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Bill	ELEC-PETITION FORMS	Amends the Election Code. Provides that when the secretary or clerk of the political subdivision provides the form for a back door referendum petition, the legal sufficiency of the form cannot be the basis for a challenge to placing the referendum on the ballot. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 1637	Illinois SB 1637 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2005-02-23	2005-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/268c50d7-2b3c-4d10-8d6f-5b70da2d7640	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1637&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=19706&SessionID=50&GA=94	1b93d44df0cc3487e0966285b9ed844e74b032220bb95a597d9ff7cff6e69763	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1637 (94th) — ELEC-PETITION FORMS

Amends the Election Code. Provides that when the secretary or clerk of the political subdivision provides the form for a back door referendum petition, the legal sufficiency of the form cannot be the basis for a challenge to placing the referendum on the 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 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Christine Radogno — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-23 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno filing
• 2005-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-23 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-03-09 Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2005
• 2005-04-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2005
• 2005-04-08 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-08 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-12 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Eileen Lyons
• 2005-04-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-04-20 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2005-04-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-03 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-31 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 . . . . . . . . . 94-0030 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/268c50d7-2b3c-4d10-8d6f-5b70da2d7640. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).