republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-5206.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS-DECEASED VOTERS"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Authorizes county clerks to use an electronic system for reporting deaths, when established as provided in the Vital Records Act, to purge voter registration records of the names of deceased voters (now, requires county clerks to purge voter registration records by using death-related records). Requires that persons in charge of vital records provide municipal boards of election commissioners with the names and previous addresses of persons over the age of 18 (now, 21) years who died in the past month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5206"
citation: "Illinois HB 5206 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-03"
last_action: "2010-12-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aea9c579-38bd-49d3-86b4-d9cbfac29e97"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5206&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50201&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "4894d252cf1be377c6e165f58ea079975344f80b0c55df301bad77bd355eb2dc"
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 5206 (96th) — ELECTIONS-DECEASED VOTERS

Amends the Election Code. Authorizes county clerks to use an electronic system for reporting deaths, when established as provided in the Vital Records Act, to purge voter registration records of the names of deceased voters (now, requires county clerks to purge voter registration records by using death-related records). Requires that persons in charge of vital records provide municipal boards of election commissioners with the names and previous addresses of persons over the age of 18 (now, 21) years who died in the past month.

## 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=09600HB5206&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50201&DocNum=5206&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5206eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50201&DocNum=5206&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5206enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50201&DocNum=5206&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion — **106–7** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Brady — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady `filing`
- **2010-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-09** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-02-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-02-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
- **2010-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2010-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- **2010-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2010-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2010-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
- **2010-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2010-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2010-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
- **2010-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2010-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-04-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Elections
- **2010-04-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass as Amended Elections; 006-000-000 `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; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2010-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Dan Brady
- **2010-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2010-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-000-000
- **2010-05-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-27** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
- **2010-11-10** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto November 16, 2010
- **2010-11-10** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Dan Brady
- **2010-11-16** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2010-11-16** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 106-007-000
- **2010-11-23** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto November 30, 2010
- **2010-11-30** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2010-12-02** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2010-12-02** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 050-000-000
- **2010-12-02** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
- **2010-12-10** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-12-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1484 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aea9c579-38bd-49d3-86b4-d9cbfac29e97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).