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| Bill | ABSENTEE BALLOT POSTMARK | Amends the Election Code. With respect to absentee ballots, provides that those returned by mail must be postmarked by midnight preceding election day, for counting no later than during the period for counting provisional ballots. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 3972 | Illinois HB 3972 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 43 | 2 | 2009-02-26 | 2009-08-11 | openstates | ocd-bill/c1f50773-0961-4bc5-b197-fc52aa7d66ef | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3972&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46813&SessionID=76&GA=96 | d56033eae143412d0d19491aebea59fbcb570256712662c3ab7c8498e7244c24 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 3972 (96th) — ABSENTEE BALLOT POSTMARK
Amends the Election Code. With respect to absentee ballots, provides that those returned by mail must be postmarked by midnight preceding election day, for counting no later than during the period for counting provisional ballots.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
filing - 2009-02-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-03-03 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
referral-committee - 2009-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
- 2009-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- 2009-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- 2009-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- 2009-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- 2009-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- 2009-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- 2009-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
- 2009-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- 2009-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- 2009-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-03-19 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2009-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2009
reading-1 - 2009-03-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- 2009-03-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-26 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Assigned to Elections
referral-committee - 2009-04-23 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Emil Jones, III
- 2009-04-29 Postponed - Elections
- 2009-05-06 Do Pass Elections; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
- 2009-05-13 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
- 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-05-14 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-08-11 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-08-11 Effective Date January 1, 2010
- 2009-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0312
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1f50773-0961-4bc5-b197-fc52aa7d66ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).