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Bill	ELEC CD-HOSPITAL & MENTAL INS	Amends the Election Code. Provides that no patient who has resided for less than 180 days in any hospital or mental institution (rather than no patient of any hospital or mental institution) in the State shall by virtue of his or her abode at the hospital be deemed a resident or legal voter in an election district in which the hospital or mental institution is situated. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2477	Illinois HB 2477 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2017-02-07	2018-08-28	openstates	ocd-bill/251c4691-90ff-4336-b1d0-a275fae3919e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2477&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103553&SessionID=91&GA=100	257d2078784eaa5f4057bb61eefb507dbc43671e778d74d5c210fe92bbc70486	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2477 (100th) — ELEC CD-HOSPITAL & MENTAL INS

Amends the Election Code. Provides that no patient who has resided for less than 180 days in any hospital or mental institution (rather than no patient of any hospital or mental institution) in the State shall by virtue of his or her abode at the hospital be deemed a resident or legal voter in an election district in which the hospital or mental institution is situated. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)
• Kwame Raoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie filing
• 2017-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-10 To Voter Education & Registration Subcommittee
• 2017-03-30 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Elections & Campaign Finance Committee; 003-001-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-30 Reported Back To Elections & Campaign Finance Committee;
• 2017-03-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Finance Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-04 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2017-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-06 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2017-04-27 To Subcommittee on Election Law
• 2017-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2017-05-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on Election Law
• 2017-05-12 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
• 2017-05-19 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 26, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 Re-assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Re-assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive
• 2018-05-10 Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2018
• 2018-05-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-05-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2018
• 2018-05-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2018-05-25 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2018 reading-3
• 2018-05-31 Third Reading - Passed; 047-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-28 Effective Date August 28, 2018
• 2018-08-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1110 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/251c4691-90ff-4336-b1d0-a275fae3919e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).