101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4377

 

Introduced 1/29/2020, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/3-5 rep.

    Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Effective January 1, 2021.


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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    (10 ILCS 5/3-5 rep.)
5    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by repealing
6Section 3-5.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
81, 2021.