Rep. Katie Stuart

Filed: 5/24/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2123

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2123, AS AMENDED,
3with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
44, on page 5, line 12, after "Sections", by inserting "1-19,";
5and
 
6on page 5, line 13, by deleting "12A-10,"; and
 
7on page 5, line 15, by replacing "1-23" with "1-23, 1-24,
81-25,"; and
 
9on page 5, immediately below line 15, by inserting the
10following:
 
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12    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)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
14Advisory Task Force.

 

 

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1    (a) The Access to Voting for Persons with Disabilities
2Advisory Task Force is hereby created to review current laws
3and make recommendations to improve access to voting for
4persons with disabilities. Members of the Task Force shall be
5appointed 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
25later than August 1, 2022, the Task Force shall produce and the
26State Board of Elections shall publish on its website a report

 

 

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1with a summary of the laws and resources available for persons
2with disabilities seeking to exercise their right to vote. The
3Task Force shall produce a report with recommendations for
4changes to current law or recommendations for election
5authorities submit the report to the Governor and General
6Assembly no later than December 15, 2022.
7    (c) The Members shall serve without compensation. If a
8vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be filled according
9to the guidelines of the initial appointment. At the
10discretion of the chair, additional individuals may
11participate as non-voting members in the meetings of the Task
12Force.
13    (d) The State Board of Elections shall provide staff and
14administrative support to the Task Force.
15    (e) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2025 January 1,
162024.
17(Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)"; and
 
18on page 7, line 23, after "compensation", by inserting "but
19may be reimbursed for their expenses incurred in performing
20their duties"; and
 
21on 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
 
4on page 10, line 11, by replacing "; and" with "."; and
 
5on page 10, by deleting line 12; and
 
6on page 10, immediately below line 26, by inserting the
7following:
 
8    "(10 ILCS 5/1-24 new)
9    Sec. 1-24. 2024 Election Day State holiday.
10Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
11contrary, the 2024 general election shall be a State holiday
12known as 2024 General Election Day and shall be observed
13throughout this State. The 2024 general election shall be
14deemed a legal school holiday for purposes of the School Code.
15Any school closed under this amendatory Act of the 103rd
16General Assembly and Section 24-2 of the School Code shall be
17made available to an election authority as a polling place for
182024 General Election Day. This Section is repealed on January
191, 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
2hereby created for the purposes described in subsection (b).
3Members 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
23implementing a remote vote by mail system that would allow an
24election authority to transmit a vote by mail ballot
25electronically to a voter, and allow the voter to mark,
26verify, and return the ballot to the election authority

 

 

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1electronically. In conducting its study, the Task Force shall
2consider whether implementing such a system of remote vote by
3mail is a safe and secure way to vote; what methods of remote
4voting exist within the United States; and what factors, if
5any, mitigate security related concerns in relation to
6implementing a remote vote by mail system. The Task Force
7shall also suggest changes to current law that would be
8necessary to implement a remote vote by mail system that would
9allow an election authority to transmit a vote by mail ballot
10electronically to a voter, and allow the voter to mark,
11verify, and return the ballot to the election authority
12electronically.
13    (c) The Task Force shall complete its study no later than
14June 30, 2025 and shall report its findings to the Governor and
15the General Assembly as soon as possible after the study is
16complete.
17    (d) The members shall serve without compensation. If a
18vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be filled according
19to the guidelines of the initial appointment.
20    (e) The State Board of Elections shall provide staff and
21administrative support to the Task Force.
22    (f) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026."; and
 
23on page 11 by replacing lines 3 through 13 with the following:
24    "(a) The Department of Human Services shall coordinate
25with each United States District Court in Illinois for a

 

 

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1representative or representatives of the Department of Human
2Services to offer voter registration information, provide
3voter registration applications, and collect completed voter
4registration applications, including electronic voter
5registration applications, from all eligible citizens after a
6judicial naturalization ceremony, as allowed by the United
7States District Court presiding over the naturalization.
8    (b) The Department of Human Services shall coordinate with
9the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in
10Illinois which would allow a representative or representatives
11of the Department of Human Services to offer voter
12registration information, provide voter registration
13applications, and collect completed voter registration
14applications, including electronic voter registration
15applications, from all eligible citizens after an
16administrative naturalization ceremony, as allowed by the
17United States Citizenship and Immigration Services presiding
18over the naturalization.
19    (c) The Department of Human Services may adopt rules to
20implement this Section."; and
 
21on page 14, by replacing lines 17 through 21 with the
22following:
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
 
5on page 16, lines 5 and 8, after "registration" each time it
6appears, by inserting "application"; and
 
7on page 41, by replacing lines 9 through 14 with the following:
8    "Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
9the 103rd General Assembly, a State central committee
10organized under Alternative B shall include as an honorary
11member any person affiliated with the same political party and
12serving as the Governor, President of the Senate, or Speaker
13of the House of Representatives."; and
 
14on page 41, by replacing lines 17 and 18 with "for in
15Alternative B with respect to the Governor, President of the
16Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
17under"; and
 
18on page 42, line 8, after "committeewoman" by inserting ",
19except for honorary members,"; and
 
20on page 56, line 26, by replacing "ex officio" with
21"honorary"; and
 

 

 

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1on page 57, by replacing line 2 with "and serving as the
2Governor, President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
3House"; and
 
4on page 69, by replacing lines 3 through 11 with the following:
5    "(a) For a State central committee organized under
6Alternative A, on On the 29th day next succeeding the primary
7at which committeepersons are elected, the county central
8committee of each political party shall meet within the county
9and proceed to organize by electing from its own number a chair
10and either from its own number, or otherwise, such other
11officers as such committee may deem necessary or expedient.
12For a State central committee organized under Alternative B,
13on a date that is not earlier than the 29th day after, nor
14later than the 50th day after, the date of the primary at which
15committeepersons are elected, the county central committee of
16each political party shall meet within the county and proceed
17to organize by electing from its own number a chair and either
18from its own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such
19committee may deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the
20county central committee shall be known as the county
21convention."; and
 
22on page 74, by replacing lines 2 through 5 with "serve as
23though elected; however, for a State central committee

 

 

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1organized under Alternative A, no such appointment may be made
2between the general primary election and the 30th day after
3the general primary election and for a State central committee
4organized under Alternative B, no such appointment may be made
5between the general primary election and the county convention
6following the general primary election."; and
 
7on page 90, line 16, by replacing "or" with "and"; and
 
8by deleting line 14 on page 95 though line 21 on page 97; and
 
9on page 106, by replacing lines 18 through 23 with "so named to
10be added or amended in the Constitution. Such separate ballot
11shall be printed upon paper of a distinctly blue color and
12shall, as near as may be practicable, be of uniform size and
13blue color, but any variation in the size of such ballots or in
14the tincture of blue employed shall not affect or impair the
15validity thereof. Preceding each proposal"; and
 
16on page 110, line 2, by replacing "city or town" with
17"municipality"; and
 
18on page 111, line 22, by replacing "city or town" with
19"municipality"; and
 
20on page 115, line 12, by replacing "city or town" with

 

 

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1"municipality"; and
 
2on page 116, line 8, by replacing "city or town" with
3"municipality"; and
 
4on page 134 by replacing lines 4 though 8 with the following:
5     "For any member of the Board appointed after April 1, 2023
6and before May 15, 2023, that Board membership position is
7terminated 6 months after the effective date of this
8amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. Beginning
9December 15, 2023, a new membership position to the Board is
10created, which appointment shall be made by the Mayor. The
11Mayor and Governor shall not have the authority to make an
12appointment to the Board within the last 45 days of his or her
13term, except when the Mayor or Governor is re-elected and that
14re-election is certified by the relevant election authority.".