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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1954 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Doris Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new Amends the Counties Code. Creates the Recall of Countywide Elected Officials Division within the Code. Authorizes a county to establish a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of the county by referendum or petition. Provides that, if a county board adopts a resolution calling for a referendum on the proposal to adopt a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of the county, then the county clerk and county board shall provide for the submission of the proposition to the electors of the county at the next general election held in an even-numbered year. Provides that, if there is filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county, within the time provided in the general election law, a petition that is signed by the specified number of registered voters in the county and that requests the establishment of a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of that county, the clerk of the circuit court shall transmit the petition to the chief judge of the circuit court who shall determine the sufficiency of the petition or shall assign the determination of the sufficiency of the petition to a circuit judge who shall make the determination. Specifies that, if the judge determines that the petition is sufficient, the judge shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and shall issue an order directing the county clerk and the county board to provide for the submission of the proposition to the electors of the county at the next general election held in an even-numbered year. Authorizes the recall of a countywide elected official to be proposed by petition by the electors of the county. Sets forth requirements for the petition. Provides that, if the petition is valid and sufficient, then the State Board of Elections shall certify the petition, and the question must be submitted to the electors at a special election. Prohibits more than one recall petition per official per term of office. Effective immediately. LRB104 10305 JDS 20379 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1954 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Doris Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new 55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new 55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new 55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new 55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new Amends the Counties Code. Creates the Recall of Countywide Elected Officials Division within the Code. Authorizes a county to establish a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of the county by referendum or petition. Provides that, if a county board adopts a resolution calling for a referendum on the proposal to adopt a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of the county, then the county clerk and county board shall provide for the submission of the proposition to the electors of the county at the next general election held in an even-numbered year. Provides that, if there is filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county, within the time provided in the general election law, a petition that is signed by the specified number of registered voters in the county and that requests the establishment of a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of that county, the clerk of the circuit court shall transmit the petition to the chief judge of the circuit court who shall determine the sufficiency of the petition or shall assign the determination of the sufficiency of the petition to a circuit judge who shall make the determination. Specifies that, if the judge determines that the petition is sufficient, the judge shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and shall issue an order directing the county clerk and the county board to provide for the submission of the proposition to the electors of the county at the next general election held in an even-numbered year. Authorizes the recall of a countywide elected official to be proposed by petition by the electors of the county. Sets forth requirements for the petition. Provides that, if the petition is valid and sufficient, then the State Board of Elections shall certify the petition, and the question must be submitted to the electors at a special election. Prohibits more than one recall petition per official per term of office. Effective immediately. LRB104 10305 JDS 20379 b LRB104 10305 JDS 20379 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1954 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Doris Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	3	+	55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new 55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new 55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new 55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new 55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new
	4	+	55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new
	5	+	55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new
	6	+	55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new
	7	+	55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new
	8	+	Amends the Counties Code. Creates the Recall of Countywide Elected Officials Division within the Code. Authorizes a county to establish a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of the county by referendum or petition. Provides that, if a county board adopts a resolution calling for a referendum on the proposal to adopt a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of the county, then the county clerk and county board shall provide for the submission of the proposition to the electors of the county at the next general election held in an even-numbered year. Provides that, if there is filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county, within the time provided in the general election law, a petition that is signed by the specified number of registered voters in the county and that requests the establishment of a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of that county, the clerk of the circuit court shall transmit the petition to the chief judge of the circuit court who shall determine the sufficiency of the petition or shall assign the determination of the sufficiency of the petition to a circuit judge who shall make the determination. Specifies that, if the judge determines that the petition is sufficient, the judge shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and shall issue an order directing the county clerk and the county board to provide for the submission of the proposition to the electors of the county at the next general election held in an even-numbered year. Authorizes the recall of a countywide elected official to be proposed by petition by the electors of the county. Sets forth requirements for the petition. Provides that, if the petition is valid and sufficient, then the State Board of Elections shall certify the petition, and the question must be submitted to the electors at a special election. Prohibits more than one recall petition per official per term of office. Effective immediately.
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3	14		1 AN ACT concerning recall of countywide elected officials.
4	15		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	16		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	17		4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Division
7	18		5 3-16 as follows:
8	19		6 (55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new)
9	20		7 Division 3-16. Recall of Countywide Elected Officials
10	21		8 (55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new)
11		-	9 Sec. 3-16001. Recall of a countywide elected official.
12		-	10 (a) Sangamon County may establish a process by which
13		-	11 countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors
14		-	12 of the county, by submitting the proposition to the electors
15		-	13 of the county and obtaining their approval of the proposition
16		-	14 at a referendum held at the general election of 2026 as
17		-	15 provided in Section 3-16002. A referendum to adopt a process
18		-	16 by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the
19		-	17 electors may be called for by a resolution adopted before the
20		-	18 general election of 2026 by the county board of Sangamon
21		-	19 County.
22		-	20 (b) As used in this Division, "countywide elected
23		-	21 official" means a county officer who holds an elective office
24		-	22 under Article 3 of this Code, but it does not include an
	22	+	9 Sec. 3-16001. Recall of a countywide elected official. Any
	23	+	10 county may establish a process by which countywide elected
	24	+	11 officials may be recalled by the electors of that county by
	25	+	12 submission to and approval by the electors of the county of the
	26	+	13 proposition at a referendum as provided in Section 3-16002. A
	27	+	14 referendum to adopt a process by which countywide elected
	28	+	15 officials may be recalled by the electors may be called by a
	29	+	16 resolution adopted by the county board of the county or by the
	30	+	17 filing of a petition as provided in Section 3-16002.
	31	+	18 (55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new)
	32	+	19 Sec. 3-16002. Referendum on resolution of county board.
	33	+	20 (a) If the county board adopts a resolution calling for a
	34	+	21 referendum on the proposal to adopt a process by which
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33		-	1 officer who is elected by electors outside of Sangamon County.
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35		-	3 Sec. 3-16002. Referendum on resolution of county board.
36		-	4 (a) If the county board of Sangamon County adopts a
37		-	5 resolution calling for a referendum at the general election of
38		-	6 2026 on the proposal to adopt a process by which countywide
39		-	7 elected officials of Sangamon County may be recalled by the
40		-	8 electors of Sangamon County, within the time provided in the
41		-	9 general election law, the county clerk and county board of
42		-	10 Sangamon County shall provide for the submission of the
43		-	11 proposition to the electors of Sangamon County in accordance
44		-	12 with this Section at the general election of 2026.
45		-	13 (b) The referendum shall be conducted in such a manner as
46		-	14 is prescribed in the general election law.
47		-	15 The proposition shall be in substantially the following
48		-	16 form:
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50		-	18 Shall Sangamon
51		-	19 County adopt a process
52		-	20 by which countywide elected YES
53		-	21 officials may be recalled -----------------------------------
54		-	22 by the electors of the county NO
55		-	23 as provided for by Section
56		-	24 3-16003 of the Counties Code?
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	38	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1954 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Doris Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	39	+	55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new 55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new 55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new 55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new 55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new
	40	+	55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new
	41	+	55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new
	42	+	55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new
	43	+	55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new
	44	+	Amends the Counties Code. Creates the Recall of Countywide Elected Officials Division within the Code. Authorizes a county to establish a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of the county by referendum or petition. Provides that, if a county board adopts a resolution calling for a referendum on the proposal to adopt a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of the county, then the county clerk and county board shall provide for the submission of the proposition to the electors of the county at the next general election held in an even-numbered year. Provides that, if there is filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county, within the time provided in the general election law, a petition that is signed by the specified number of registered voters in the county and that requests the establishment of a process by which countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors of that county, the clerk of the circuit court shall transmit the petition to the chief judge of the circuit court who shall determine the sufficiency of the petition or shall assign the determination of the sufficiency of the petition to a circuit judge who shall make the determination. Specifies that, if the judge determines that the petition is sufficient, the judge shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and shall issue an order directing the county clerk and the county board to provide for the submission of the proposition to the electors of the county at the next general election held in an even-numbered year. Authorizes the recall of a countywide elected official to be proposed by petition by the electors of the county. Sets forth requirements for the petition. Provides that, if the petition is valid and sufficient, then the State Board of Elections shall certify the petition, and the question must be submitted to the electors at a special election. Prohibits more than one recall petition per official per term of office. Effective immediately.
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	53	+	55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-16 heading new
	54	+	55 ILCS 5/3-16001 new
	55	+	55 ILCS 5/3-16002 new
	56	+	55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new
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69		-	2 Sec. 3-16003. Recall of countywide elected officials.
70		-	3 (a) If the referendum described in Section 3-16002 is
71		-	4 approved by a majority of the voters voting on the
72		-	5 proposition, then the recall of countywide elected officials
73		-	6 of Sangamon County may thereafter be proposed by a petition
74		-	7 signed by a number of electors equal in number to at least 15%
75		-	8 of the total votes cast for Governor in that county in the
76		-	9 preceding gubernatorial election. A petition under this
77		-	10 Section shall have been signed by the petitioning electors not
78		-	11 more than 150 days after an affidavit has been filed with the
79		-	12 State Board of Elections providing notice of intent to
80		-	13 circulate a petition to recall the countywide elected
81		-	14 official. The affidavit may be filed no sooner than 6 months
82		-	15 after the beginning of the countywide elected official's term
83		-	16 of office and may not be filed in the last 6 months of the
84		-	17 countywide elected official's term of office.
85		-	18 (b) The form of the petition, circulation, and procedure
86		-	19 for determining the validity and sufficiency of a petition
87		-	20 shall be as provided by law. If the petition is valid and
88		-	21 sufficient, the State Board of Elections shall certify the
89		-	22 petition not more than 50 days after the date the petition was
90		-	23 filed, and the question "Shall (name) be recalled from the
91		-	24 office of (name of office)?" must be submitted to the electors
92		-	25 of Sangamon County at a special election called by the State
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103		-	1 Board of Elections, to occur not more than 100 days after
104		-	2 certification of the petition. A recall petition certified by
105		-	3 the State Board of Elections under this Section may not be
106		-	4 withdrawn and another recall petition under this Section may
107		-	5 not be initiated against the countywide elected official
108		-	6 during the remainder of the official's current term of office.
109		-	7 Any recall petition or recall election pending on the date of
110		-	8 the next general election at which a candidate for the same
111		-	9 countywide office is elected is moot.
112		-	10 (c) The countywide elected official is immediately removed
113		-	11 upon certification of the recall election results if a
114		-	12 majority of the electors voting on the question vote to recall
115		-	13 the countywide elected official. If the countywide elected
116		-	14 official is removed, the vacancy shall be filled as provided
117		-	15 in the Election Code or this Code.
118		-	16 (55 ILCS 5/3-16004 new)
119		-	17 Sec. 3-16004. Repealer. This Division is repealed on
120		-	18 January 1, 2027.
121		-	19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
122		-	20 becoming law.
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	75	+	1 countywide elected officials may be recalled by the electors
	76	+	2 of that county, within the time provided in the general
	77	+	3 election law, the county clerk and the county board shall
	78	+	4 provide for the submission of such proposition to the electors
	79	+	5 of the county in accordance with this Section at the next
	80	+	6 general election held in an even-numbered year.
	81	+	7 (b) If there is filed with the clerk of the circuit court
	82	+	8 of the county, within the time provided in the general
	83	+	9 election law, a petition that is signed by the number of
	84	+	10 registered voters described in this subsection and that
	85	+	11 requests the establishment of a process by which countywide
	86	+	12 elected officials may be recalled by the electors of that
	87	+	13 county, the clerk of the circuit court shall transmit the
	88	+	14 petition to the chief judge of the circuit court who shall
	89	+	15 determine the sufficiency of the petition or shall assign the
	90	+	16 determination of the sufficiency of the petition to a circuit
	91	+	17 judge who shall make the determination. For a county with a
	92	+	18 population that is greater than or equal to 500,000, the
	93	+	19 petition under this subsection (b) shall be signed by 5% of the
	94	+	20 registered voters in the county or 10,000 individuals,
	95	+	21 whichever is less. For a county with a population that is less
	96	+	22 than 500,000, the petition under this subsection (b) shall be
	97	+	23 signed by 5% of the registered voters in the county or 1,000
	98	+	24 individuals, whichever is less. If the judge determines that
	99	+	25 the petition is sufficient, the judge shall certify the
	100	+	26 sufficiency of the petition and shall issue an order directing
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	111	+	1 the county clerk and the county board to provide for the
	112	+	2 submission of the proposition to the electors of the county at
	113	+	3 the next general election held in an even-numbered year.
	114	+	4 The referendum shall be conducted in such a manner as is
	115	+	5 prescribed in the general election law.
	116	+	6 The proposition shall be in substantially the following
	117	+	7 form:
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	119	+	9 Shall the County of
	120	+	10 .......... adopt a process YES
	121	+	11 by which countywide elected----------------------------------
	122	+	12 officials may be recalled by NO
	123	+	13 the electors of the county as
	124	+	14 provided for by Illinois statute?
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	126	+	16 (55 ILCS 5/3-16003 new)
	127	+	17 Sec. 3-16003. Recall of countywide elected officials.
	128	+	18 (a) The recall of the countywide elected official may be
	129	+	19 proposed by a petition signed by a number of electors equal in
	130	+	20 number to at least 15% of the total votes cast for Governor in
	131	+	21 the preceding gubernatorial election in the county. A petition
	132	+	22 shall have been signed by the petitioning electors not more
	133	+	23 than 150 days after an affidavit has been filed with the State
	134	+	24 Board of Elections providing notice of intent to circulate a
	135	+	25 petition to recall the countywide elected official. The
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	146	+	1 affidavit may be filed no sooner than 6 months after the
	147	+	2 beginning of the countywide elected official's term of office
	148	+	3 and may not be filed in the last 6 months of a term.
	149	+	4 (b) The form of the petition, circulation, and procedure
	150	+	5 for determining the validity and sufficiency of a petition
	151	+	6 shall be as provided by law. If the petition is valid and
	152	+	7 sufficient, the State Board of Elections shall certify the
	153	+	8 petition not more than 100 days after the date the petition was
	154	+	9 filed, and the question "Shall (name) be recalled from the
	155	+	10 office of (name of office)?" must be submitted to the electors
	156	+	11 at a special election called by the State Board of Elections,
	157	+	12 to occur not more than 100 days after certification of the
	158	+	13 petition. A recall petition certified by the State Board of
	159	+	14 Elections may not be withdrawn and another recall petition may
	160	+	15 not be initiated against the countywide elected official
	161	+	16 during the remainder of the current term of office. Any recall
	162	+	17 petition or recall election pending on the date of the next
	163	+	18 general election at which a candidate for the same countywide
	164	+	19 office is elected is moot.
	165	+	20 (c) The countywide elected official is immediately removed
	166	+	21 upon certification of the recall election results if a
	167	+	22 majority of the electors voting on the question vote to recall
	168	+	23 the countywide elected official. If the countywide elected
	169	+	24 official is removed, the vacancy shall be filled as provided
	170	+	25 in the Election Code or this Code.
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