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type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS-ABSENTEE VOTING"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Repeals a provision permitting the filing of \"temporarily absent student\" notices with election authorities for the purpose of absentee voting. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5157"
citation: "Illinois HB 5157 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-29"
last_action: "2010-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3165a503-5e19-40ca-b1cf-cfb794531b1d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5157&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50093&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "afcae0948690595a9cf9edfa765b23c53a9025907288d0976d512daa7c8831d2"
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 5157 (96th) — ELECTIONS-ABSENTEE VOTING
Amends the Election Code. Repeals a provision permitting the filing of "temporarily absent student" notices with election authorities for the purpose of absentee voting. Effective immediately.
## 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=09600HB5157&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50093&DocNum=5157&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5157eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50093&DocNum=5157&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5157enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50093&DocNum=5157&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1100** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **541** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-01-29** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `filing`
- **2010-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2010-03-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Elections; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-06** Effective Date July 6, 2010
- **2010-07-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1003 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3165a503-5e19-40ca-b1cf-cfb794531b1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).