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Bill	EARLY VOTING PERIOD-HOLIDAYS	Amends the Election Code. Provides that if the first or last day of the early voting period falls on a State holiday, then that first or last day of the period may be the first business day immediately following the State holiday.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 1801	Illinois SB 1801 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	35	3	2009-02-20	2009-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/213e5789-b3a5-4ba4-9824-8b0f211d924d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1801&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44558&SessionID=76&GA=96	5fb2f287cc348a5a4b7b68d7004dd51d14a61f8d3a89315a91e8ff1e5076b3c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1801 (96th) — EARLY VOTING PERIOD-HOLIDAYS

Amends the Election Code. Provides that if the first or last day of the early voting period falls on a State holiday, then that first or last day of the period may be the first business day immediately following the State holiday.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dale A. Righter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter filing
• 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to Elections referral-committee
• 2009-03-11 Do Pass Elections; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
• 2009-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-01 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2009-04-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-08 Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 22, 2009
• 2009-05-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-05-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-05-12 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-20 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 21, 2009
• 2009-05-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Dale A. Righter filing
• 2009-05-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Elections referral-committee
• 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Elections; 007-000-000
• 2009-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
• 2009-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-24 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0637 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/213e5789-b3a5-4ba4-9824-8b0f211d924d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).