HB 4517 Illinois House · 100th Regular Session

ELECTIONS-IDOC VOTER REG

Summary
Amends the Election Code. Allows for the automatic voter registration of persons released from the Department of Corrections and issued standard Illinois Identification Cards by the Secretary of State. Includes the Department of Corrections as a "designated automatic voter registration agency" and a "designated government agency" for the purposes of registering voters under the Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall be considered a designated government agency until the designated automatic voter registration agency provisions of the Code are fully implemented, at which point, the Department of Corrections shall be considered a designated automatic voter registration agency, and cease to be a designated government agency. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that upon the release of a committed person on parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, pardon, or release for wrongful imprisonment, the Department of Corrections shall provide such person with information concerning voter registration. Makes a conforming change in the Code. Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act to make a conforming change.
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Introduction
Feb 2018
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2018 Last action Jan 8, 2019
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Apr 13, 2018
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 7, 2018
Committee
Assigned to Elections & Campaign Finance Committee
lower
Feb 2, 2018
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
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