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type: "Bill"
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title: "ELECTIONS-HOMEBOUND ABSENTEE"
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description: "Amends the Election Code. With respect to a voter entitled to personal delivery of a ballot due to admission to a hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center not more than 5 days before an election, includes persons who, if released before or on the day of the election, are expected to be homebound and unable to travel to the polling place."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "95th"
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identifier: "SB 2314"
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citation: "Illinois SB 2314 (95th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2008-02-14"
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last_action: "2008-08-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/687636db-058e-497d-9cbc-1aec60eac95b"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2314&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=36271&SessionID=51&GA=95"
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source_hash: "b96b5b3fe2024b0b7c2fa73a18746f1ec862a61598c123f54453b56457aba1a8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 2314 (95th) — ELECTIONS-HOMEBOUND ABSENTEE
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Amends the Election Code. With respect to a voter entitled to personal delivery of a ballot due to admission to a hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center not more than 5 days before an election, includes persons who, if released before or on the day of the election, are expected to be homebound and unable to travel to the polling place.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2314&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36271&DocNum=2314&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2314eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36271&DocNum=2314&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2314enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36271&DocNum=2314&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Susan Garrett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2008-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
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- **2008-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2008-02-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2008-02-20** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2008-02-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `amendment-introduction`
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- **2008-02-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2008-02-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
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- **2008-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2008-02-28** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2008-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2008
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- **2008-03-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 11, 2008
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- **2008-03-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
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- **2008-04-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
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- **2008-04-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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- **2008-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2008-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2008-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
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- **2008-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2008-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2008-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
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- **2008-05-19** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2008-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
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- **2008-05-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2008-05-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2008-05-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2008-05-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2008-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
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- **2008-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2008-05-30** Passed Both Houses
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- **2008-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2008-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2008-08-21** Effective Date January 1, 2009
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- **2008-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0878 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/687636db-058e-497d-9cbc-1aec60eac95b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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