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type: "Bill"
title: "ELEC CD-ELECTORAL BOARDS"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Permits a Municipal Officers Electoral Board, a Township Officers Electoral Board, and an Education Officers Electoral Board to meet where the governing body of the municipality, township, or school or community college district, respectively, holds its regularly scheduled meetings, rather than in the county court house (now, only the Township Officers Electoral Board may meet in the township offices as an alternative to the county court house)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 4588"
citation: "Illinois HB 4588 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-01-23"
last_action: "2008-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53883156-dec0-44bb-ac1c-9be5f039db71"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4588&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35242&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "f91795188c29462487d0abc76f066c07b77cf30887175281f4dcf9d5a71f13a5"
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 4588 (95th) — ELEC CD-ELECTORAL BOARDS
Amends the Election Code. Permits a Municipal Officers Electoral Board, a Township Officers Electoral Board, and an Education Officers Electoral Board to meet where the governing body of the municipality, township, or school or community college district, respectively, holds its regularly scheduled meetings, rather than in the county court house (now, only the Township Officers Electoral Board may meet in the township offices as an alternative to the county court house).
## 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=09500HB4588&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35242&DocNum=4588&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4588eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35242&DocNum=4588&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4588enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35242&DocNum=4588&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1050** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Robert F. Flider — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2008-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider `filing`
- **2008-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-01-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-06** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-02-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2008-02-20** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-02-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2008-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2008-02-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-03-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-03-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 11, 2008 `reading-1`
- **2008-04-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2008-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2008-04-17** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2008-05-08** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
- **2008-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
- **2008-05-23** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2008 `reading-3`
- **2008-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-21** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0872 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53883156-dec0-44bb-ac1c-9be5f039db71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).