HB4377 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

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

(10 ILCS 5/3-5 rep.)

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by repealing Section 3-5.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2021.