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| Bill | ELECTIONS-COLLEGE ADDRESS | Amends the Election Code. Requires each public university and college in Illinois, at the beginning of each academic year, to ask each student who is an Illinois registered voter if the student wishes to change his or her voter registration address. If so, requires the school to submit those changes to the appropriate election authorities electronically. Requires election authorities to accept such changes of student address and waives any signature requirement for a change of address with respect to those students. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | HB 715 | Illinois HB 715 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 36 | 2 | 2005-02-01 | 2005-08-08 | openstates | ocd-bill/f381f2c4-f122-41b8-bc8c-51f370bf1935 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=715&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15197&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 635e20353d91d135e3d124b6119b60824d55c2ef3f5d8cb6b2bdd570238268d2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 715 (94th) — ELECTIONS-COLLEGE ADDRESS
Amends the Election Code. Requires each public university and college in Illinois, at the beginning of each academic year, to ask each student who is an Illinois registered voter if the student wishes to change his or her voter registration address. If so, requires the school to submit those changes to the appropriate election authorities electronically. Requires election authorities to accept such changes of student address and waives any signature requirement for a change of address with respect to those students.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 83–30 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 33–20 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-01 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
filing - 2005-02-01 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-01 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-08 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2005-02-23 Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- 2005-02-23 Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- 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
- 2005-03-17 Removed from Short Debate Status Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2005-03-17 Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- 2005-03-17 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 083-030-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- 2005-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- 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. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- 2005-04-11 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-11 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-04-13 Assigned to Local Government
referral-committee - 2005-04-20 Postponed - Local Government
- 2005-05-04 Do Pass Local Government; 007-002-000
committee-passage - 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- 2005-05-05 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2005
- 2005-05-17 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- 2005-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 033-020-002
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-17 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-15 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-08-08 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-08-08 Effective Date January 1, 2006
- 2005-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0492
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f381f2c4-f122-41b8-bc8c-51f370bf1935. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).