Illinois · House Bill 5887 · 103rd General Assembly

ELEC CD-VERIFY CITIZENSHIP

HB 5887 Sponsored by Tony M. McCombie Died in committee

  1. Introduced Oct 7, 2024
  2. In committee Nov 12, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Election Code. Provides that the election authority shall reject any application for registration that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship. Specifies the documents that provide satisfactory evidence of citizenship. Provides that any person who is registered in the State on the effective date of the amendatory Act is deemed to have provided satisfactory evidence of…

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Amends the Election Code. Provides that the election authority shall reject any application for registration that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship. Specifies the documents that provide satisfactory evidence of citizenship. Provides that any person who is registered in the State on the effective date of the amendatory Act is deemed to have provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship and shall not be required to resubmit evidence of citizenship unless the person is changing voter registration from one county to another. Sets forth additional requirements.

Every action

18 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

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  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie
  2. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
  3. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jackie Haas
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Stephens
  7. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer
  8. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
  9. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
  10. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
  1. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
  2. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
  3. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski
  6. HouseFirst Reading
  7. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  8. HouseSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 14 cosponsors: 14 Republicans.

All 14 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.