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Bill	ELEC CODE-STUDENT VOTE	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a student entitled to vote in a primary, general, or special election or at any election at which propositions are submitted to a popular vote in the State, with consent from his or her school, is entitled to absent himself or herself for 2 hours to vote and that the school may specify the hours in which the student may absent himself or herself.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 1970	Illinois SB 1970 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	53	2	2019-02-15	2020-01-23	openstates	ocd-bill/032f15b9-f7ee-46c4-a6c9-b2ee0b584463	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1970&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=119891&SessionID=108&GA=101	bccf2c545c3606261cfcc84dffcd3f6f7564afd1d936ece5ddb7c10f3bb2c43d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1970 (101st) — ELEC CODE-STUDENT VOTE

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a student entitled to vote in a primary, general, or special election or at any election at which propositions are submitted to a popular vote in the State, with consent from his or her school, is entitled to absent himself or herself for 2 hours to vote and that the school may specify the hours in which the student may absent himself or herself.

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 — 74–40 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Nicholas K. Smith — primary (person)
• Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
• Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. filing
• 2019-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2019-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
• 2019-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2019-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2019-03-13 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2019-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2019-03-13 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
• 2019-03-13 Do Pass Executive; 014-001-003 committee-passage
• 2019-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2019
• 2019-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2019
• 2019-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2019-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 014-002-000
• 2019-04-04 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Sims amendment-passage
• 2019-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2019-04-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2019-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 040-010-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
• 2019-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
• 2019-05-10 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-10-28 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2019-10-28 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Executive Committee; Rep. Gregory Harris
• 2019-10-28 Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
• 2019-10-28 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) November 27, 2019
• 2019-10-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2019-10-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-10-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-10-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-10-28 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-10-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-10-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-040-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-10-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2019-10-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
• 2019-10-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva
• 2019-10-29 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2019-10-29 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
• 2019-10-29 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Celina Villanueva
• 2019-10-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-11-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-01-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2020-01-23 Effective Date June 1, 2020
• 2020-01-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0624 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/032f15b9-f7ee-46c4-a6c9-b2ee0b584463. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).