104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1786 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires a school district maintaining any of grades 9 through 12 to provide all eligible students graduating from high school with the opportunity to register to vote. Effective immediately. LRB104 09436 LNS 19496 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1786 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires a school district maintaining any of grades 9 through 12 to provide all eligible students graduating from high school with the opportunity to register to vote. Effective immediately. LRB104 09436 LNS 19496 b LRB104 09436 LNS 19496 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1786 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new
105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new
Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires a school district maintaining any of grades 9 through 12 to provide all eligible students graduating from high school with the opportunity to register to vote. Effective immediately.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Reverend
5 Jesse Jackson, Sr. Young Voter Empowerment Law.
6 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
7 10-20.88 and 34-18.88 as follows:
8 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new)
9 Sec. 10-20.88. High school voter registration. Beginning
10 with the 2025-2026 school year, a school district maintaining
11 any of grades 9 through 12 shall provide all eligible students
12 graduating from high school with the opportunity to register
13 to vote.
14 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new)
15 Sec. 34-18.88. High school voter registration. Beginning
16 with the 2025-2026 school year, the school district shall
17 provide all eligible students graduating from high school with
18 the opportunity to register to vote.
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1786 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new
105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new
Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires a school district maintaining any of grades 9 through 12 to provide all eligible students graduating from high school with the opportunity to register to vote. Effective immediately.
LRB104 09436 LNS 19496 b LRB104 09436 LNS 19496 b
LRB104 09436 LNS 19496 b
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
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