103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3653 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who died during the preceding month. LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3653 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who died during the preceding month. LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3653 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who died during the preceding month. LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b A BILL FOR HB3653LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b HB3653 LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b HB3653 LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b 1 AN ACT concerning elections. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing 5 Sections 4-14.1 and 5-9.1 as follows: 6 (10 ILCS 5/4-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1) 7 Sec. 4-14.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. 8 Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death 9 registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county 10 clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as 11 indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may issue 12 certifications of death records from that system and shall may 13 use that system to cancel the registration of any person who 14 has died during the preceding month. Regardless of whether or 15 not such a system has been established, it is the duty of the 16 county clerk to examine, monthly, the records deposited in his 17 or her office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to 18 deaths in the county, and to cancel the registration of any 19 person who has died during the preceding month. 20 (Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.) 21 (10 ILCS 5/5-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1) 22 Sec. 5-9.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3653 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who died during the preceding month. LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b A BILL FOR 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b HB3653 LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b HB3653- 2 -LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b HB3653 - 2 - LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b HB3653 - 2 - LRB103 05122 AWJ 50136 b 1 Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death 2 registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county 3 clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as 4 indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may issue 5 certifications of death records from that system and shall may 6 use that system to cancel the registration of any person who 7 has died during the preceding month and cause the name of each 8 such deceased person to be erased from the register of the 9 precinct in which the deceased person was registered. 10 Regardless of whether or not such a system has been 11 established, it is the duty of the county clerk to examine 12 monthly the records deposited in his or her office pursuant to 13 the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county, to 14 cancel the registration of any person who has died during the 15 preceding month and cause the name of each such deceased 16 person to be erased from the register of the precinct in which 17 the deceased person was registered. 18 (Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.) 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