ELECTIONS-VACANCY APPOINTMENT

What it does

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

Amends the Election Code. Provides that when a vacancy occurs in any elective county office, the office of clerk of the circuit court in a county of less than 3,000,000 population that is not a home rule unit, or in the office of an elected member of the county board in a county other than Champaign County that is operating under the county executive form of government under specified provisions of the Counties Code, the appointee shall be a member of and affiliated with the same political party as the person being succeeded, as determined at the time the person being succeeded was elected.

Every action

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

1. Feb 10, 2023SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin
2. Feb 10, 2023SenateFirst Reading
3. Feb 10, 2023CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
4. Feb 23, 2023SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
5. Feb 28, 2023CommitteeAssigned to Executive · Senate Executive
6. Mar 3, 2023SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin
7. Mar 3, 2023CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
8. Mar 7, 2023CommitteeSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8 (b-1), the following amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments · Senate Assignments
9. Mar 9, 2023CommitteePostponed - Executive · Senate Executive
10. Mar 10, 2023CommitteeRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
11. Jan 7, 2025SenateSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

• Sue RezinR Primary sponsor · District 38