Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3063 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3063 Introduced , by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/11-4.2 from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2 10 ILCS 5/11-8 10 ILCS 5/17-13 from Ch. 46, par. 17-13 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a vote center location established by the election authority shall be compliant with the federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984. Provides that any voter with a temporary or permanent disability who, because of structural features of the building in which the polling place is located, is unable to access or enter the polling place shall be informed of the nearest accessible vote center. Removes provisions concerning an exception to the requirement that all polling places shall be accessible to voters with disabilities and elderly voters and each polling place shall include at least one voting booth that is wheelchair accessible. In provisions concerning vote centers, changes the repeal date from July 1, 2023 to July 1, 2024. Effective immediately. LRB103 27223 BMS 53593 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3063 Introduced , by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/11-4.2 from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2 10 ILCS 5/11-8 10 ILCS 5/17-13 from Ch. 46, par. 17-13 10 ILCS 5/11-4.2 from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2 10 ILCS 5/11-8 10 ILCS 5/17-13 from Ch. 46, par. 17-13 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a vote center location established by the election authority shall be compliant with the federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984. Provides that any voter with a temporary or permanent disability who, because of structural features of the building in which the polling place is located, is unable to access or enter the polling place shall be informed of the nearest accessible vote center. Removes provisions concerning an exception to the requirement that all polling places shall be accessible to voters with disabilities and elderly voters and each polling place shall include at least one voting booth that is wheelchair accessible. In provisions concerning vote centers, changes the repeal date from July 1, 2023 to July 1, 2024. Effective immediately. LRB103 27223 BMS 53593 b LRB103 27223 BMS 53593 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3063 Introduced , by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	10 ILCS 5/11-4.2 from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2 10 ILCS 5/11-8 10 ILCS 5/17-13 from Ch. 46, par. 17-13 10 ILCS 5/11-4.2 from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2 10 ILCS 5/11-8 10 ILCS 5/17-13 from Ch. 46, par. 17-13
4	4	10 ILCS 5/11-4.2 from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2
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6	6	10 ILCS 5/17-13 from Ch. 46, par. 17-13
7	7	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a vote center location established by the election authority shall be compliant with the federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984. Provides that any voter with a temporary or permanent disability who, because of structural features of the building in which the polling place is located, is unable to access or enter the polling place shall be informed of the nearest accessible vote center. Removes provisions concerning an exception to the requirement that all polling places shall be accessible to voters with disabilities and elderly voters and each polling place shall include at least one voting booth that is wheelchair accessible. In provisions concerning vote centers, changes the repeal date from July 1, 2023 to July 1, 2024. Effective immediately.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
17	17	5 Sections 11-4.2, 11-8, and 17-13 as follows:
18	18	6 (10 ILCS 5/11-4.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2)
19	19	7 Sec. 11-4.2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in
20	20	8 subsection (b) all polling places shall be accessible to
21	21	9 voters with disabilities and elderly voters, as determined by
22	22	10 rule of the State Board of Elections, and each polling place
23	23	11 shall include at least one voting booth that is wheelchair
24	24	12 accessible.
25	25	13 (b) Subsection (a) of this Section shall not apply to a
26	26	14 polling place (1) in the case of an emergency, as determined by
27	27	15 the State Board of Elections; or (2) if the State Board of
28	28	16 Elections (A) determines that all potential polling places
29	29	17 have been surveyed and no such accessible place is available,
30	30	18 nor is the election authority able to make one accessible; and
31	31	19 (B) assures that any voter with a disability or elderly voter
32	32	20 assigned to an inaccessible polling place, upon advance
33	33	21 request of such voter (pursuant to procedures established by
34	34	22 rule of the State Board of Elections) will be provided with an
35	35	23 alternative means for casting a ballot on the day of the
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39	39	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3063 Introduced , by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40	40	10 ILCS 5/11-4.2 from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2 10 ILCS 5/11-8 10 ILCS 5/17-13 from Ch. 46, par. 17-13 10 ILCS 5/11-4.2 from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2 10 ILCS 5/11-8 10 ILCS 5/17-13 from Ch. 46, par. 17-13
41	41	10 ILCS 5/11-4.2 from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2
42	42	10 ILCS 5/11-8
43	43	10 ILCS 5/17-13 from Ch. 46, par. 17-13
44	44	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a vote center location established by the election authority shall be compliant with the federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984. Provides that any voter with a temporary or permanent disability who, because of structural features of the building in which the polling place is located, is unable to access or enter the polling place shall be informed of the nearest accessible vote center. Removes provisions concerning an exception to the requirement that all polling places shall be accessible to voters with disabilities and elderly voters and each polling place shall include at least one voting booth that is wheelchair accessible. In provisions concerning vote centers, changes the repeal date from July 1, 2023 to July 1, 2024. Effective immediately.
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74	74	1 election or will be assigned to an accessible polling place.
75	75	2 (c) No later than December 31 of each even numbered year,
76	76	3 the State Board of Elections shall report to the General
77	77	4 Assembly and the Federal Election Commission the number of
78	78	5 accessible and inaccessible polling places in the State on the
79	79	6 date of the next preceding general election, and the reasons
80	80	7 for any instance of inaccessibility.
81	81	8 (Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
82	82	9 (10 ILCS 5/11-8)
83	83	10 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2023)
84	84	11 Sec. 11-8. Vote centers.
85	85	12 (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, election
86	86	13 authorities shall establish at least one location to be
87	87	14 located at an office of the election authority or in the
88	88	15 largest municipality within its jurisdiction where all voters
89	89	16 in its jurisdiction are allowed to vote on election day during
90	90	17 polling place hours, regardless of the precinct in which they
91	91	18 are registered. An election authority establishing such a
92	92	19 location under this Section shall identify the location and
93	93	20 any health and safety requirements by the 40th day preceding
94	94	21 the 2022 general primary election and the 2022 general
95	95	22 election and certify such to the State Board of Elections.
96	96	23 (b) A vote center location established by the election
97	97	24 authority shall be compliant with the federal Voting
98	98	25 Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984.
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109	109	1 (c) (b) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2024 2023.
110	110	2 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21;
111	111	3 102-1109, eff. 12-21-22.)
112	112	4 (10 ILCS 5/17-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-13)
113	113	5 Sec. 17-13. (a) In the case of an emergency, as determined
114	114	6 by the State Board of Elections, or if the Board determines
115	115	7 that all potential polling places have been surveyed by the
116	116	8 election authority and that no accessible polling place, as
117	117	9 defined by rule of the State Board of Elections, is available
118	118	10 within a precinct nor is the election authority able to make a
119	119	11 polling place within the precinct temporarily accessible, the
120	120	12 Board, upon written application by the election authority, is
121	121	13 authorized to grant an exemption from the accessibility
122	122	14 requirements of the Federal Voting Accessibility for the
123	123	15 Elderly and Handicapped Act (Public Law 98-435). Such
124	124	16 exemption shall be valid for a period of 2 years.
125	125	17 (b) Any voter with a temporary or permanent disability
126	126	18 who, because of structural features of the building in which
127	127	19 the polling place is located, is unable to access or enter the
128	128	20 polling place shall be informed of the nearest accessible vote
129	129	21 center as established in Section 11-8. The voter , may request
130	130	22 that 2 judges of election of opposite party affiliation
131	131	23 deliver a ballot to him or her at the point where he or she is
132	132	24 unable to continue forward motion toward the polling place;
133	133	25 but, in no case, shall a ballot be delivered to the voter
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144	144	1 beyond 50 feet of the entrance to the building in which the
145	145	2 polling place is located. Such request shall be made to the
146	146	3 election authority not later than the close of business at the
147	147	4 election authority's office on the day before the election and
148	148	5 on a form prescribed by the State Board of Elections. The
149	149	6 election authority shall notify the judges of election for the
150	150	7 appropriate precinct polling places of such requests.
151	151	8 Weather permitting, 2 judges of election shall deliver to
152	152	9 the voter with a disability the ballot which he or she is
153	153	10 entitled to vote, a portable voting booth or other enclosure
154	154	11 that will allow such voter to mark his or her ballot in
155	155	12 secrecy, and a marking device.
156	156	13 (c) The voter must complete the entire voting process,
157	157	14 including the application for ballot from which the judges of
158	158	15 election shall compare the voter's signature with the
159	159	16 signature on his or her registration record card in the
160	160	17 precinct binder.
161	161	18 (d) After the voter has marked his or her ballot and placed
162	162	19 it in the ballot envelope (or folded it in the manner
163	163	20 prescribed for paper ballots), the 2 judges of election shall
164	164	21 return the ballot to the polling place and give it to the judge
165	165	22 in charge of the ballot box who shall deposit it therein.
166	166	23 Pollwatchers as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 of
167	167	24 this Code shall be permitted to accompany the judges and
168	168	25 observe the above procedure.
169	169	26 No assistance may be given to such voter in marking his or
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180	180	1 her ballot, unless the voter requests assistance and completes
181	181	2 the affidavit required by Section 17-14 of this Code.
182	182	3 (Source: P.A. 102-1, eff. 4-2-21; 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
183	183	4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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