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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
HB1698

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Maura Hirschauer 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/11-4.1 from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1

 Amends the Election Code. Provides that, upon receiving an election authority's request, if a school district demonstrates to the election authority that the use of a school as a polling place would interfere with scheduled programming or pose a threat to the safety of staff or students, the election authority and the school district shall work cooperatively to find an alternative location to serve as a polling place. Provides that, if the school district and the election authority are unable to identify a mutually agreeable alternative location, the school district and the election authority shall submit a report to the Board of County Commissioners that includes specified information. Provides that, after receiving the report, the Board of County Commissioners shall determine a location to be used as a polling place as soon as practicable to avoid further delay in determining a polling place.

LRB104 10021 SPS 20092 b

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HB1698LRB104 10021 SPS 20092 b

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 

5Section 11-4.1 as follows:

6 (10 ILCS 5/11-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1)

7 Sec. 11-4.1. (a) In appointing polling places under this 

8Article, the county board or board of election commissioners 

9shall, insofar as they are convenient and available, use 

10schools and other public buildings as polling places.

11 (b) Upon request of the county board or board of election 

12commissioners, the proper agen