103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4362 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1A-45 Amends the Election Code. Removes provisions requiring the State Board of Elections, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department of Employment Security to enter into an agreement to require each department to provide the State Board of Elections with any information necessary to transmit member data under the Electronic Registration Information Center Membership Agreement and requiring each director or secretary, as applicable, of each agency to deliver this information on an annual basis to the State Board of Elections pursuant to the agreement. LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4362 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1A-45 10 ILCS 5/1A-45 Amends the Election Code. Removes provisions requiring the State Board of Elections, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department of Employment Security to enter into an agreement to require each department to provide the State Board of Elections with any information necessary to transmit member data under the Electronic Registration Information Center Membership Agreement and requiring each director or secretary, as applicable, of each agency to deliver this information on an annual basis to the State Board of Elections pursuant to the agreement. LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4362 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1A-45 10 ILCS 5/1A-45 10 ILCS 5/1A-45 Amends the Election Code. Removes provisions requiring the State Board of Elections, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department of Employment Security to enter into an agreement to require each department to provide the State Board of Elections with any information necessary to transmit member data under the Electronic Registration Information Center Membership Agreement and requiring each director or secretary, as applicable, of each agency to deliver this information on an annual basis to the State Board of Elections pursuant to the agreement. LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b A BILL FOR HB4362LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362 LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362 LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 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 Section 1A-45 as follows: 6 (10 ILCS 5/1A-45) 7 Sec. 1A-45. Electronic Registration Information Center. 8 (a) The State Board of Elections shall enter into an 9 agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center 10 effective no later than January 1, 2016, for the purpose of 11 maintaining a statewide voter registration database. The State 12 Board of Elections shall comply with the requirements of the 13 Electronic Registration Information Center Membership 14 Agreement. The State Board of Elections shall require a term 15 in the Electronic Registration Information Center Membership 16 Agreement that requires the State to share identification 17 records contained in the Secretary of State's Driver Services 18 Department and Vehicle Services Department, the Department of 19 Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family 20 Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department of 21 Employment Security databases (excluding those fields 22 unrelated to voter eligibility, such as income or health 23 information). 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4362 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1A-45 10 ILCS 5/1A-45 10 ILCS 5/1A-45 Amends the Election Code. Removes provisions requiring the State Board of Elections, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department of Employment Security to enter into an agreement to require each department to provide the State Board of Elections with any information necessary to transmit member data under the Electronic Registration Information Center Membership Agreement and requiring each director or secretary, as applicable, of each agency to deliver this information on an annual basis to the State Board of Elections pursuant to the agreement. LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b A BILL FOR 10 ILCS 5/1A-45 LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362 LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362- 2 -LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362 - 2 - LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362 - 2 - LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b 1 (b) The Secretary of State and the State Board of 2 Elections shall enter into an agreement to permit the 3 Secretary of State to provide the State Board of Elections 4 with any information required for compliance with the 5 Electronic Registration Information Center Membership 6 Agreement. The Secretary of State shall deliver this 7 information as frequently as necessary for the State Board of 8 Elections to comply with the Electronic Registration 9 Information Center Membership Agreement. 10 (b-5) (Blank). The State Board of Elections and the 11 Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and 12 Family Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department 13 of Employment Security shall enter into an agreement to 14 require each department to provide the State Board of 15 Elections with any information necessary to transmit member 16 data under the Electronic Registration Information Center 17 Membership Agreement. The director or secretary, as 18 applicable, of each agency shall deliver this information on 19 an annual basis to the State Board of Elections pursuant to the 20 agreement between the entities. 21 (c) Any communication required to be delivered to a 22 registrant or potential registrant pursuant to the Electronic 23 Registration Information Center Membership Agreement shall 24 include at least the following message: 25 "Our records show people at this address may not be 26 registered to vote at this address, but you may be HB4362 - 2 - LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362- 3 -LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362 - 3 - LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362 - 3 - LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b 1 eligible to register to vote or re-register to vote at 2 this address. If you are a U.S. Citizen, a resident of 3 Illinois, and will be 18 years old or older before the next 4 general election in November, you are qualified to vote. 5 We invite you to check your registration online at 6 (enter URL) or register to vote online at (enter URL), by 7 requesting a mail-in voter registration form by (enter 8 instructions for requesting a mail-in voter registration 9 form), or visiting the (name of election authority) office 10 at (address of election authority)." 11 The words "register to vote online at (enter URL)" shall 12 be bolded and of a distinct nature from the other words in the 13 message required by this subsection (c). 14 (d) Any communication required to be delivered to a 15 potential registrant that has been identified by the 16 Electronic Registration Information Center as eligible to vote 17 but who is not registered to vote in Illinois shall be prepared 18 and disseminated at the direction of the State Board of 19 Elections. All other communications with potential registrants 20 or re-registrants pursuant to the Electronic Registration 21 Information Center Membership Agreement shall be prepared and 22 disseminated at the direction of the appropriate election 23 authority. 24 (e) The Executive Director of the State Board of Elections 25 or his or her designee shall serve as the Member 26 Representative to the Electronic Registration Information HB4362 - 3 - LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362- 4 -LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362 - 4 - LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362 - 4 - LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b HB4362 - 4 - LRB103 35661 AWJ 65736 b