---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTY BD ELEC COMMISSIONERS"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Provides that a county board in a county in which there is no city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners that has established a county board of election commissioners may, by ordinance or resolution, dissolve the county board of election commissioners and transfer its functions to the county clerk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5123"
citation: "Illinois HB 5123 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f17d073d-4e6b-426b-84c3-4f108fefc8ae"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5123&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110743&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "defe408a3d6efb3b2d8ddfe97fb424ef6c68f370282efcfc8272af6624540d3e"
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 5123 (100th) — COUNTY BD ELEC COMMISSIONERS

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a county board in a county in which there is no city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners that has established a county board of election commissioners may, by ordinance or resolution, dissolve the county board of election commissioners and transfer its functions to the county clerk.

## 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=10000HB5123&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110743&DocNum=5123&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5123eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110743&DocNum=5123&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5123enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110743&DocNum=5123&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Conroy — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
- John F. Curran — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Connelly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Deb Conroy `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Peter Breen
- **2018-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- **2018-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2018-04-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Finance Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2018-04-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2018-04-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2018-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2018-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
- **2018-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
- **2018-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2018-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2018-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2018-05-03** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2018
- **2018-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2018-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2018
- **2018-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 041-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0628 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f17d073d-4e6b-426b-84c3-4f108fefc8ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).