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Bill	ELEC CD-ABSENTEE COUNT	Amends the Election Code. Requires that absentee ballots received by election authorities through the 10th day after an election be counted if the ballots are postmarked before the date of the election. Requires that the State Board of Elections adopt rules for the provision of election judges for the counting of those ballots.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 115	Illinois HB 115 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2005-01-06	2005-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/774daf23-af2b-44c1-b613-50680d1aa798	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=115&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14258&SessionID=50&GA=94	7089b78cd0b271df89111f391a92a64ac42e98ca8500a382d7204f7cf3bf09f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 115 (94th) — ELEC CD-ABSENTEE COUNT

Amends the Election Code. Requires that absentee ballots received by election authorities through the 10th day after an election be counted if the ballots are postmarked before the date of the election. Requires that the State Board of Elections adopt rules for the provision of election judges for the counting of those ballots.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pamela J. Althoff — 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 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee amendment-introduction
• 2005-02-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-001-000 amendment-passage
• 2005-02-01 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-001-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
• 2005-02-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2005-02-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2005-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-15 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-04-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2005-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-12 Effective Date August 11, 2005
• 2005-08-12 Effective Date August 12, 2005
• 2005-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0557 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/774daf23-af2b-44c1-b613-50680d1aa798. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).