HB 2469 Illinois House · 100th Regular Session

ELEC CD-FOREIGN LANG BALLOT

Summary
Amends the Election Code. Requires each election authority to report to the State Board of Elections all census tracts within its jurisdiction in which more than 10% of the persons who speak the same foreign language have been identified as having limited English proficiency, as reported in the American Community Survey. Provides that those reports shall be made in 2018 and then each year ending in a 1 or a 6. Provides that, beginning with the general election held in 2018, any election authority reporting that more than 10% of persons residing within a census tract speaking the same foreign language have been identified as having limited English proficiency shall make certain election information available in the primary non-English language of those persons having limited English proficiency. Effective immediately.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2017 Last action Jan 8, 2019
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13
Key actions
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Committee
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Apr 28, 2017
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 30, 2017
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Finance Committee; 010-006-000
lower
Mar 30, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported Back To Elections & Campaign Finance Committee;
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Mar 30, 2017
Lower · Passed
Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Elections & Campaign Finance Committee; 005-000-000
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Mar 10, 2017
Lower · Passed
To Ballot Access Subcommittee
lower
Feb 22, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Elections & Campaign Finance Committee
lower
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
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