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type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS-HOMEBOUND ABSENTEE"
description: "Amends the Election Code. With respect to a voter entitled to personal delivery of a ballot due to admission to a hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center not more than 5 days before an election, includes persons who, if released before or on the day of the election, are expected to be homebound and unable to travel to the polling place."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2314"
citation: "Illinois SB 2314 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/687636db-058e-497d-9cbc-1aec60eac95b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2314&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=36271&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "b96b5b3fe2024b0b7c2fa73a18746f1ec862a61598c123f54453b56457aba1a8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 2314 (95th) — ELECTIONS-HOMEBOUND ABSENTEE
Amends the Election Code. With respect to a voter entitled to personal delivery of a ballot due to admission to a hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center not more than 5 days before an election, includes persons who, if released before or on the day of the election, are expected to be homebound and unable to travel to the polling place.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2314&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36271&DocNum=2314&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2314eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36271&DocNum=2314&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2314enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36271&DocNum=2314&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Susan Garrett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2008-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2008-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-20** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-02-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2008-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2008-02-28** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2008
- **2008-03-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 11, 2008
- **2008-03-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2008-04-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2008-04-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2008-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2008-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-19** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- **2008-05-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2008-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-21** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0878 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/687636db-058e-497d-9cbc-1aec60eac95b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).