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HB4574 • 2026
LOC GOV FELON ELIGIBILITY
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LOC GOV FELON ELIGIBILITY
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Ethics & Elections
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons
LOC GOV FELON ELIGIBILITY
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Full Text of HB4574 Home Legislation Full Text HB4574 - 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 HB4574 Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 60 ILCS 1/55-6 rep. 65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5 from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5 65 ILCS 5/6-3-9 from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-9 Specifies that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Public Office Eligibility and Criminal Conviction Clarification Act. Amends the Township Code. Repeals a provision that makes a person ineligible to hold any office under the Code if the person, at the time required for taking the oath of office, has been convicted of a felony. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a provision concerning qualification for specified elective offices, deletes provisions which prohibit a person from taking the oath of office if the person has been convicted of a felony. LRB104 19027 WRO 32472 b A BILL FOR HB4574 LRB104 19027 WRO 32472 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 1. References to Act. This Act may be referred to 5 as the Public Office Eligibility and Criminal Conviction 6 Clarification Act. 7 (60 ILCS 1/55-6 rep.) 8 Section 5. The Township Code is amended by repealing 9 Section 55-6. 10 Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 11 changing Sections 3.1-10-5 and 6-3-9 as follows: 12 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5) 13 Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office. 14 (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal 15 office unless that person is a qualified elector of the 16 municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one 17 year next preceding the election or appointment, except as 18 provided in Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 19 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11. 20 (b) A person is not eligible to take the oath of office for 21 a municipal office if that person is, at the time required for HB4574 - 2 - LRB104 19027 WRO 32472 b 1 taking the oath of office, in arrears in the payment of a tax 2 or other indebtedness due to the municipality . or has been 3 convicted in any court located in the United States of any 4 infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony, unless such 5 person is again restored to his or her rights of citizenship 6 that may have been forfeited under Illinois law as a result of 7 a conviction, which includes eligibility to hold elected 8 municipal office, by the terms of a pardon for the offense, has 9 received a restoration of rights by the Governor, or otherwise 10 according to law. Any time after a judgment of conviction is 11 rendered, a person convicted of an infamous crime, bribery, 12 perjury, or other felony may petition the Governor for a 13 restoration of rights. 14 The changes made to this subsection by this amendatory Act 15 of the 102nd General Assembly are declarative of existing law 16 and apply to all persons elected at the April 4, 2017 17 consolidated election and to persons elected or appointed 18 thereafter. 19 (b-5) (Blank). 20 (c) A person is not eligible for the office of alderperson 21 of a ward unless that person has resided in the ward that the 22 person seeks to represent, and a person is not eligible for the 23 office of trustee of a district unless that person has resided 24 in the municipality, at least one year next preceding the 25 election or appointment, except as provided in Section 26 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, HB4574 - 3 - LRB104 19027 WRO 32472 b 1 or Section 5-2-11. 2 (d) If a person (i) is a resident of a municipality 3 immediately prior to the active duty military service of that 4 person or that person's spouse, (ii) resides anywhere outside 5 of the municipality during that active duty military service, 6 and (iii) immediately upon completion of that active duty 7 military service is again a resident of the municipality, then 8 the time during which the person resides outside the 9 municipality during the active duty military service is deemed 10 to be time during which the person is a resident of the 11 municipality for purposes of determining the residency 12 requirement under subsection (a). 13 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.) 14 (65 ILCS 5/6-3-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-9) 15 Sec. 6-3-9. Qualifications of mayor, city clerk, city 16 treasurer and alderpersons - eligibility for other office. No 17 person shall be eligible to the office of mayor, city clerk, 18 city treasurer or alderperson: 19 (1) Unless he is a qualified elector of the 20 municipality and has resided therein at least one year 21 next preceding his election or appointment; or 22 (2) Unless, in the case of alderpersons, he resides 23 within the ward for which he is elected; or 24 (3) If he is in arrears in the payment of any tax or 25 other indebtedness due to the city . ; or HB4574 - 4 - LRB104 19027 WRO 32472 b 1 (4) If he has been convicted in Illinois state courts 2 or in courts of the United States of malfeasance in 3 office, bribery, or other infamous crime. 4 No alderperson shall be eligible to any office, except 5 that of acting mayor or mayor pro tem, the salary of which is 6 payable out of the city treasury, if at the time of his 7 appointment he is a member of the city council. 8 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.) 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