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Bill	ELECTIONS-MILITARY VOTERS	Amends the Election Code. Authorizes use of the Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot with respect to any election at which federal officers are nominated or elected (now, only at a general election at which federal officers are elected). With respect to absentee voting by military, overseas, and non-resident voters, (i) provides that military dependents need not have lived in Illinois, (ii) permits all categories of voters to apply for ballots by facsimile or electronic transmission (now, only military voters), (iii) requires election authorities to deliver ballots in person, by mail, or by facsimile or electronic transmission as requested by the voter if the election authority has the capability (now, delivered in person or by mail), (iv) defines "electronic transmission" to include electronic mail and the Internet, and (v) authorizes the Governor or the executive director of the State Board of Elections to modify registration and voting procedures during a military deployment or an emergency declared by the Governor or the U.S. President.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 6077	Illinois HB 6077 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2010-02-11	2010-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/7a35ebb7-e1f0-45ec-b90f-de1d59199c43	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6077&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51986&SessionID=76&GA=96	399466c8c55134c04e157a6ac684cdfd160173b859d11af37865086fb446eea6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 6077 (96th) — ELECTIONS-MILITARY VOTERS

Amends the Election Code. Authorizes use of the Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot with respect to any election at which federal officers are nominated or elected (now, only at a general election at which federal officers are elected). With respect to absentee voting by military, overseas, and non-resident voters, (i) provides that military dependents need not have lived in Illinois, (ii) permits all categories of voters to apply for ballots by facsimile or electronic transmission (now, only military voters), (iii) requires election authorities to deliver ballots in person, by mail, or by facsimile or electronic transmission as requested by the voter if the election authority has the capability (now, delivered in person or by mail), (iv) defines "electronic transmission" to include electronic mail and the Internet, and (v) authorizes the Governor or the executive director of the State Board of Elections to modify registration and voting procedures during a military deployment or an emergency declared by the Governor or the U.S. President.

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 — 54–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2010-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-22 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-03 Motion Do Pass - Lost Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 004-003-000 committee-failure
• 2010-03-03 Remains in Elections & Campaign Reform 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; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2010-03-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Elections referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass Elections; 007-001-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
• 2010-04-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 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 January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1004 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a35ebb7-e1f0-45ec-b90f-de1d59199c43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).