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type: "Bill"
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title: "ELECTIONS-PURGE ROLLS"
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description: "Amends the Election Code. Authorizes election authorities to use obituaries to obtain information for purposes of purging voter registration records. Makes changes in the large county and board of election commissioners Articles to conform to procedures in the smaller county Article with respect to purging. Removes the requirement that a physically disabled voter seeking assistance marking the ballot must state whether his or her disability is permanent."
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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 1315"
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citation: "Illinois HB 1315 (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: 29
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2005-02-09"
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last_action: "2005-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4bbe584-2038-47ca-a5cd-f91d174d7d33"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1315&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16071&SessionID=50&GA=94"
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source_hash: "e39b6e13bd1b465da88b38bb526b2f981efe85b086363ab43734cbcf84380cc7"
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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 1315 (94th) — ELECTIONS-PURGE ROLLS
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Amends the Election Code. Authorizes election authorities to use obituaries to obtain information for purposes of purging voter registration records. Makes changes in the large county and board of election commissioners Articles to conform to procedures in the smaller county Article with respect to purging. Removes the requirement that a physically disabled voter seeking assistance marking the ballot must state whether his or her disability is permanent.
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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=09400HB1315&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16071&DocNum=1315&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1315eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16071&DocNum=1315&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1315enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16071&DocNum=1315&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Charles E. Jefferson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2005-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson `filing`
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- **2005-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
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- **2005-02-16** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2005-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `amendment-introduction`
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- **2005-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2005-03-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2005-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2005-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2005-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2005-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005 `reading-1`
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- **2005-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
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- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2005-04-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
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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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- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
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- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
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- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2005-06-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2005-06-14** Effective Date January 1, 2006
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- **2005-06-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0025 `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/d4bbe584-2038-47ca-a5cd-f91d174d7d33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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