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HB1445 • 2026
ELEC CD-UNIVERSITY VOTE HOURS
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ELEC CD-UNIVERSITY VOTE HOURS
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Ethics & Elections
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Ethics & Elections
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Ethics & Elections
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nabeela Syed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Ethics & Elections
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nabeela Syed
ELEC CD-UNIVERSITY VOTE HOURS
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Full Text of HB1445 Home Legislation Full Text HB1445 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1445 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-12 Amends the Election Code. In provisions concerning public university voting, provides that each appropriate election authority must conduct voting, grace period registration, and grace period voting from the 6th day before a general primary or general election through the day before (currently the 4th day before) a general primary or general election from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Provides that the voting required by the provision must be conducted on the day of a general primary or general election from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. LRB104 05135 SPS 15164 b A BILL FOR HB1445 LRB104 05135 SPS 15164 b 1 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 Section 1-12 as follows: 6 (10 ILCS 5/1-12) 7 Sec. 1-12. Public university voting. 8 (a) Each appropriate election authority shall, in addition 9 to the early voting conducted at locations otherwise required 10 by law, conduct early voting, grace period registration, and 11 grace period voting at the student union on the campus of a 12 public university within the election authority's 13 jurisdiction. The voting required by this subsection (a) to be 14 conducted on campus must be conducted from the 6th day before a 15 general primary or general election through until and 16 including the 4th day before a general primary or general 17 election from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 5 p.m. , must be conducted on 18 the day of a general primary or general election from 6:00 a.m. 19 to 7:00 p.m., and must be conducted as otherwise required by 20 Article 19A of this Code . The , except that the voting required 21 by this subsection (a) need not be conducted during a 22 consolidated primary or consolidated election. If an election 23 authority has voting equipment that can accommodate a ballot HB1445 - 2 - LRB104 05135 SPS 15164 b 1 in every form required in the election authority's 2 jurisdiction, then the election authority shall extend early 3 voting and grace period registration and voting under this 4 Section to any registered voter in the election authority's 5 jurisdiction. However, if the election authority does not have 6 voting equipment that can accommodate a ballot in every form 7 required in the election authority's jurisdiction, then the 8 election authority may limit early voting and grace period 9 registration and voting under this Section to voters in 10 precincts where the public university is located and precincts 11 bordering the university. Each public university shall make 12 the space available at the student union for, and cooperate 13 and coordinate with the appropriate election authority in, the 14 implementation of this subsection (a). 15 (b) (Blank). 16 (c) For the purposes of this Section, "public university" 17 means the University of Illinois, Illinois State University, 18 Chicago State University, Governors State University, Southern 19 Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Eastern 20 Illinois University, Western Illinois University, and 21 Northeastern Illinois University. 22 (d) For the purposes of this Section, "student union" 23 means the Student Center at 750 S. Halsted on the University of 24 Illinois-Chicago campus; the Public Affairs Center at the 25 University of Illinois at Springfield or a new building 26 completed after the effective date of this Act housing student HB1445 - 3 - LRB104 05135 SPS 15164 b 1 government at the University of Illinois at Springfield; the 2 Illini Union at the University of Illinois at 3 Urbana-Champaign; the SIUC Student Center at the Southern 4 Illinois University at Carbondale campus; the Morris 5 University Center at the Southern Illinois University at 6 Edwardsville campus; the University Union at the Western 7 Illinois University at the Macomb campus; the Holmes Student 8 Center at the Northern Illinois University campus; the 9 University Union at the Eastern Illinois University campus; 10 NEIU Student Union at the Northeastern Illinois University 11 campus; the Bone Student Center at the Illinois State 12 University campus; the Cordell Reed Student Union at the 13 Chicago State University campus; and the Hall of Governors in 14 Building D at the Governors State University campus. 15 (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 16 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.) 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