---
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).