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Bill	ELEC CD-PRISON DETAINEES	Amends the Election Code. Specifies that confinement or detention in a jail or prison pending acquittal or conviction of a crime is not a disqualification for voting. Makes such confinement or detention a specified reason for absentee voting.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 114	Illinois HB 114 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	50	3	2005-01-06	2005-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/95a31221-6e2b-429a-be63-1d35fce6ca5d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=114&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14257&SessionID=50&GA=94	ba71a85f7c6bd8c0dc1344ca4329d951f3325bb681bd00bdbcea1db69c9ba79e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 114 (94th) — ELEC CD-PRISON DETAINEES

Amends the Election Code. Specifies that confinement or detention in a jail or prison pending acquittal or conviction of a crime is not a disqualification for voting. Makes such confinement or detention a specified reason for absentee voting.

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 — 96–19 (pass) · lower
• Amendments, Amendment 1 — 54–3 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-06 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz filing
• 2005-01-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-01-26 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-001 committee-passage
• 2005-02-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz amendment-introduction
• 2005-02-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-02-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-02-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 096-019-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-24 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 1, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-03-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2005-03-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
• 2005-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-001-000
• 2005-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2005-05-19 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cullerton amendment-passage
• 2005-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2005-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2005-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Sara Feigenholtz; Motion #1
• 2005-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Non-Concur Rep. Sara Feigenholtz; Motion #2
• 2005-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Non-Concurs
• 2005-05-28 Secretary's Desk - Non-Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 01
• 2005-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Non-Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 01-May 29, 2005.
• 2005-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Recede Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2005-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Recede Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Recede Rules Referred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Recede Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 006-000-000
• 2005-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Recedes 054-003-000
• 2005-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-22 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0637 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95a31221-6e2b-429a-be63-1d35fce6ca5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).