Signed by Governor JB Pritzker

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and final pass a bill that prohibits officials convicted of a felony, bribery, or perjury while in office from holding any local or state elected office in the future.

Highlights:

• Prohibits any public official from holding public office if they are convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime committed during their term in public office (Sec. 10). 

• Specifies that if a person’s conviction is reversed, then they can hold public office again (Sec. 10). 

• Establishes the Task Force to Review Eligibility to Hold Public Office to review criminal conduct of a candidate and to recommend what criminal conduct should stop someone from holding public office (Sec. 5).

• Requires members of the task force to serve without compensation (Sec. 5). 

• Requires the Task Force to produce a report on findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by May 1, 2025 (Sec. 5). 

• Specifies that a notary public does not need to keep record of public office candidates documents such as nominating petitions, petitions of candidacy, petitions for nomination, nomination papers, or nomination papers (Sec. 3).

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