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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ELEC-PETITION FORMS"
+description: "Amends the Election Code. Provides that when the secretary or clerk of the political subdivision provides the form for a back door referendum petition, the legal sufficiency of the form cannot be the basis for a challenge to placing the referendum on the ballot. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "SB 1637"
+citation: "Illinois SB 1637 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-02-23"
+last_action: "2005-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/268c50d7-2b3c-4d10-8d6f-5b70da2d7640"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1637&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=19706&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "1b93d44df0cc3487e0966285b9ed844e74b032220bb95a597d9ff7cff6e69763"
+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 SB 1637 (94th) — ELEC-PETITION FORMS
+
+Amends the Election Code. Provides that when the secretary or clerk of the political subdivision provides the form for a back door referendum petition, the legal sufficiency of the form cannot be the basis for a challenge to placing the referendum on the 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=09400SB1637&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19706&DocNum=1637&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1637eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19706&DocNum=1637&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1637enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19706&DocNum=1637&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christine Radogno — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-02-23** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `filing`
+- **2005-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-02** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-09** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2005
+- **2005-04-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2005
+- **2005-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2005-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
+- **2005-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Eileen Lyons
+- **2005-04-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
+- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2005-04-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-05-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-03** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-05-31** 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 . . . . . . . . . 94-0030 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/268c50d7-2b3c-4d10-8d6f-5b70da2d7640`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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