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Bill Status of HB6000 96th General Assembly

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Short Description: CHICAGO ALDERMANIC PETITIONS

House Sponsors
Rep. Joseph M. Lyons

Last Action

Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

65 ILCS 20/21-28

from Ch. 24, par. 21-28

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941. With respect to nomination petitions of candidates for Chicago alderman, (i) makes the minimum number of petition signatures 500 (now, equal to 2% of the total ward vote for that office in the most recent general municipal election or, after redistricting, 2% of the mayoral vote in the most recent general municipal election divided by the number of wards), (ii) prohibits the enforcement of a maximum number of petition signatures, and (iii) prohibits a person from signing the petitions of more than one candidate for the same aldermanic office at the same primary. Effective immediately.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/10/2010	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
2/10/2010	House	First Reading
2/10/2010	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/17/2010	House	Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
2/23/2010	House	Do Pass / Standard Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-004-000
2/23/2010	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
3/2/2010	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
3/2/2010	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/8/2010	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
3/25/2010	House	Second Reading - Standard Debate
3/25/2010	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Standard Debate
3/26/2010	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

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