104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1121
 
Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Kevin Schmidt
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/4-14.1  from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1
10 ILCS 5/5-9.1  from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1
    Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided shall (rather than may) issue certifications of death records from an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act and shall (rather than may) use that system to cancel the registration of any person who died during the preceding month.


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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 4-14.1 and 5-9.1 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/4-14.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1)
7    Sec. 4-14.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. 
8Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death 
9registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county 
10clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as 
11indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may issue 
12certifications of death records from that system and shall may 
13use that system to cancel the registration of any person who 
14has died during the preceding month. Regardless of whether or 
15not such a system has been established, it is the duty of the 
16county clerk to examine, monthly, the records deposited in his 
17or her office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to 
18deaths in the county, and to cancel the registration of any 
19person who has died during the preceding month.
20(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
21    (10 ILCS 5/5-9.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1)
22    Sec. 5-9.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. 
 
 
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1Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death 
2registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county 
3clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as 
4indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may issue 
5certifications of death records from that system and shall may 
6use that system to cancel the registration of any person who 
7has died during the preceding month and cause the name of each 
8such deceased person to be erased from the register of the 
9precinct in which the deceased person was registered. 
10Regardless of whether or not such a system has been 
11established, it is the duty of the county clerk to examine 
12monthly the records deposited in his or her office pursuant to 
13the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county, to 
14cancel the registration of any person who has died during the 
15preceding month and cause the name of each such deceased 
16person to be erased from the register of the precinct in which 
17the deceased person was registered.
18(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)