Illinois SB 59: ELEC CD-SOS VERIFICATION

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 Illinois General Assembly

 ILGA.GOV 

 SB0059 - 104th General Assembly 

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
SB0059

Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Steve McClure 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/4-10 from Ch. 46, par. 4-10

10 ILCS 5/5-9 from Ch. 46, par. 5-9

10 ILCS 5/6-37 from Ch. 46, par. 6-37

15 ILCS 305/38 new

 Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that, by January 1, 2026, the Secretary of State shall establish and maintain a secure database that is accessible to local election officials and that indicates whether the particular person to whom a driver's license or State identification card has been issued is a United States citizen. Amends the Election Code. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2026, before an applicant is registered to vote, the registration officer shall verify the applicant's citizenship status using the secure database maintained by the Secretary of State. Provides that, if the information in the database indicates that the applicant is not a United States citizen, then the applicant's card shall be marked with the word "incomplete", and the registration officer shall notify the applicant in writing that (i) the application is incomplete and (ii) the applicant may not vote unless the applicant appears before the county clerk to present evidence that the applicant is a United States citizen. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning elections.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing 

5Sections 4-10, 5-9, and 6-37 as follows:

6 (10 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10)

7 Sec. 4-10. Except as herein provided, no person shall be 

8registered, unless he applies in person to a registration 

9officer, answers such relevant questions as may be asked of 

10him by the registration officer, and executes the affidavit of 

11registration. The registration officer shall require the 

12applicant to furnish two forms of identification, and except 

13in the case of a homeless individual, one of which must include 

14his or her residence address. These forms of identification 

15shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following: 

16driver's license, social security card, public aid 

17identification card, utility bill, employee or student 

18identification card, lease or contract for a residence, credit 

19card, or a civic, union or professional association membership 

20card. The registration officer shall require a homeless 

21individual to furnish evidence of his or her use of the mailing 

22address stated. This use may be demonstrated by a piece of mail 

23addressed to that individual and received at that address or 

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1by a statement from a person authorizing use of the mailing 

2address. The registration officer shall require each applicant 

3for registration to read or have read to him the affidavit of 

4registration before permitting him to execute the affidavit.

5 One of the registration officers or a deputy registration 

6officer, county clerk, or clerk in the office of the county 

7clerk, shall administer to all persons who shall personally 

8apply to register the following oath or affirmation:

9 "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and 

10truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching 

11your name, place of residence, place of birth, your 

12qualifications as an elector and your right as such to 

13register and vote under the laws of the State of Illinois."

14 The registration officer shall satisfy himself that each 

15applicant for registration is qualified to register before 

16registering him. If the registration officer has reason to 

17believe that the applicant is a resident of a Soldiers' and 

18Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or certified 

19pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental 

20Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care 

21Act, or the MC/DD Act, the following question shall be put, 

22"When you entered the home which is your present address, was 

23it your bona fide intention to become a resident thereof?" Any 

24voter of a township, city, village or incorporated town in 

25which such applicant resides, shall be permitted to be present 

26at the place of any precinct registration and shall have the 

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1right to challenge any applicant who applies to be registered.

2 In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant is 

3qualified he shall forthwith notify such applicant in writing 

4to appear before the county clerk to complete his 

5registration. Upon the card of such applicant shall be written 

6the word "incomplete" and no such applicant shall be permitted 

7to vote un