacing lines 17 through 21 with the | 22 | | following: | 23 | | " (6) Beginning no later than January 1, 2024, the | 24 | | statewide voter registration list shall be updated on a | 25 | | monthly basis by no sooner than the first of every month; |
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| 1 | | however, the information required in paragraph (5) shall | 2 | | be updated at least every 24 hours and made available upon | 3 | | request to permitted entities as described in this | 4 | | Section. "; and | 5 | | on page 16, lines 5 and 8, after " registration " each time it | 6 | | appears, by inserting " application "; and | 7 | | on page 41, by replacing lines 9 through 14 with the following: | 8 | | " Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 9 | | the 103rd General Assembly, a State central committee | 10 | | organized under Alternative B shall include as an honorary | 11 | | member any person affiliated with the same political party and | 12 | | serving as the Governor, President of the Senate, or Speaker | 13 | | of the House of Representatives. "; and | 14 | | on page 41, by replacing lines 17 and 18 with " for in | 15 | | Alternative B with respect to the Governor, President of the
| 16 | | Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives , | 17 | | under"; and | 18 | | on page 42, line 8, after "committeewoman" by inserting " , | 19 | | except for honorary members, "; and | 20 | | on page 56, line 26, by replacing " ex officio " with | 21 | | " honorary "; and |
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| 1 | | on page 57, by replacing line 2 with " and serving as the | 2 | | Governor, President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the | 3 | | House "; and
| 4 | | on page 69, by replacing lines 3 through 11 with the following: | 5 | | "(a) For a State central committee organized under | 6 | | Alternative A, on On the 29th day next succeeding the primary | 7 | | at which committeepersons
are elected, the county central | 8 | | committee of each political
party shall meet within the county | 9 | | and proceed to
organize by electing from its own number a chair | 10 | | and either from its
own number, or otherwise, such other | 11 | | officers as such committee may deem
necessary or expedient. | 12 | | For a State central committee organized under Alternative B, | 13 | | on a date that is not earlier than the 29th day after, nor | 14 | | later than the 50th day after, the date of the primary at which | 15 | | committeepersons
are elected, the county central committee of | 16 | | each political
party shall meet within the county and proceed | 17 | | to
organize by electing from its own number a chair and either | 18 | | from its
own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such | 19 | | committee may deem
necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the | 20 | | county central committee
shall be known as the county | 21 | | convention."; and | 22 | | on page 74, by replacing lines 2 through 5 with "serve as | 23 | | though
elected; however, for a State central committee |
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| 1 | | organized under Alternative A, no such appointment may be made | 2 | | between the general
primary election and the 30th day after | 3 | | the general primary election and for a State central committee | 4 | | organized under Alternative B, no such appointment may be made | 5 | | between the general
primary election and the county convention | 6 | | following the general primary election ."; and | 7 | | on page 90, line 16, by replacing " or " with " and "; and | 8 | | by deleting line 14 on page 95 though line 21 on page 97; and | 9 | | on page 106, by replacing lines 18 through 23 with " so named to | 10 | | be added or amended in the Constitution. Such separate ballot | 11 | | shall be printed upon paper of a distinctly blue color and | 12 | | shall, as near as may be practicable, be of uniform size and | 13 | | blue color, but any variation in the size of such ballots or in | 14 | | the tincture of blue employed shall not affect or impair the | 15 | | validity thereof. Preceding each proposal"; and | 16 | | on page 110, line 2, by replacing " city or town " with | 17 | | " municipality "; and | 18 | | on page 111, line 22, by replacing " city or town " with | 19 | | " municipality "; and | 20 | | on page 115, line 12, by replacing " city or town " with |
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| 1 | | " municipality "; and | 2 | | on page 116, line 8, by replacing " city or town " with | 3 | | " municipality "; and | 4 | | on page 134 by replacing lines 4 though 8 with the following: | 5 | | " For any member of the Board appointed after April 1, 2023 | 6 | | and before May 15, 2023, that Board membership position is | 7 | | terminated 6 months after the effective date of this | 8 | | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. Beginning | 9 | | December 15, 2023, a new membership position to the Board is | 10 | | created, which appointment shall be made by the Mayor. The | 11 | | Mayor and Governor shall not have the authority to make an | 12 | | appointment to the Board within the last 45 days of his or her | 13 | | term, except when the Mayor or Governor is re-elected and that | 14 | | re-election is certified by the relevant election authority. ".
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