---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS-PETITION FILING TIME"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Requires that nomination petitions be filed not more than 106 days and not less than 102 days before a primary election or consolidated election (now, not more than 99 days and not less than 92 days before a general primary election and not more than 78 days and not less than 71 days before a consolidated primary election or consolidated election). Requires that certain public question petitions be filed not less than 106 (now, 78) days before a regular election in 2011 or thereafter. Permits the seeking of judicial review of a petition objection decision, with respect to elections in 2011 and thereafter, within 5 (now, 10) days after the decision. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 3012"
citation: "Illinois SB 3012 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-02-04"
last_action: "2010-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4984ad1-40a6-4f69-bda5-f9b745b64600"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3012&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=50345&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "3fb12c00b3175246962edcfe9e854358f47b7e449c0ae8667a108560d2731bf4"
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 3012 (96th) — ELECTIONS-PETITION FILING TIME

Amends the Election Code. Requires that nomination petitions be filed not more than 106 days and not less than 102 days before a primary election or consolidated election (now, not more than 99 days and not less than 92 days before a general primary election and not more than 78 days and not less than 71 days before a consolidated primary election or consolidated election). Requires that certain public question petitions be filed not less than 106 (now, 78) days before a regular election in 2011 or thereafter. Permits the seeking of judicial review of a petition objection decision, with respect to elections in 2011 and thereafter, within 5 (now, 10) days after the decision. 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=09600SB3012&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=50345&DocNum=3012&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3012eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=50345&DocNum=3012&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3012enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=50345&DocNum=3012&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **63–47** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **70–47** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **37–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry Link — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2010-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Assigned to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** Do Pass Elections; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010
- **2010-03-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010
- **2010-03-12** Third Reading - Passed; 045-004-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-18** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-24** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 28, 2010
- **2010-05-24** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-24** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2010-05-24** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
- **2010-05-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-05-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-05-25** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-05-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-05-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-05-25** Questioned Placement on 3rd Reading while Note Request Pending Rep. Bill Black
- **2010-05-25** Chair Ruled Note Request not submitted in Timely Manner
- **2010-05-25** Shall the Chair be Sustained
- **2010-05-25** Motion to Sustain the Chair - Prevailed 070-047-000
- **2010-05-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2010-05-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2010-05-26** Removed from Short Debate Status
- **2010-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Extended Debate
- **2010-05-26** Third Reading - Extended Debate - Passed 063-047-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-05-26** Verified
- **2010-05-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2010-05-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2010-05-26** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2010-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 27, 2010
- **2010-05-26** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Terry Link
- **2010-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Terry Link `filing`
- **2010-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 008-004-000
- **2010-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 037-018-000
- **2010-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-06** Effective Date July 6, 2010
- **2010-07-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1008 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4984ad1-40a6-4f69-bda5-f9b745b64600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).