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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS"
+description: "Amends the Election Code. In the campaign finance Article, exempts communications exclusively between a labor organization and its members from the definition of electioneering communication. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 2564"
+citation: "Illinois HB 2564 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-02-18"
+last_action: "2005-08-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4f8fafa-7762-4c3b-97ae-7491159d5824"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2564&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18465&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "def1d02052da0ea0fdac07c5abb4085fcacdef7931433b8577558ee0ee40813a"
+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 2564 (94th) — ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS
+
+Amends the Election Code. In the campaign finance Article, exempts communications exclusively between a labor organization and its members from the definition of electioneering communication. 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=09400HB2564&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18465&DocNum=2564&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2564eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18465&DocNum=2564&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2564enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18465&DocNum=2564&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles E. Jefferson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson `filing`
+- **2005-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-24** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2005-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2005-03-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
+- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
+- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
+- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
+- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2005
+- **2005-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0461 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4f8fafa-7762-4c3b-97ae-7491159d5824`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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