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| Bill | ELEC-EARLY VOTING PERIOD | Amends the Election Code. Provides that, when the religious holidays of Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday occur during the early voting period, an election authority may close an early voting place on those days, provided that the early voting place remains open 2 hours later on at least 2 weekdays during the final week of the early voting period. Provides that the election authority shall notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall provide notice to the public of the closure and the extended hours during the final week. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 98th | HB 1560 | Illinois HB 1560 (98th) |
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enacted | 3 | 39 | 2 | 2013-02-13 | 2013-03-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/596ae798-3bb5-4209-b22a-3c07ada963b8 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1560&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=72537&SessionID=85&GA=98 | 5dcc8bfc152fd5a9eee9d8ca060c456b85b541830c49fe3fe27a56fd6887f85a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 1560 (98th) — ELEC-EARLY VOTING PERIOD
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, when the religious holidays of Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday occur during the early voting period, an election authority may close an early voting place on those days, provided that the early voting place remains open 2 hours later on at least 2 weekdays during the final week of the early voting period. Provides that the election authority shall notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall provide notice to the public of the closure and the extended hours during the final week. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 87–21 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Renée Kosel — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2013-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Renée Kosel
filing - 2013-02-13 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
- 2013-02-13 First Reading
reading-1 - 2013-02-13 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2013-02-19 Assigned to Executive Committee
referral-committee - 2013-02-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Renée Kosel
amendment-introduction - 2013-02-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2013-02-19 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Executive Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- 2013-02-19 Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
- 2013-02-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- 2013-02-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- 2013-02-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2013-02-20 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
committee-passage - 2013-02-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2013-02-20 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2013-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2013-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- 2013-02-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-021-006
reading-3, passage - 2013-02-21 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2013-02-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2013-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth
- 2013-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- 2013-02-21 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- 2013-02-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- 2013-02-21 First Reading
reading-1 - 2013-02-21 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2013-02-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- 2013-02-27 Assigned to Executive
referral-committee - 2013-03-06 Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000
committee-passage - 2013-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- 2013-03-06 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2013-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 7, 2013
- 2013-03-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- 2013-03-07 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2013-03-07 Passed Both Houses
- 2013-03-12 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2013-03-12 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2013-03-12 Effective Date March 12, 2013
- 2013-03-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0004
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/596ae798-3bb5-4209-b22a-3c07ada963b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).