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HB 3299

Relating to a special bridge district; prescribing an effective date.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Paul Evans

HB 3299 lets election authorities accept objections to candidate nominations by email, with required email addresses; adds electronic service rules and keeps filing deadlines.

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · HB 3299

Summary — HB 3299 (104th General Assembly)

Title: Relating to a special bridge district; prescribing an effective date.
Primary sponsor: Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
Introduced: February 2025 (filed Feb. 25; first reading Feb. 18)
Status: In committee upon adjournment (as of June 28, 2025)
Statutory changes: Amends 10 ILCS 5/10-8 and adds 10 ILCS 5/10-8.5 to the Illinois Election Code.

Main purpose

HB 3299 authorizes election authorities to permit service of objections to candidate nomination certificates and nomination papers by electronic mail (email) as an alternative to the current requirement of personal delivery or registered mail, subject to specified conditions. It makes conforming changes to the existing objection-service provisions in Section 10-8 and adds a new Section 10-8.5 describing the electronic-service framework.

Key provisions

  • Adds Section 10-8.5 (Electronic service of objections), which allows an election authority to authorize email service of objections to candidate nominations in lieu of personal service if the authority:
    1. Requires candidates to provide an email address where notices and electoral board proceedings may be sent electronically;
    2. Requires objectors to provide an email address where notices and proceedings may be sent electronically; and
    3. Publishes notice of its decision to use electronic service on its website within 5 business days after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
  • Modifies Section 10-8 to recognize that objector petitions and related transmissions may be sent by “electronic delivery under Section 10-8.5” in addition to registered mail or receipted personal delivery.
  • Retains existing filing and transmission deadlines in Section 10-8 (for example, the electoral authority must note day/hour of filing and transmit objections to the proper electoral board by 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt).

Who is affected

  • Candidates and persons filing nomination papers or certificates (they may be required to provide an email address).
  • Objectors filing challenges to nominations (they may be required to provide an email address and could receive service by email).
  • Election authorities, local election officials, and the State Board of Elections (responsible for authorizing electronic service and posting notice).
  • Electoral boards that receive and adjudicate objections.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • The bill was introduced in February 2025 and went through committee referrals (Rules; Ethics & Elections; State Affairs). It was read and referred multiple times and is listed as “in committee upon adjournment” on June 28, 2025.
  • If enacted, the election authority must publish its decision to use electronic service on its website within 5 business days of the Act’s effective date; other existing objection filing time windows (e.g., 5 business days after last day for filing nominations; 35 business days for certain statewide petitions) remain unchanged.

Potential implications to consider (neutral)

  • Administrative: May speed delivery and reduce reliance on physical delivery or registered mail.
  • Process/records: Requires election authorities to collect and manage email addresses and to ensure reliable notice/recordkeeping.
  • Legal/technical: Raises questions about proof of delivery, security, authentication, and backup procedures for failed or undeliverable emails — matters likely to be addressed in implementing rules or local policies.

If you want, I can extract the exact redline text changes or produce a one‑page comparison showing current vs. proposed language in Section 10-8.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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