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| Bill | ELECTIONS-PETITION FILING TIME | Amends the Election Code. Requires that nomination petitions be filed not more than 106 days and not less than 102 days before a primary election or consolidated election (now, not more than 99 days and not less than 92 days before a general primary election and not more than 78 days and not less than 71 days before a consolidated primary election or consolidated election). Requires that certain public question petitions be filed not less than 106 (now, 78) days before a regular election in 2011 or thereafter. Permits the seeking of judicial review of a petition objection decision, with respect to elections in 2011 and thereafter, within 5 (now, 10) days after the decision. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | SB 3012 | Illinois SB 3012 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 49 | 4 | 2010-02-04 | 2010-07-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/d4984ad1-40a6-4f69-bda5-f9b745b64600 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3012&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=50345&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 3fb12c00b3175246962edcfe9e854358f47b7e449c0ae8667a108560d2731bf4 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 3012 (96th) — ELECTIONS-PETITION FILING TIME
Amends the Election Code. Requires that nomination petitions be filed not more than 106 days and not less than 102 days before a primary election or consolidated election (now, not more than 99 days and not less than 92 days before a general primary election and not more than 78 days and not less than 71 days before a consolidated primary election or consolidated election). Requires that certain public question petitions be filed not less than 106 (now, 78) days before a regular election in 2011 or thereafter. Permits the seeking of judicial review of a petition objection decision, with respect to elections in 2011 and thereafter, within 5 (now, 10) days after the decision. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 63–47 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 70–47 (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — 45–4 (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — 37–18 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Terry Link — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2010-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
filing - 2010-02-04 First Reading
reading-1 - 2010-02-04 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2010-02-24 Assigned to Elections
referral-committee - 2010-03-03 Do Pass Elections; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2010-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010
- 2010-03-11 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010
- 2010-03-12 Third Reading - Passed; 045-004-000
reading-3, passage - 2010-03-12 Arrived in House
introduction - 2010-03-18 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- 2010-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2010-03-18 First Reading
reading-1 - 2010-03-18 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2010-05-24 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 28, 2010
- 2010-05-24 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
referral-committee - 2010-05-24 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- 2010-05-24 Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
- 2010-05-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
amendment-introduction - 2010-05-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2010-05-25 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-003-000
committee-passage - 2010-05-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2010-05-25 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2010-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2010-05-25 Questioned Placement on 3rd Reading while Note Request Pending Rep. Bill Black
- 2010-05-25 Chair Ruled Note Request not submitted in Timely Manner
- 2010-05-25 Shall the Chair be Sustained
- 2010-05-25 Motion to Sustain the Chair - Prevailed 070-047-000
- 2010-05-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- 2010-05-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- 2010-05-26 Removed from Short Debate Status
- 2010-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Extended Debate
- 2010-05-26 Third Reading - Extended Debate - Passed 063-047-001
reading-3, passage - 2010-05-26 Verified
- 2010-05-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- 2010-05-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- 2010-05-26 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- 2010-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 27, 2010
- 2010-05-26 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Terry Link
- 2010-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Terry Link
filing - 2010-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2010-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive
referral-committee - 2010-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 008-004-000
- 2010-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 037-018-000
- 2010-05-27 Passed Both Houses
- 2010-06-11 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-1008
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4984ad1-40a6-4f69-bda5-f9b745b64600. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).