---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELEC CD-DUPAGE PETITIONS"
description: "If Senate Bill 662 of the 95th General Assembly becomes law, amends the Election Code to remove the greater nominating petition signature requirement for county offices in DuPage County (from 1.5% to 0.5% of qualified primary voters). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1872"
citation: "Illinois SB 1872 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-01-10"
last_action: "2008-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96a4fdf0-101c-490b-8ff1-d39cece23f83"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1872&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=34450&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "a4788ad9f0d5c85e07bb37b2faacbc268afe613c7413fe0fe51382903e903e57"
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 1872 (95th) — ELEC CD-DUPAGE PETITIONS

If Senate Bill 662 of the 95th General Assembly becomes law, amends the Election Code to remove the greater nominating petition signature requirement for county offices in DuPage County (from 1.5% to 0.5% of qualified primary voters). 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=09500SB1872&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=34450&DocNum=1872&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1872eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=34450&DocNum=1872&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1872enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=34450&DocNum=1872&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **65–49** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-01-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2008-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-01-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2008-01-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2008-02-07** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-14** Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-004 `committee-passage`
- **2008-02-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2008
- **2008-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 28, 2008
- **2008-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
- **2008-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-19** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- **2008-05-28** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2008-05-28** Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2008-05-28** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
- **2008-05-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-30** Removed from Short Debate Status
- **2008-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Extended Debate
- **2008-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2008-05-30** Third Reading - Extended Debate - Passed 065-049-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-30** Verified
- **2008-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-26** Effective Date August 26, 2008
- **2008-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0916 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96a4fdf0-101c-490b-8ff1-d39cece23f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).