Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB1894

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1894

Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. Kam Buckner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/29-9

from Ch. 46, par. 29-9

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is not prohibited from photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot. Provides that any person who gives, promises to give, or receives any money or other valuable consideration in connection with the dissemination or viewing of a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 29-9 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/29-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-9)

Sec. 29-9. Unlawful observation of voting; photographs of ballots.

(a) Except as permitted by this Code, any person who knowingly marks his ballot or casts his vote on a voting machine or voting device so that it can be observed by another person, and any person who knowingly observes another person lawfully marking a ballot or lawfully casting his vote on a voting machine or voting device, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a person from photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot.

(b) Any person who gives, promises to give, or receives any money or other valuable consideration in connection with the dissemination or viewing of a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 78-887.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.