| Date | Chamber |  Action | 
  2/5/2009 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Careen M. Gordon |   2/6/2009 | House | First Reading |   2/6/2009 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |   2/11/2009 | House | Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee |   3/10/2009 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee;  005-001-000 |   3/11/2009 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |   3/18/2009 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |   3/18/2009 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |   3/19/2009 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock |   3/19/2009 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |   3/19/2009 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks |   3/19/2009 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |   3/19/2009 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham |   3/19/2009 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan |   3/19/2009 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 |   3/19/2009 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |   3/19/2009 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2009 |   3/27/2009 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton |   3/27/2009 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon |   3/30/2009 | Senate | First Reading |   3/30/2009 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |   4/21/2009 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler |   4/21/2009 | Senate | Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kwame Raoul |   4/22/2009 | Senate | Assigned to Elections |   4/28/2009 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul |   4/28/2009 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments |   4/28/2009 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Elections |   4/28/2009 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted |   4/29/2009 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Elections;  009-000-000 |   4/29/2009 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009 |   5/7/2009 | Senate | Second Reading |   5/7/2009 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009 |   5/13/2009 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |   5/13/2009 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 |   5/14/2009 | House | Arrived in House |   5/14/2009 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 |   5/19/2009 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Careen M. Gordon |   5/19/2009 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee |   5/20/2009 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee;  005-000-000 |   5/22/2009 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000 |   5/22/2009 | House | Passed Both Houses |   6/19/2009 | House | Sent to the Governor |   8/18/2009 | House | Governor Approved |   8/18/2009 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2010 |   8/18/2009 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0563 |