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Bill	ELEC CD-NUMBER OF ELEC JUDGES	Amends the Election Code. Provides that county boards outside of the jurisdiction of boards of election commissioners may reduce the number of judges of election from 5 to 3 for primary elections. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 539	Illinois HB 539 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2017-01-24	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/fa5f7d5c-c709-47cd-99dd-ca0fe0d323a1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=539&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=100736&SessionID=91&GA=100	f8d489a417c601432c49e869f9fac0ab5a233733f64a8a27a7bc110d3dc6d714	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 539 (100th) — ELEC CD-NUMBER OF ELEC JUDGES

Amends the Election Code. Provides that county boards outside of the jurisdiction of boards of election commissioners may reduce the number of judges of election from 5 to 3 for primary elections. 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 — 54–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 99–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Katie Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman filing
• 2017-01-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2017-03-06 To Election Administration Subcommittee
• 2017-03-30 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Elections & Campaign Finance Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-30 Reported Back To Elections & Campaign Finance Committee;
• 2017-03-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Finance Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-26 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2017-04-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2017-04-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-011-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jim Oberweis
• 2017-05-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2017-05-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-05 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2017-05-12 Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2017
• 2017-05-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
• 2017-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2017
• 2017-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0337 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa5f7d5c-c709-47cd-99dd-ca0fe0d323a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).