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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ELECTIONS-KIDS IN VOTING BOOTH"
+description: "Amends the Election Code. Permits minor children to accompany their parent or guardian into the voting booth."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 1125"
+citation: "Illinois HB 1125 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-02-08"
+last_action: "2005-07-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a573202-dd35-4d64-a6f5-3e47a302f1d8"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1125&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15870&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "e1c7a02f42fa3fc4169d81867b417a050f0c4f3ce17d9a478c2daca4a9be6fca"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 1125 (94th) — ELECTIONS-KIDS IN VOTING BOOTH
+
+Amends the Election Code. Permits minor children to accompany their parent or guardian into the voting booth.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1125&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15870&DocNum=1125&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1125eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15870&DocNum=1125&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1125enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15870&DocNum=1125&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)
+- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `filing`
+- **2005-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
+- **2005-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
+- **2005-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
+- **2005-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
+- **2005-02-08** Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
+- **2005-02-08** Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
+- **2005-02-08** Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
+- **2005-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
+- **2005-02-16** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
+- **2005-02-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2005-02-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2005-02-23** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-02-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
+- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
+- **2005-03-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2005-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2005-03-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2005 `reading-1`
+- **2005-03-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
+- **2005-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-03-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
+- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
+- **2005-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
+- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
+- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2006
+- **2005-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0288 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a573202-dd35-4d64-a6f5-3e47a302f1d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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