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HB0690 • 2026
LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH
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Arrive in Senate
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-030-001
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Counties & Townships Committee ; 010-000-000
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
Approved for Consideration Rules Committee ; 005-000-000
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Third Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 31, 2025
Second Reading - Short Debate
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate **
Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee ; 012-000-000
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
Assigned to Executive Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH
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Full Text of HB0690 Home Legislation Full Text HB0690 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed House Amendment 001 Open PDF HB0690 Engrossed LRB104 04577 RTM 14604 b 1 AN ACT concerning local government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing 5 Section 3-2007 as follows: 6 (55 ILCS 5/3-2007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-2007) 7 Sec. 3-2007. Office quarters and hours; violation. 8 (a) The county clerk shall keep the clerk's office at the 9 court house of the county, or at such other place as may be 10 provided for the clerk by the authorities of such county seat 11 and shall keep the office open and attend to the duties 12 thereof: 13 (1) (a) In counties of 500,000 or more population from 14 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. of each working day except Saturday 15 afternoons and legal holidays, but the clerk may open the 16 office at 8 a. m. on each working day: 17 (2) (b) In counties of less than 500,000 population 18 from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. of each working day except 19 Saturdays and legal holidays, but in such counties the 20 office shall remain open until noon the Saturday before 21 general, primary or special election days. 22 Except as otherwise required under subsection (b), all 23 county clerk's offices must be closed for all legal holidays. HB0690 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 04577 RTM 14604 b 1 The Provided, that the days on which the county clerk's such 2 office shall be open and the hours of opening and closing of 3 the office of the county clerk , except for any day that is a 4 legal holiday, may be changed and otherwise fixed and 5 determined by the county board of any county. Any such action 6 taken by the county board shall be by an appropriate 7 resolution passed at a regular meeting. 8 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, 9 when any election is held and the results of such election are 10 required by law to be returned to the county clerk, the office 11 of the county clerk shall remain open for the purpose of 12 receiving such results from the time of opening of the polls 13 until the returns from each precinct have been received. 14 (c) Any county clerk who fails to keep the clerk's office 15 open for the purpose of receiving election returns as required 16 by this Section commits a business offense, and shall be fined 17 not less than $500 nor more than $5,000. 18 (Source: P.A. 101-253, eff. 8-9-19.) Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. 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