republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-2009.md

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Bill	ELECTIONS-PARTY SWITCHING	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person who (i) filed a statement of candidacy as an established political party's candidate at a general primary or (ii) voted at an established political party's general primary may not file a statement of candidacy as an independent candidate or as a different party's candidate at the immediately following general election. A person may file a statement of candidacy for a partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established political party regardless of any prior filing of candidacy for a partisan office or voting the ballot of an established political party at any prior election. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2009	Illinois HB 2009 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	32	3	2011-02-17	2012-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/2c815b47-e210-4d8d-98ca-3cd1f3b4b22a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2009&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59211&SessionID=84&GA=97	ef5be22c70d029e9635ffc7b4af4d908d00b692eaaba1f1846021dd132ff8d56	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2009 (97th) — ELECTIONS-PARTY SWITCHING

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person who (i) filed a statement of candidacy as an established political party's candidate at a general primary or (ii) voted at an established political party's general primary may not file a statement of candidacy as an independent candidate or as a different party's candidate at the immediately following general election. A person may file a statement of candidacy for a partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established political party regardless of any prior filing of candidacy for a partisan office or voting the ballot of an established political party at any prior election. Effective immediately.

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 — 75–38 (pass) · lower
• Motion — 33–19 (fail) · upper
• Third Reading — 53–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mike Fortner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner filing
• 2011-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-038-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-30 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-30 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2011-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 To Executive Subcommittee on Election Law
• 2011-05-13 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-27 Re-assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2012-03-27 Motion Filed Sen. Don Harmon; to Waive all Posting Requirements.
• 2012-03-27 Motion Prevailed 033-019-000
• 2012-03-27 Waive Posting Notice
• 2012-03-28 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2012-03-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2012
• 2012-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 053-003-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-03-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-03-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-03-30 Effective Date March 30, 2012
• 2012-03-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0681 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c815b47-e210-4d8d-98ca-3cd1f3b4b22a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).