republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-6077.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS-MILITARY VOTERS"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Authorizes use of the Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot with respect to any election at which federal officers are nominated or elected (now, only at a general election at which federal officers are elected). With respect to absentee voting by military, overseas, and non-resident voters, (i) provides that military dependents need not have lived in Illinois, (ii) permits all categories of voters to apply for ballots by facsimile or electronic transmission (now, only military voters), (iii) requires election authorities to deliver ballots in person, by mail, or by facsimile or electronic transmission as requested by the voter if the election authority has the capability (now, delivered in person or by mail), (iv) defines \"electronic transmission\" to include electronic mail and the Internet, and (v) authorizes the Governor or the executive director of the State Board of Elections to modify registration and voting procedures during a military deployment or an emergency declared by the Governor or the U.S. President."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 6077"
citation: "Illinois HB 6077 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-11"
last_action: "2010-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a35ebb7-e1f0-45ec-b90f-de1d59199c43"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6077&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51986&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "399466c8c55134c04e157a6ac684cdfd160173b859d11af37865086fb446eea6"
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 6077 (96th) — ELECTIONS-MILITARY VOTERS

Amends the Election Code. Authorizes use of the Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot with respect to any election at which federal officers are nominated or elected (now, only at a general election at which federal officers are elected). With respect to absentee voting by military, overseas, and non-resident voters, (i) provides that military dependents need not have lived in Illinois, (ii) permits all categories of voters to apply for ballots by facsimile or electronic transmission (now, only military voters), (iii) requires election authorities to deliver ballots in person, by mail, or by facsimile or electronic transmission as requested by the voter if the election authority has the capability (now, delivered in person or by mail), (iv) defines "electronic transmission" to include electronic mail and the Internet, and (v) authorizes the Governor or the executive director of the State Board of Elections to modify registration and voting procedures during a military deployment or an emergency declared by the Governor or the U.S. President.

## 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=09600HB6077&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51986&DocNum=6077&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6077eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51986&DocNum=6077&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6077enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51986&DocNum=6077&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `filing`
- **2010-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** Motion Do Pass - Lost Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 004-003-000 `committee-failure`
- **2010-03-03** Remains in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
- **2010-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2010-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Elections; 007-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-06** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1004 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a35ebb7-e1f0-45ec-b90f-de1d59199c43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).