Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1454 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1454 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk of a county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from the electronic reporting system for death registrations and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month. Requires a county coroner, medical examiner, or physician for a county or any other individual responsible for certification of death under the Vital Records Act to promptly transmit certified records to the county clerk within 7 days after the death. Requires the county clerk and coroner to report quarterly to its affiliated county board and certify its full compliance with the provisions and accuracy of the voter rolls. Allows an individual to request a copy of the county clerk's or coroner's report and allows for relief if the county clerk fails to provide an accurate report within specified timeframes. LRB104 07810 SPS 17856 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1454 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk of a county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from the electronic reporting system for death registrations and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month. Requires a county coroner, medical examiner, or physician for a county or any other individual responsible for certification of death under the Vital Records Act to promptly transmit certified records to the county clerk within 7 days after the death. Requires the county clerk and coroner to report quarterly to its affiliated county board and certify its full compliance with the provisions and accuracy of the voter rolls. Allows an individual to request a copy of the county clerk's or coroner's report and allows for relief if the county clerk fails to provide an accurate report within specified timeframes. LRB104 07810 SPS 17856 b LRB104 07810 SPS 17856 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1454 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1
4	4	10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1
5	5	Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk of a county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from the electronic reporting system for death registrations and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month. Requires a county coroner, medical examiner, or physician for a county or any other individual responsible for certification of death under the Vital Records Act to promptly transmit certified records to the county clerk within 7 days after the death. Requires the county clerk and coroner to report quarterly to its affiliated county board and certify its full compliance with the provisions and accuracy of the voter rolls. Allows an individual to request a copy of the county clerk's or coroner's report and allows for relief if the county clerk fails to provide an accurate report within specified timeframes.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
15	15	5 Section 4-14.1 as follows:
16	16	6 (10 ILCS 5/4-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1)
17	17	7 Sec. 4-14.1. Cancellation Cancelation of deceased voter's
18	18	8 registration.
19	19	9 (a) Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system
20	20	10 for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act,
21	21	11 the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided,
22	22	12 as indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may
23	23	13 issue certifications of death records from that system and
24	24	14 shall may use that system to cancel the registration of any
25	25	15 person who has died during the preceding month. Regardless of
26	26	16 whether or not such a system has been established, it is the
27	27	17 duty of the county clerk to examine, monthly, the records
28	28	18 deposited in his or her office pursuant to the Vital Records
29	29	19 Act that relate to deaths in the county, and to cancel the
30	30	20 registration of any person who has died during the preceding
31	31	21 month. The county coroner, medical examiner, or physician for
32	32	22 a county or any other individual responsible for certification
33	33	23 of death under Section 18 of the Vital Records Act shall
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1454 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1
39	39	10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1
40	40	Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk of a county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from the electronic reporting system for death registrations and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month. Requires a county coroner, medical examiner, or physician for a county or any other individual responsible for certification of death under the Vital Records Act to promptly transmit certified records to the county clerk within 7 days after the death. Requires the county clerk and coroner to report quarterly to its affiliated county board and certify its full compliance with the provisions and accuracy of the voter rolls. Allows an individual to request a copy of the county clerk's or coroner's report and allows for relief if the county clerk fails to provide an accurate report within specified timeframes.
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68	68	1 promptly transmit certified records to the county clerk within
69	69	2 7 days after the death of the decedent. The county clerk and
70	70	3 coroner shall report quarterly to its affiliated county board
71	71	4 and certify its full compliance with this Section and accuracy
72	72	5 of the voter rolls.
73	73	6 (b) Any person may request a copy of the report required in
74	74	7 subsection (a). Failure to provide an accurate report by the
75	75	8 county clerk within 5 business days, or 48 hours if 30 days
76	76	9 before an election, may file suit for injunction or
77	77	10 declaratory relief to enforce subsection (a) or this
78	78	11 subsection (b).
79	79	12 (c) The circuit court shall have the jurisdiction to order
80	80	13 the following: (i) production of deposits of records; (ii)
81	81	14 production of required reports; and (iii) compliance with
82	82	15 subsection (a), including establishing the accuracy of the
83	83	16 voter registration rolls.
84	84	17 (d) If a person seeking the right to receive a copy of the
85	85	18 documents pursuant to subsection (a) or enforce the provision
86	86	19 of subsection (a) prevails in a proceeding under this Section,
87	87	20 the court shall award such person reasonable attorney's fees
88	88	21 and costs. In determining what amount of attorney's fees is
89	89	22 reasonable, the court shall consider the degree to which the
90	90	23 relief obtained relates to the relief sought.
91	91	24 (e) If the court determines that a public body willfully
92	92	25 and intentionally failed to comply with this Section, or
93	93	26 otherwise acted in bad faith, the court shall also impose upon
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