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Bill	ELECTIONS-NURSING HOMES	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person admitted to a hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center (now, hospital) 5 or fewer days before an election is entitled to personal delivery of an absentee ballot. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 203	Illinois HB 203 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2005-01-13	2005-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/bd33825a-6e4f-4b16-9a6d-c825d1b83d13	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=203&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14416&SessionID=50&GA=94	ce482eed23bc55118178a2898d39191fb7b177db2b5832cc91de739ead192d13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 203 (94th) — ELECTIONS-NURSING HOMES

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person admitted to a hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center (now, hospital) 5 or fewer days before an election is entitled to personal delivery of an absentee ballot. 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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
• Richard P. Myers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Richard P. Myers filing
• 2005-01-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-13 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; 007-000-000 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 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2005-02-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
• 2005-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2005-02-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 16, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-02-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2005-02-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
• 2005-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-24 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2005-03-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2005-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
• 2005-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2005-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
• 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
• 2005-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2005-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2005-05-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-06-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-06-14 Effective Date June 14, 2005
• 2005-06-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0018 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd33825a-6e4f-4b16-9a6d-c825d1b83d13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).