republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-1560.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELEC-EARLY VOTING PERIOD"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Provides that, when the religious holidays of Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday occur during the early voting period, an election authority may close an early voting place on those days, provided that the early voting place remains open 2 hours later on at least 2 weekdays during the final week of the early voting period. Provides that the election authority shall notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall provide notice to the public of the closure and the extended hours during the final week. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 1560"
citation: "Illinois HB 1560 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/596ae798-3bb5-4209-b22a-3c07ada963b8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1560&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=72537&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "5dcc8bfc152fd5a9eee9d8ca060c456b85b541830c49fe3fe27a56fd6887f85a"
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 1560 (98th) — ELEC-EARLY VOTING PERIOD

Amends the Election Code. Provides that, when the religious holidays of Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday occur during the early voting period, an election authority may close an early voting place on those days, provided that the early voting place remains open 2 hours later on at least 2 weekdays during the final week of the early voting period. Provides that the election authority shall notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall provide notice to the public of the closure and the extended hours during the final week. Effective immediately.

## 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=09800HB1560&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72537&DocNum=1560&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1560eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72537&DocNum=1560&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1560enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72537&DocNum=1560&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **87–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Renée Kosel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Renée Kosel `filing`
- **2013-02-13** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
- **2013-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-19** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Renée Kosel `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-02-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-19** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Executive Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2013-02-19** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
- **2013-02-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2013-02-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2013-02-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2013-02-20** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-02-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-02-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2013-02-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-021-006 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-02-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth
- **2013-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2013-02-21** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2013-02-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2013-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2013-02-27** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2013-03-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 7, 2013
- **2013-03-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2013-03-07** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-03-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-03-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-12** Effective Date March 12, 2013
- **2013-03-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0004 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/596ae798-3bb5-4209-b22a-3c07ada963b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).