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type: "Bill"
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title: "ELECTIONS-VETERANS HOMES"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "97th"
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identifier: "SB 98"
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citation: "Illinois SB 98 (97th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2011-01-27"
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last_action: "2011-08-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87df6b34-41bd-44d5-a759-254d52299e10"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=98&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=54800&SessionID=84&GA=97"
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source_hash: "af823ac1fdd2ac4dff84c6ef987c458a881c1cb64ef1b9dcd5ef48c29f213c4e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 98 (97th) — ELECTIONS-VETERANS HOMES
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0098&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=54800&DocNum=98&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0098eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=54800&DocNum=98&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0098enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=54800&DocNum=98&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Carol A. Sente — cosponsor (person)
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- Christine Radogno — primary (person)
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- David Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Derrick Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Greg Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
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- Kay Hatcher — cosponsor (person)
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- Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
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- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
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- Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-01-27** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `filing`
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- **2011-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2011-01-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2011-02-09** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
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- **2011-02-16** To Executive Subcommittee on Election Law
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- **2011-02-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
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- **2011-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `amendment-introduction`
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- **2011-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2011-03-14** Reported Back To Executive; 003-000-000
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- **2011-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
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- **2011-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2011-03-17** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2011
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- **2011-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2011-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2011
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- **2011-04-15** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
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- **2011-04-15** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
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- **2011-04-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
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- **2011-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2011-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2011-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2011-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Chris Nybo
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- **2011-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2011-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2011-04-25** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2011-05-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2011-05-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2011-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2011-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2011-05-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
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- **2011-05-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
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- **2011-05-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
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- **2011-05-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
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- **2011-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2011-05-11** Passed Both Houses
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- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
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- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
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- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
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- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
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- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
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- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
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- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
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- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
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- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
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- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
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- **2011-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2011-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2011-08-08** Effective Date January 1, 2012
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- **2011-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0275 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87df6b34-41bd-44d5-a759-254d52299e10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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