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Bill	ELEC CD-CIVIC POLLWATCHERS	Amends the Election Code. Permits State non-partisan civic organizations that meet certain criteria to appoint precinct pollwatchers. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 299	Illinois SB 299 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	52	2	2007-02-07	2007-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/e5e28ac2-f45c-49c9-a011-3bb3b77b47bc	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=299&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27896&SessionID=51&GA=95	7ff5a37d0a8917e76c515ac8621830050895afc96cf70ed51462cbe61bcb5df2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 299 (95th) — ELEC CD-CIVIC POLLWATCHERS

Amends the Election Code. Permits State non-partisan civic organizations that meet certain criteria to appoint precinct pollwatchers. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 78–37 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Flynn Currie — cosponsor (person)
• Constance A. Howard — cosponsor (person)
• Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — primary (person)
• Deborah L. Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Washington — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Esther Golar — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Karen A. Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
• LaShawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Fortner — cosponsor (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson filing
• 2007-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-07 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-21 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2007-03-01 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
• 2007-03-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2007-03-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
• 2007-03-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2007-03-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2007-03-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2007-03-08 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-08 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2007-03-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2007-03-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2007-03-20 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2007-03-20 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2007-03-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2007-04-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2007-04-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-003 committee-passage
• 2007-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2007-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
• 2007-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2007-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2007-05-22 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Bob Biggins
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2007-05-22 Removed from Short Debate Status
• 2007-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Extended Debate
• 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Extended Debate - Passed 078-037-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2007
• 2007-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0267 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5e28ac2-f45c-49c9-a011-3bb3b77b47bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).