---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELEC CD-ELECTRONIC BALLOTS"
description: "ELEC CD-ELECTRONIC BALLOTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 644"
citation: "Illinois HB 644 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-13T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1d77f47-d929-4e09-822a-e9a7e174c0d8"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "5d3b0b1d6b7111f95d1358c8e4537671c436d48f603e56514c1371f61b71a340"
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 644 (90th) — ELEC CD-ELECTRONIC BALLOTS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0644LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- BUTLER — cosponsor (person)
- CLAYTON — cosponsor (person)
- GILES — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-13T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-13T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CLAYTON
- **1997-02-13T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STATE GOV ADM `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-002-000 HSGE
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED CLAYTON
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED CLAYTON
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-GILES
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-GILES
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-GILES
- **1997-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 079-034-002 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR BUTLER
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR JACOBS
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOC GOV & ELE `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **1998-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **1998-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LOCAL GOVERN S
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-LOCAL GOVERN S
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 007-001-000 SLGV
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-05-12
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-05-14
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1998-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01,02/GILES
- **1998-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1998-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HSGE/01,02
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION - COMPLIANCE 01/012-000-000
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION - COMPLIANCE 02/012-000-000
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1998-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02/115-001-000
- **1998-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-19T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-08-14
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0745

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1d77f47-d929-4e09-822a-e9a7e174c0d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).