Illinois HB 5448: MUNI CD-ELECTION PETITION
Status: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (as of 2026-03-27)
State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 5448
Sponsors: Travis Weaver
Bill Text
• Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB5448 • • • • • • • • • • • • Select Language × The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein. Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet. The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website. NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window. Choose Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Bengali Bosnian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Interlingua Interlingue Inuktitut Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar Nepali Norwegian Odia Pashto Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Sango Sanskrit Sardinian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Southern Sotho Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tonga Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Powered by Translate Close Illinois General Assembly Top Navigation Bar Translate Learn Select General Assembly Search the 104th General Assembly Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules. ILGA.GOV • • LEGISLATION & LAWS • Bills & Resolutions • Public Acts • Illinois Compiled Statutes • Illinois Constitution • Search Legislation • Glossary • Guide • Reports & Inquiry • Legislative Reports • Special Reports • FTP Site • Legislator Lookup • Capitol Complex Phone Numbers • Rules & Regulations • Illinois Register • Administrative Rules • Senate • Members • Schedules • Committees • Request for Remote Testimony • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • Senate Employment Opportunities • Media Guidelines • House • Members • Schedules • Committees • Submit testimony for House Committees • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • House Employment Opportunities • Log In Mobile Top Bar Search the 104th General Assembly Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website. Full Text of HB5448 • Home • Legislation • Full Text HB5448 - 104th General Assembly • Bill Status • Full Text • Votes • Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB5448 Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Travis Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 5/5-2-21 new Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for a municipality that has a population of at least 80,000 and that has adopted the managerial form of municipal government, a candidate's petition for nomination shall contain at least the number of signatures equal to 3% of the total vote cast for all candidates for mayor at the last preceding election for mayor in the municipality. Effective immediately. LRB104 20692 WRO 34192 b A BILL FOR HB5448LRB104 20692 WRO 34192 b 1 AN ACT concerning local government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 5adding Section 5-2-21 as follows: 6 (65 ILCS 5/5-2-21 new) 7 Sec. 5-2-21. Petition of candidacy; municipalities of 880,000 or greater in population. Notwithstanding any other 9provision of law, for a municipality that has a population of 10at least 80,000 and that has adopted the managerial form of 11municipal government, a candidate's petition for nomination 12shall contain at least the number of signatures equal to 3% of 13the total vote cast for all candidates for mayor at the last 14preceding election for mayor in the municipality. 15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 16becoming law. Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. Contact ILGA Webmaster ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the
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