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HB4222 • 2026
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Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Ethics & Elections
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Martha Deuter
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Full Text of HB4222 Home Legislation Full Text HB4222 - 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 HB4222 Introduced 1/14/2026, by Rep. Martha Deuter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/9-15 from Ch. 46, par. 9-15 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a political committee may opt to receive notification of the filing dates for each quarterly report electronically by email by indicating its preference to receive notification electronically on its statement of organization or by filing a quarterly report of campaign contributions electronically. Effective January 1, 2027. LRB104 16321 SPS 29707 b A BILL FOR HB4222 LRB104 16321 SPS 29707 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 9-15 as follows: 6 (10 ILCS 5/9-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-15) 7 Sec. 9-15. It shall be the duty of the Board: 8 (1) to develop prescribed forms for filing statements 9 of organization and required reports; 10 (2) to prepare, publish, and furnish to the 11 appropriate persons a manual of instructions setting forth 12 recommended uniform methods of bookkeeping and reporting 13 under this Article; 14 (3) to prescribe suitable rules and regulations to 15 carry out the provisions of this Article. Such rules and 16 regulations shall be published and made available to the 17 public; 18 (4) to send by first class mail, after the general 19 primary election in even numbered years, to the chair of 20 each regularly constituted State central committee, county 21 central committee and, in counties with a population of 22 more than 3,000,000, to the committeepersons of each 23 township and ward organization of each political party HB4222 - 2 - LRB104 16321 SPS 29707 b 1 notice of their obligations under this Article, along with 2 a form for filing the statement of organization; 3 (5) to promptly make all reports and statements filed 4 under this Article available for public inspection and 5 copying no later than 2 business days after their receipt 6 and to permit copying of any such report or statement at 7 the expense of the person requesting the copy; 8 (6) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing 9 system consistent with the purposes of this Article; 10 (7) to compile and maintain a list of all statements 11 or parts of statements pertaining to each candidate; 12 (8) to prepare and publish such reports as the Board 13 may deem appropriate; 14 (9) to annually notify each political committee that 15 has filed a statement of organization with the Board of 16 the filing dates for each quarterly report, provided that 17 the such notification shall be made by first-class mail , 18 unless the political committee opts to receive 19 notification electronically by via email by indicating its 20 preference to receive the notification electronically on 21 its statement of organization or by filing a quarterly 22 report of campaign contributions electronically ; and 23 (10) to promptly send, by first class mail directed 24 only to the officers of a political committee, and by 25 certified mail to the address of the political committee, 26 written notice of any fine or penalty assessed or imposed HB4222 - 3 - LRB104 16321 SPS 29707 b 1 against the political committee under this Article. 2 (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.) 3 Section 99. 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