---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELEC CD-TABULATION OF VOTES"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Provides that, until December 31, 2019 (previously, 2015), in elections at which fractional cumulative votes are cast and a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is used, the tabulation of those votes may be made by the election authority at its central office location, and 4 copies of a \"Certificate of Results\" shall be printed by the automatic tabulation equipment and shall be posted in 4 conspicuous places at the central office location. Effective July 1, 2016."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2468"
citation: "Illinois SB 2468 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-09"
last_action: "2016-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/629f5d05-bd8a-4518-b480-a8e31e4c06a2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2468&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=94369&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "292249c333e92b051cf28ad69ff20e487fac1e19458047132bf1ab3f2ba10824"
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 2468 (99th) — ELEC CD-TABULATION OF VOTES

Amends the Election Code. Provides that, until December 31, 2019 (previously, 2015), in elections at which fractional cumulative votes are cast and a Direct Recording Electronic Voting System is used, the tabulation of those votes may be made by the election authority at its central office location, and 4 copies of a "Certificate of Results" shall be printed by the automatic tabulation equipment and shall be posted in 4 conspicuous places at the central office location. Effective July 1, 2016.

## 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=09900SB2468&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=94369&DocNum=2468&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2468eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=94369&DocNum=2468&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2468enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=94369&DocNum=2468&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `filing`
- **2016-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-17** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2016
- **2016-03-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 8, 2016
- **2016-04-20** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
- **2016-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-13** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2016
- **2016-05-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-29** Effective Date July 29, 2016
- **2016-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0701 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/629f5d05-bd8a-4518-b480-a8e31e4c06a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).