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| Bill | ELECTIONS-CONSOLIDATED BALLOT | Amends the Election Code. Permits a municipality to require its election authority to prepare and provide special consolidated primary election absentee ballots that permit ranked run-off voting for municipal office candidates for use by absentee voters in the United States military or outside the United States on the consolidated primary and consolidated election days. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt implementing rules. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | SB 439 | Illinois SB 439 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 57 | 2 | 2007-02-08 | 2008-08-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/66a99ec3-65a6-4e72-9ca2-2c571275b9ca | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=439&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28160&SessionID=51&GA=95 | 43baf67bf64e515d7823b21061ba1fa66a29ba1b6c810d1b7d0cb6af2d48e121 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 439 (95th) — ELECTIONS-CONSOLIDATED BALLOT
Amends the Election Code. Permits a municipality to require its election authority to prepare and provide special consolidated primary election absentee ballots that permit ranked run-off voting for municipal office candidates for use by absentee voters in the United States military or outside the United States on the consolidated primary and consolidated election days. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt implementing rules.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 95–17 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
filing - 2007-02-08 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-02-08 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-02-21 Assigned to Local Government
referral-committee - 2007-03-01 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
- 2007-03-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- 2007-03-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-02 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
- 2007-03-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Local Government
- 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Local Government
- 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000
- 2007-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Local Government
- 2007-03-30 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007
reading-3 - 2007-05-08 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Frerichs
amendment-passage - 2007-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2007-05-08 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
amendment-failure - 2007-05-08 Arrived in House
introduction - 2007-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-05-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- 2007-05-09 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-05-09 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2007-05-14 Assigned to Executive Committee
referral-committee - 2007-05-18 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
- 2007-05-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- 2007-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2007
- 2007-05-31 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2008-02-20 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
referral-committee - 2008-03-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- 2008-03-04 Motion Do Pass - Lost Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 004-004-000
committee-failure - 2008-03-04 Remains in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
- 2008-03-06 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mike Boland
- 2008-03-06 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Mike Boland
- 2008-03-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-000
committee-passage - 2008-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2008-03-12 Fiscal Note Filed
- 2008-04-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- 2008-04-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2008-04-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- 2008-05-14 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2008-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2008-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- 2008-05-28 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Mike Bost
- 2008-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-017-000
reading-3, passage - 2008-05-28 Passed Both Houses
- 2008-06-26 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2008-08-22 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2008-08-22 Effective Date January 1, 2009
- 2008-08-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0889
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66a99ec3-65a6-4e72-9ca2-2c571275b9ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).