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SB 1717
Illinois SB1717 standardizes nominating petitions by creating a formal request process, requires 24-hour petition delivery, timestamps filings, and publicly lists petitions for at
Summary of SB 1717 — Nomination Petitions (and note on conflated document)
Note: The document you provided appears to combine two different bills both labeled “SB 1717” from different jurisdictions. One is an Illinois bill amending the Election Code (nominating petitions). The other is an Arizona bill concerning event wagering and lottery distributions (problem gambling funding). Below are concise, separated summaries for each so readers can see the substantive content and impacts of each measure.
1) Illinois — SB1717 (Election Code: nominating petitions)
- Primary sponsor: Sen. Michael E. Hastings. Introduced: 2/5/2025.
- Purpose and intent: To standardize and modernize the handling of nominating petition requests and filings by requiring election authorities to provide a formal request process, timely issuance of petitions, timestamping of filings, and public access to filed-petition lists.
- Key provisions:
- Require the State Board of Elections and local election authorities to create a standardized form for prospective candidates to request a petition for nomination.
- Mandate that, once a completed request form is received, the authority must provide the candidate with a petition for nomination within 24 hours.
- Require authorities to timestamp the day and hour when a completed petition for nomination is filed.
- Require authorities to make publicly available a list of filed petitions for nomination; that list must be preserved for at least six months.
- The bill text retains existing filing-location and filing-window rules in Section 7-12 (timing for state, county, municipal offices) and existing tie-breaking procedures (lottery/random selection) for simultaneous filings.
- Who is affected:
- Prospective candidates and political organizations (easier, quicker access to petition forms).
- State Board of Elections, county clerks, local election officials — new administrative duties (form creation, 24-hour response, timestamping, public records retention).
- Political parties and election observers — improved transparency of filed petitions.
- Procedural/timeline aspects:
- The bill modifies operational practices rather than candidate deadlines; existing statutory filing windows remain in force.
- Makes records-retention requirement (list preserved ≥ 6 months).
- Potential impact:
- Greater uniformity and transparency in petition processing; reduces uncertainty over access to petition forms and establishes clear evidence of filing times.
- Administrative workload for election offices to implement forms, staffing to meet 24-hour provision, timestamping and public-list maintenance.
2) Arizona — SB 1717 (Event wagering; problem gambling funding) — (appears in same document)
- Primary sponsor: Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales. Introduced: 2/27/2025.
- Purpose and intent: Amend lottery-distribution statutes and establish or fund problem-gambling programs tied to event wagering revenues.
- Key provisions (high level):
- Amends ARS §5-572 (use of monies in state lottery fund) and §5-1305; adds §5-1318.01 in Title 5 (event wagering).
- Specifies new deposits: $1,300,000 to a Problem Gambling Fund (§5-1318.01) and $1,300,000 allocated to the Department of Gaming’s Division of Problem Gambling for treatment, prevention and education related to problem gambling.
- Retains other existing lottery allocations (game & fish heritage fund, Healthy Families, AHEC, teenage pregnancy prevention, WIC, DES homeless grants, Arizona Competes, university capital improvement).
- Who is affected:
- Arizona Lottery and Lottery Commission (administration of deposits).
- Department of Gaming, Dept. of Health Services, programs addressing problem gambling (new/expanded funding).
- Potentially event-wagering operators and bettors indirectly via program funding sourced from broader lottery/event wagering revenues.
- Procedural/timeline aspects:
- Changes are statutory amendments to existing distribution rules; funding is appropriated or deposited on a recurring fiscal-year basis as described in ARS §5-572.
- Potential impact:
- Creates/identifies a dedicated funding stream for problem-gambling treatment and prevention.
- Slight reallocation of existing lottery fund priorities to support gambling-related public-health efforts.
Related/cross-references:
- Related bill: HB 2246 (noted as a companion in the provided materials).
- If you want, I can: (a) produce a side-by-side comparison of the Illinois petition changes vs. current practice; (b) draft a plain-language FAQ for candidates and election officials on the new petition rules; or (c) pull the exact language of the proposed Arizona §5-1318.01 (Problem Gambling Fund) if you’d like more detail.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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