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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ELECTIONS-NURSING HOMES"
+description: "Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person admitted to a hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center (now, hospital) 5 or fewer days before an election is entitled to personal delivery of an absentee ballot. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 203"
+citation: "Illinois HB 203 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-01-13"
+last_action: "2005-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd33825a-6e4f-4b16-9a6d-c825d1b83d13"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=203&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14416&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "ce482eed23bc55118178a2898d39191fb7b177db2b5832cc91de739ead192d13"
+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 203 (94th) — ELECTIONS-NURSING HOMES
+
+Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person admitted to a hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center (now, hospital) 5 or fewer days before an election is entitled to personal delivery of an absentee ballot. Effective immediately.
+
+## 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=09400HB0203&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14416&DocNum=203&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0203eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14416&DocNum=203&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0203enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14416&DocNum=203&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard P. Myers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Richard P. Myers `filing`
+- **2005-01-13** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-01-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-02-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-02-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
+- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
+- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
+- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
+- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
+- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
+- **2005-02-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2005-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 16, 2005 `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
+- **2005-02-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
+- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
+- **2005-03-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
+- **2005-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
+- **2005-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
+- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
+- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
+- **2005-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
+- **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
+- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
+- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
+- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
+- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2005-05-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
+- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-06-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-06-14** Effective Date June 14, 2005
+- **2005-06-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0018 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd33825a-6e4f-4b16-9a6d-c825d1b83d13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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