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Bill	ELECTIONS-VETERANS HOMES	Amends the Election Code. Extends the "incapacitated voter" provisions to residents of State-operated and federally-operated veterans' homes, hospitals, and facilities located in Illinois in order to qualify for absentee ballots in multiple elections and to require that absentee voting be conducted at the homes, hospitals, and facilities.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 98	Illinois SB 98 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	49	2	2011-01-27	2011-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/87df6b34-41bd-44d5-a759-254d52299e10	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=98&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=54800&SessionID=84&GA=97	af823ac1fdd2ac4dff84c6ef987c458a881c1cb64ef1b9dcd5ef48c29f213c4e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 98 (97th) — ELECTIONS-VETERANS HOMES

Amends the Election Code. Extends the "incapacitated voter" provisions to residents of State-operated and federally-operated veterans' homes, hospitals, and facilities located in Illinois in order to qualify for absentee ballots in multiple elections and to require that absentee voting be conducted at the homes, hospitals, and facilities.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Carol A. Sente — cosponsor (person)
• Christine Radogno — primary (person)
• David Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Derrick Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Greg Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Kay Hatcher — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-27 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno filing
• 2011-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-09 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-02-16 To Executive Subcommittee on Election Law
• 2011-02-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2011-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-14 Reported Back To Executive; 003-000-000
• 2011-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2011-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2011-03-17 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2011
• 2011-04-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2011
• 2011-04-15 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2011-04-15 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2011-04-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2011-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Chris Nybo
• 2011-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-25 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2011-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2011-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
• 2011-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2011-05-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2011-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2011-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-08 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0275 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87df6b34-41bd-44d5-a759-254d52299e10. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).