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type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS-COLLEGE ADDRESS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 715"
citation: "Illinois HB 715 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-01"
last_action: "2005-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f381f2c4-f122-41b8-bc8c-51f370bf1935"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=715&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15197&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "635e20353d91d135e3d124b6119b60824d55c2ef3f5d8cb6b2bdd570238268d2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# 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.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0715&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15197&DocNum=715&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0715eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15197&DocNum=715&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0715enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15197&DocNum=715&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **8330** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **3320** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f381f2c4-f122-41b8-bc8c-51f370bf1935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).