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Bill	ELEC CD-NOMINATION PETITIONS	Amends the Election Code. Provides that 2 or more petitions filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5203	Illinois HB 5203 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2012-02-08	2012-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/b7d4bf8e-49f9-480f-9f9d-0e651e61088e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5203&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65341&SessionID=84&GA=97	c439715fbe9b82f21453820265091a15ce5acd38dae2855b02e88f29ba732e53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5203 (97th) — ELEC CD-NOMINATION PETITIONS

Amends the Election Code. Provides that 2 or more petitions filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously.

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 — 54–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 106–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mike Fortner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner filing
• 2012-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 22, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2012-05-02 Postponed - Executive
• 2012-05-04 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 25, 2012
• 2012-05-16 Do Pass Executive; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2012
• 2012-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 054-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-21 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-08-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1044 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b7d4bf8e-49f9-480f-9f9d-0e651e61088e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).