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Bill	ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS	Amends the Election Code. In the campaign finance Article, exempts communications exclusively between a labor organization and its members from the definition of electioneering communication. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 2564	Illinois HB 2564 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2005-02-18	2005-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/b4f8fafa-7762-4c3b-97ae-7491159d5824	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2564&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18465&SessionID=50&GA=94	def1d02052da0ea0fdac07c5abb4085fcacdef7931433b8577558ee0ee40813a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2564 (94th) — ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS

Amends the Election Code. In the campaign finance Article, exempts communications exclusively between a labor organization and its members from the definition of electioneering communication. 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 — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Charles E. Jefferson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson filing
• 2005-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-24 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-03-10 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
• 2005-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-11 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-04-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
• 2005-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2005
• 2005-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0461 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4f8fafa-7762-4c3b-97ae-7491159d5824. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).