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HB2666 • 2026
MUNI CD-STAGGERED ELECTIONS
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MUNI CD-STAGGERED ELECTIONS
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Ethics & Elections
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Ethics & Elections
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones
MUNI CD-STAGGERED ELECTIONS
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Full Text of HB2666 Home Legislation Full Text HB2666 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2666 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-22 from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-22 Amends the Elected City Officers Division of the Municipal Code. Requires every municipality to stagger the terms of its alderpersons (rather than allowing municipalities to adopt a proposition to stagger the terms of its alderpersons). Provides that, if a municipality has not adopted a proposition to stagger the terms of alderpersons before the effective date of the amendatory Act, then at the next regular election for alderpersons one alderperson shall be elected from each even-numbered ward for a term of 2 years and one alderperson shall be elected from each odd-numbered ward for a term of 4 years and their successors shall be elected for terms of 4 years. Provides that the City of Chicago and the City of Chicago Heights are not required to stagger the elections of their alderpersons. LRB104 10594 RTM 20670 b A BILL FOR HB2666 LRB104 10594 RTM 20670 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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 5 changing Section 3.1-20-22 as follows: 6 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-22) 7 Sec. 3.1-20-22. Alderpersons; staggered terms. 8 (a) Every municipality shall stagger the terms of its 9 alderpersons. In any city of less than 100,000 inhabitants, a 10 proposition to stagger the terms of alderpersons, with as 11 nearly as possible one-half of the alderpersons elected every 12 2 years, shall be certified by the city clerk to the proper 13 election authority, who shall submit the proposition at an 14 election in accordance with the general election law, if a 15 petition requesting that action is signed by electors of the 16 city numbering at least 10% of the total vote cast at the last 17 election for mayor of the city and is filed with the city 18 clerk. 19 The ballot shall have printed on it, but not as a part of 20 the proposition submitted, the following information for 21 voters: one alderperson elected from each even-numbered ward 22 shall serve a term of 2 years; one alderperson elected from 23 each odd-numbered ward shall serve a term of 4 years. HB2666 - 2 - LRB104 10594 RTM 20670 b 1 The proposition shall be substantially in the following 2 form: 3 Shall (name of city) adopt a system of staggered terms 4 for alderpersons? 5 If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote in 6 favor of it, then at 7 (b) If a municipality has not adopted has not adopted a 8 proposition to stagger the terms of alderpersons before the 9 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General 10 Assembly, then at the next regular election for alderpersons 11 one alderperson shall be elected from each even-numbered ward 12 for a term of 2 years and one alderperson shall be elected from 13 each odd-numbered ward for a term of 4 years. Thereafter, 14 their successors shall be elected for terms of 4 years. 15 (c) This Section does not apply to the City of Chicago or 16 the City of Chicago Heights. 17 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.) 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