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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB0002

Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/24-1.1

from Ch. 46, par. 24-1.1
10 ILCS 5/24A-3

from Ch. 46, par. 24A-3
10 ILCS 5/24B-3
10 ILCS 5/3-5 rep.
730 ILCS 5/5-5-5

from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-5

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. Further amends the
Election Code and amends the Unified Code of Corrections making conforming
changes. Effective January 1, 2026.
LRB104 03384 SPS 13406 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning elections.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 5.
The Election Code is amended by changing
5
Sections 24-1.1, 24A-3, and 24B-3 as follows:

6

(10 ILCS 5/24-1.1)

(from Ch. 46, par. 24-1.1)
7

Sec. 24-1.1.
The county board of each county having a
8
population of 35,000 or more, with respect to all elections
9
for which the county board or the county clerk is charged with
10
the duty of providing materials and supplies, and each board
11
of election commissioners in a municipality having a
12
population of 35,000 or more with respect to elections under
13
its jurisdiction, must provide either voting machines in
14
accordance with this Article or electronic voting systems in
15
accordance with Article 24A for each precinct for all such
16
elections except as provided in Section 24-1.2 except in
17
elections held pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of
18
Article VI of the Constitution relating to retention of judges
19
in office, in which event, the special ballot containing the
20
propositions on the retention of judges may be placed on the
21
voting machines or devices.
For purposes of this Section
22
24-1.1, the term "population" does not include persons
23
prohibited from voting by Section 3-5 of this Act.

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Before voting machines or electronic voting systems are
2
introduced, adopted or used in any precinct or territory at
3
least 2 months public notice must be given before the date of
4
the first election wherein such machines are to be used. The
5
election authority shall publish the notice at least once in
6
one or more newspapers published within its jurisdiction in
7
which the election is held. If there is no such newspaper, the
8
notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the
9
county and having a general circulation within such political
10
subdivision of this State. The notice shall be substantially
11
as follows:
12

Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (give place
13
where election is held) in the county of .... an election will
14
be held for (give name of office to be filled) at which voting
15
machines will be used.
16

Dated at .... on (insert date).

17

The notice referred to herein shall be given only at the
18
first election at which such voting machines or electronic
19
voting systems are used.
20
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

21

(10 ILCS 5/24A-3)

(from Ch. 46, par. 24A-3)
22

Sec. 24A-3.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
23
any county board, board of county commissioners and any board
24
of election commissioners, with respect to territory within

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its jurisdiction, may adopt, experiment with, or abandon a
2
voting system approved for use by the State Board of Elections
3
and may use such voting system in all or some of the precincts
4
within its jurisdiction, or in combination with paper ballots
5
or voting machines. Any such county board, board of county
6
commissioners or board of election commissioners may contract
7
for the tabulation of votes at a location outside its
8
territorial jurisdiction when there is no suitable tabulating
9
equipment available within its territorial jurisdiction. In no
10
case may a county board, board of county commissioners or
11
board of election commissioners contract or arrange for the
12
purchase, lease or loan of an electronic voting system or
13
voting system component without the approval of the State
14
Board of Elections as provided by Section 24A-16. However, the
15
county board and board of county commissioners of each county
16
having a population of 40,000 or more, with respect to all
17
elections for which the county board or the county clerk is
18
charged with the duty of providing materials and supplies, and
19
each board of election commissioners in a municipality having
20
a population of 40,000 or more, with respect to elections
21
under its jurisdiction, must provide either voting systems
22
approved for use by the State Board of Elections under this
23
Article or voting machines under Article 24 for each precinct
24
for all such elections except as provided in Section 24-1.2.
25
For purposes of this Section 24A-3, the term "population" does
26
not include persons prohibited from voting by Section 3-5 of

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this Act.
2

Before any such system is introduced, adopted or used in
3
any precinct or territory at least 2 months public notice must
4
be given before the date of the first election wherein such
5
voting system is to be used. The election authority shall
6
publish the notice at least once in one or more newspapers
7
published within the county, or other jurisdiction, as the
8
case may be, in which the election is held. If there is no such
9
newspaper, the notice shall be published in a newspaper
10
published in the county and having a general circulation
11
within such jurisdiction. The notice shall be substantially as
12
follows:
13

Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (give place
14
where election is held) in the county of ...., an election will
15
be held for (give name of offices to be filled) at which an
16
electronic voting system will be used.
17

Dated at .... on (insert date).

18

The notice referred to herein shall be given only at the
19
first election at which such voting machines or voting systems
20
are used.
21
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

22

(10 ILCS 5/24B-3)
23

Sec. 24B-3.
Adoption, experimentation or abandonment of
24
Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology system; Boundaries

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of precincts; Notice. Except as otherwise provided in this
2
Section, any county board, board of county commissioners and
3
any board of election commissioners, with respect to territory
4
within its jurisdiction, may adopt, experiment with, or
5
abandon a Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
6
system approved for use by the State Board of Elections and may
7
use the Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
8
system in all or some of the precincts within its
9
jurisdiction, or in combination with paper ballots or voting
10
machines. Any county board, board of county commissioners or
11
board of election commissioners may contract for the
12
tabulation of votes at a location outside its territorial
13
jurisdiction when there is no suitable tabulating equipment
14
available within its territorial jurisdiction. In no case may
15
a county board, board of county commissioners or board of
16
election commissioners contract or arrange for the purchase,
17
lease or loan of an electronic Precinct Tabulation Optical
18
Scan Technology voting system or Precinct Tabulation Optical
19
Scan Technology voting system component without the approval
20
of the State Board of Elections as provided by Section 24B-16.
21
However, the county board and board of county commissioners of
22
each county having a population of 40,000 or more, with
23
respect to all elections for which the county board or the
24
county clerk is charged with the duty of providing materials
25
and supplies, and each board of election commissioners in a
26
municipality having a population of 40,000 or more, with

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respect to elections under its jurisdiction, must provide
2
either Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting
3
systems approved for use by the State Board of Elections under
4
this Article or voting systems under Article 24A or Article 24
5
for each precinct for all such elections except as provided in
6
Section 24-1.2.
For purposes of this Section 24B-3, the term
7
"population" does not include persons prohibited from voting
8
by Section 3-5 of this Code.
9

Before any such Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
10
Technology system is introduced, adopted or used in any
11
precinct or territory at least 2 months public notice must be
12
given before the date of the first election where the Precinct
13
Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting system is to be
14
used. The election authority shall publish the notice at least
15
once in one or more newspapers published within the county, or
16
other jurisdiction, where the election is held. If there is no
17
such newspaper, the notice shall be published in a newspaper
18
published in the county and having a general circulation
19
within such jurisdiction. The notice shall be substantially as
20
follows:
21

Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (give place
22
where election is held) in the county of ...., an election will
23
be held for (give name of offices to be filled) at which a
24
Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology electronic voting
25
system will be used.
26

Dated at.... on (insert date).

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This notice referred to shall be given only at the first
2
election at which the Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
3
Technology voting machines or Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan
4
Technology voting systems are used.
5
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

6

(10 ILCS 5/3-5 rep.)
7

Section 10.
The Election Code is amended by repealing
8
Section 3-5.

9

Section 15.
The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
10
changing Section 5-5-5 as follows:

11

(730 ILCS 5/5-5-5)

(from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-5)
12

Sec. 5-5-5.
Loss and restoration of rights.
13

(a) Conviction and disposition shall not entail the loss
14
by the defendant of any civil rights, except under this
15
Section and Sections 29-6 and 29-10 of The Election Code, as
16
now or hereafter amended.
17

(b) A person convicted of a felony shall be ineligible to
18
hold an office created by the Constitution of this State until
19
the completion of his sentence.
20

(b-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
21
convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous
22
crime for an offense committed on or after the effective date
23
of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly and

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committed while he or she was serving as a public official in
2
this State is ineligible to hold any local public office or any
3
office created by the Constitution of this State unless the
4
person's conviction is reversed, the person is again restored
5
to such rights by the terms of a pardon for the offense, the
6
person has received a restoration of rights by the Governor,
7
or the person's rights are otherwise restored by law.
8

(c)
(Blank).

A person sentenced to imprisonment shall lose
9
his right to vote until released from imprisonment.
10

(d) On completion of sentence of imprisonment or upon
11
discharge from probation, conditional discharge or periodic
12
imprisonment, or at any time thereafter, all license rights
13
and privileges granted under the authority of this State which
14
have been revoked or suspended because of conviction of an
15
offense shall be restored unless the authority having
16
jurisdiction of such license rights finds after investigation
17
and hearing that restoration is not in the public interest.
18
This paragraph (d) shall not apply to the suspension or
19
revocation of a license to operate a motor vehicle under the
20
Illinois Vehicle Code.
21

(e) Upon a person's discharge from incarceration or
22
parole, or upon a person's discharge from probation or at any
23
time thereafter, the committing court may enter an order
24
certifying that the sentence has been satisfactorily completed
25
when the court believes it would assist in the rehabilitation
26
of the person and be consistent with the public welfare. Such

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order may be entered upon the motion of the defendant or the
2
State or upon the court's own motion.
3

(f) Upon entry of the order, the court shall issue to the
4
person in whose favor the order has been entered a certificate
5
stating that his behavior after conviction has warranted the
6
issuance of the order.
7

(g) This Section shall not affect the right of a defendant
8
to collaterally attack his conviction or to rely on it in bar
9
of subsequent proceedings for the same offense.
10

(h) No application for any license specified in subsection
11
(i) of this Section granted under the authority of this State
12
shall be denied by reason of an eligible offender who has
13
obtained a certificate of relief from disabilities, as defined
14
in Article 5.5 of this Chapter, having been previously
15
convicted of one or more criminal offenses, or by reason of a
16
finding of lack of "good moral character" when the finding is
17
based upon the fact that the applicant has previously been
18
convicted of one or more criminal offenses, unless:
19

(1) there is a direct relationship between one or more
20

of the previous criminal offenses and the specific license
21

sought; or
22

(2) the issuance of the license would involve an
23

unreasonable risk to property or to the safety or welfare
24

of specific individuals or the general public.
25

In making such a determination, the licensing agency shall
26
consider the following factors:

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(1) the public policy of this State, as expressed in
2

Article 5.5 of this Chapter, to encourage the licensure
3

and employment of persons previously convicted of one or
4

more criminal offenses;
5

(2) the specific duties and responsibilities
6

necessarily related to the license being sought;
7

(3) the bearing, if any, the criminal offenses or
8

offenses for which the person was previously convicted
9

will have on his or her fitness or ability to perform one
10

or more such duties and responsibilities;
11

(4) the time which has elapsed since the occurrence of
12

the criminal offense or offenses;
13

(5) the age of the person at the time of occurrence of
14

the criminal offense or offenses;
15

(6) the seriousness of the offense or offenses;
16

(7) any information produced by the person or produced
17

on his or her behalf in regard to his or her rehabilitation
18

and good conduct, including a certificate of relief from
19

disabilities issued to the applicant, which certificate
20

shall create a presumption of rehabilitation in regard to
21

the offense or offenses specified in the certificate; and
22

(8) the legitimate interest of the licensing agency in
23

protecting property, and the safety and welfare of
24

specific individuals or the general public.
25

(i) A certificate of relief from disabilities shall be
26
issued only for a license or certification issued under the

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following Acts:
2

(1) the Animal Welfare Act; except that a certificate
3

of relief from disabilities may not be granted to provide
4

for the issuance or restoration of a license under the
5

Animal Welfare Act for any person convicted of violating
6

Section 3, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.03-1, or 4.01 of the Humane
7

Care for Animals Act or Section 26-5 or 48-1 of the
8

Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
9

(2) the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act;
10

(3) the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding,
11

and Nail Technology Act of 1985;
12

(4) the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Repairer Regulation
13

Act;
14

(5) the Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act;
15

(6) the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of
16

1984;
17

(7) the Illinois Farm Labor Contractor Certification
18

Act;
19

(8) the Registered Interior Designers Act;
20

(9) the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of
21

1989;
22

(10) the Landscape Architecture Registration Act;
23

(11) the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act;
24

(12) the Private Employment Agency Act;
25

(13) the Professional Counselor and Clinical
26

Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act;

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(14) the Real Estate License Act of 2000;
2

(15) the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act;
3

(16) the Professional Engineering Practice Act of
4

1989;
5

(17) the Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor's
6

License Act;
7

(18) the Electrologist Licensing Act;
8

(19) the Auction License Act;
9

(20) the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989;
10

(21) the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act;
11

(22) the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing
12

Act;
13

(23) the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing
14

Code;
15

(24) (blank);
16

(25) the Professional Geologist Licensing Act;
17

(26) the Illinois Public Accounting Act; and
18

(27) the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989.
19
(Source: P.A. 102-284, eff. 8-6-21; 103-562, eff. 11-17-23.)

20

Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect January
21
1, 2026.

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