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SB0060 • 2026
ELEC CD-VOTE BY MAIL TRACKER
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ELEC CD-VOTE BY MAIL TRACKER
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026
To Elections
Re-assigned to Executive
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
To Elections
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
Assigned to Executive
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
ELEC CD-VOTE BY MAIL TRACKER
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Full Text of SB0060 Home Legislation Full Text SB0060 - 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 SB0060 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/19-25 new Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections, in conjunction with election authorities, to implement a secure, free access system available to voters by January 1, 2026. Provides that the system shall allow a voter to track receipt of the voter's vote by mail ballot and check the ballot's status with the election authority. Requires the election authority to make the system available to vote by mail voters from the first day that vote by mail ballots are accepted until 30 days after completion of the official canvass. Effective immediately. LRB104 03081 SPS 13099 b A BILL FOR SB0060 LRB104 03081 SPS 13099 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 adding Section 5 19-25 as follows: 6 (10 ILCS 5/19-25 new) 7 Sec. 19-25. Vote by mail tracking. In conjunction with 8 election authorities, the State Board of Elections shall 9 implement by January 1, 2026 a secure, free access system 10 available to voters in each election authority that allows 11 each vote by mail voter to: 12 (1) track the delivery and receipt of the voter's vote 13 by mail ballot by the election authority; and 14 (2) learn if the voter's vote by mail ballot was 15 accepted for counting and, if not, the reason why the 16 ballot was rejected. 17 For each election, the election authority shall make the 18 secure, free access system available to vote by mail voters 19 from the first day that vote by mail ballots are accepted until 20 30 days after completion of the official canvass. 21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 22 becoming law. 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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