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type: "Bill"
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title: "ELEC CD-ABSENTEE COUNT"
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description: "Amends the Election Code. Requires that absentee ballots received by election authorities through the 10th day after an election be counted if the ballots are postmarked before the date of the election. Requires that the State Board of Elections adopt rules for the provision of election judges for the counting of those ballots."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "94th"
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identifier: "HB 115"
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citation: "Illinois HB 115 (94th)"
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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: 36
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2005-01-06"
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last_action: "2005-08-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/774daf23-af2b-44c1-b613-50680d1aa798"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=115&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14258&SessionID=50&GA=94"
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source_hash: "7089b78cd0b271df89111f391a92a64ac42e98ca8500a382d7204f7cf3bf09f9"
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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 HB 115 (94th) — ELEC CD-ABSENTEE COUNT
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Amends the Election Code. Requires that absentee ballots received by election authorities through the 10th day after an election be counted if the ballots are postmarked before the date of the election. Requires that the State Board of Elections adopt rules for the provision of election judges for the counting of those ballots.
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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=09400HB0115&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14258&DocNum=115&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0115eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14258&DocNum=115&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0115enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14258&DocNum=115&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2005-01-06** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
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- **2005-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2005-02-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `amendment-introduction`
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- **2005-02-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-001-000 `amendment-passage`
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- **2005-02-01** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-001-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2005-02-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
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- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
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- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
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- **2005-02-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
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- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
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- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
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- **2005-02-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2005-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-02-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
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- **2005-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2005-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
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- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
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- **2005-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
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- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
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- **2005-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2005-05-17** Passed Both Houses
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- **2005-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2005-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2005-08-12** Effective Date August 11, 2005
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- **2005-08-12** Effective Date August 12, 2005
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- **2005-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0557 `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/774daf23-af2b-44c1-b613-50680d1aa798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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