Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB4222

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4222

Introduced 1/14/2026, by Rep. Martha Deuter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/9-15

from Ch. 46, par. 9-15

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a political committee may opt to receive notification of the filing dates for each quarterly report electronically by email by indicating its preference to receive notification electronically on its statement of organization or by filing a quarterly report of campaign contributions electronically. Effective January 1, 2027.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 9-15 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/9-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-15)

Sec. 9-15. It shall be the duty of the Board:

(1) to develop prescribed forms for filing statements of organization and required reports;

(2) to prepare, publish, and furnish to the appropriate persons a manual of instructions setting forth recommended uniform methods of bookkeeping and reporting under this Article;

(3) to prescribe suitable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Article. Such rules and regulations shall be published and made available to the public;

(4) to send by first class mail, after the general primary election in even numbered years, to the chair of each regularly constituted State central committee, county central committee and, in counties with a population of more than 3,000,000, to the committeepersons of each township and ward organization of each political party notice of their obligations under this Article, along with a form for filing the statement of organization;

(5) to promptly make all reports and statements filed under this Article available for public inspection and copying no later than 2 business days after their receipt and to permit copying of any such report or statement at the expense of the person requesting the copy;

(6) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system consistent with the purposes of this Article;

(7) to compile and maintain a list of all statements or parts of statements pertaining to each candidate;

(8) to prepare and publish such reports as the Board may deem appropriate;

(9) to annually notify each political committee that has filed a statement of organization with the Board of the filing dates for each quarterly report, provided that the such notification shall be made by first-class mail, unless the political committee opts to receive notification electronically by via email by indicating its preference to receive the notification electronically on its statement of organization or by filing a quarterly report of campaign contributions electronically; and

(10) to promptly send, by first class mail directed only to the officers of a political committee, and by certified mail to the address of the political committee, written notice of any fine or penalty assessed or imposed against the political committee under this Article.

(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2027.