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| Bill | VOTING BY MINORS ACT | Creates the Voting by Minors Act. Requires the State Board of Elections and State Board of Education to jointly develop a program under which kindergarten through 12th grade students in participating school districts located in participating counties vote in a simulated election conducted at actual polling places in conjunction with the 2004 general election. Provides that implementation of the program shall be accomplished with volunteers and private funding. Requires the State Board of Elections and State Board of Education to develop an educational component of the program to be offered to the schools of participating districts and to adopt rules preparatory to the program's implementation. Specifies reporting and timetable requirements. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 93rd | HB 30 | Illinois HB 30 (93rd) |
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enacted | 3 | 34 | 2 | 2002-12-17 | 2003-07-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/d83c7e1e-037e-4bdf-814d-6868e3b32b12 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=30&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=165&SessionID=3&GA=93 | 91b83be710fddadc240db2211e868953a052026c3f247385e929b496e0d20e1e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 30 (93rd) — VOTING BY MINORS ACT
Creates the Voting by Minors Act. Requires the State Board of Elections and State Board of Education to jointly develop a program under which kindergarten through 12th grade students in participating school districts located in participating counties vote in a simulated election conducted at actual polling places in conjunction with the 2004 general election. Provides that implementation of the program shall be accomplished with volunteers and private funding. Requires the State Board of Elections and State Board of Education to develop an educational component of the program to be offered to the schools of participating districts and to adopt rules preparatory to the program's implementation. Specifies reporting and timetable requirements. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 113–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- James T. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Lang — primary (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2002-12-17 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang
filing - 2003-01-08 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-01-08 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-01-23 Assigned to Elections and Campaign Reform Committee
referral-committee - 2003-01-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections and Campaign Reform Committee; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-01-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-01-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- 2003-02-04 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2003-02-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-02-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000
reading-3, passage - 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary K. O'Brien
- 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- 2003-02-18 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2003-02-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 19, 2003
reading-1 - 2003-03-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- 2003-03-19 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-03-19 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-03-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- 2003-04-10 Assigned to Local Government
referral-committee - 2003-04-30 Do Pass Local Government; 008-002-000
committee-passage - 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- 2003-05-06 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- 2003-05-09 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2003-05-09 Passed Both Houses
- 2003-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- 2003-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- 2003-06-06 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2003-07-22 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2003-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2003
- 2003-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0230
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d83c7e1e-037e-4bdf-814d-6868e3b32b12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).