republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-567.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS-COMMUNITY INTEGRATED"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Provides that a resident of a community-integrated living arrangement, as defined by rule of the State Board of Elections, is a resident, for voting purposes, of the election jurisdiction in which the arrangement is located."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 567"
citation: "Illinois HB 567 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-05"
last_action: "2009-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea57a92a-b14c-43e4-b843-5c50f67685db"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=567&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40971&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "e60ee27ea0798f65816b6536d9574084734b4a4913415ab519345d6259fe892e"
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 HB 567 (96th) — ELECTIONS-COMMUNITY INTEGRATED

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a resident of a community-integrated living arrangement, as defined by rule of the State Board of Elections, is a resident, for voting purposes, of the election jurisdiction in which the arrangement is located.

## 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=09600HB0567&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40971&DocNum=567&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0567eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40971&DocNum=567&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0567enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40971&DocNum=567&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Careen M. Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Careen M. Gordon `filing`
- **2009-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 005-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2009-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2009-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2009-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2009-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2009-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2009-04-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Elections
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass as Amended Elections; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Careen M. Gordon
- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2009-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
- **2009-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0563 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea57a92a-b14c-43e4-b843-5c50f67685db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).