Illinois · Bill 7 · 104th General Assembly

CONAMEND-VOTING QUALIFICATION

SJRCA 7 Sponsored by Andrew S. Chesney In committee

  1. Introduced Feb 18, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 18, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Next
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that every United States citizen who has attained the age of 18 or any other voting age required by the United States for voting (currently voting in State elections) and who has been a permanent resident of this State for at least 30 days next preceding any election shall have the right to vote at such election. Provides…

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Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that every United States citizen who has attained the age of 18 or any other voting age required by the United States for voting (currently voting in State elections) and who has been a permanent resident of this State for at least 30 days next preceding any election shall have the right to vote at such election. Provides that each voter shall present photo identification to verify the voter's identity when voting in person at a polling place during early voting or on election day before being provided a ballot. Provides that each voter who votes by mail-in ballot shall enter specified information in the block provided next to the voter's signature for election officials to use in verifying the voter's identity. Specifies valid forms of identification.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled with Secretary
  2. CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  3. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

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

All 1 cosponsor

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.