---
type: "Bill"
title: "BRANCH POLLING PLACE-CO JAIL"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 825"
citation: "Illinois SB 825 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Harmon", "Maurice A. West, II"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 67
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/063a794a-756c-406b-a435-e945761cf69f"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=825&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133452&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "eda139744f57ed9a44392d9074444c32fbf0dfa5601dc335fe8bf9188aafce6a"
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 825 (102nd) — BRANCH POLLING PLACE-CO JAIL

Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0825.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0825eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0825ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0825ham002.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0825sam001.pdf)
6. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0825sam002.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0825enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **72–46** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **41–18** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **43–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel Chris Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2021-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2021
- **2021-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 13, 2021
- **2021-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John Connor `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2021-04-20** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John Connor
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John Connor `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 015-000-000
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 015-000-000
- **2021-04-22** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Connor `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Connor `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Passed; 043-015-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
- **2021-04-27** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Ethics & Elections Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Ethics & Elections Committee; 010-006-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-05-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-28** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2021
- **2021-05-30** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- **2021-05-30** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2021-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
- **2021-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2021-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Ethics & Elections Committee
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Ethics & Elections Committee; 011-007-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-31** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2021-05-31** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-31** Removed from Short Debate Status
- **2021-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2021-05-31** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 072-046-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-31** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
- **2021-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 31, 2021
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2021-05-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 041-018-000
- **2021-05-31** Senate Concurs
- **2021-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2021-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17** Effective Date June 17, 2021; Some Provisions Effective July 1, 2023
- **2021-06-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0015 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/063a794a-756c-406b-a435-e945761cf69f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).