Bill
HB 2803
HB 2803: Illinois requires ballots be received by polls close to count; Arizona mandates notices for mixed-hoteling and restricts state funding.
Note: the materials you provided include two different bills that share the number “HB 2803” but are from different jurisdictions and have different subjects. Below are concise, separate summaries for each so readers understand both measures and their status.
Summary
- Purpose: Amend Illinois Election Code provisions governing vote-by-mail ballots to require that a mailed ballot be received by the election authority before the polls close on election day in order to be counted (replacing the existing rule that allowed ballots postmarked by election day to be counted if received later).
- Key changes:
- Amends multiple sections of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/19-3, 19-8, 20-2, 20-2.1, 20-2.2, 20-2.3, 20-3, 20-8) to change the return/receipt standard for vote-by-mail ballots.
- Removes or replaces language that permitted ballots postmarked by election day to be accepted if received within the subsequent provisional-ballot counting period (historically up to 14 days after election day).
- Makes conforming changes to application and permanent-mail-ballot provisions to reflect the new “received before polls close” requirement.
- Effective immediately (per the bill text).
- Who is affected:
- Voters using vote-by-mail (permanent and single-election applicants), including elderly, disabled, military and overseas voters.
- County election authorities and local election administrators (who must enforce receipt deadlines).
- Postal service and third-party ballot-return processors (time-sensitive handling becomes more critical).
- Potential impacts:
- Shorter effective window for ballots cast by mail — ballots delayed in transit or postmarked by election day but received later would no longer be counted.
- Increased likelihood of ballots being rejected for lateness absent faster postal delivery or greater reliance on dropboxes/in-person return.
- Administrative changes for election authorities (clearer cutoff, potential increase in in-person or dropbox returns).
- Possible legal and voting-access challenges raised by affected stakeholders.
- Procedural timeline (from provided record):
- Introduced: 02/06/2025 (Rep. Tony M. McCombie)
- Passed both chambers and transmitted to governor.
- Transmitted to Governor: 05/07/2025; Vetoed by Governor: 05/13/2025.
Summary
- Purpose: Require notice and limit public funding when homeless service providers operate “mixed hoteling” (housing homeless individuals in the same building/premises that also offers hotel rooms to the general public).
- Key provisions:
- New Arizona Revised Statutes § 41‑3956.
- If a homeless service provider engages in mixed hoteling, the homeless service provider, building supervisor, and building owner must post signage over each entrance/exit and in a location visible from the reception desk stating that the business houses homeless individuals alongside the general public and recommending guests lock doors, secure belongings, and report health/safety concerns to law enforcement.
- Sign specifications: red 25‑point Highway Gothic bolded font on white background; minimum sign size 18" × 24".
- The same notice must be posted prominently on any website that accepts public bookings, and guests must be given a printed notice before check-in. Guests who object before check-in must be issued a full refund.
- Prohibits use of state or local monies for mixed hoteling.
- Definitions: “homeless service provider” = provider serving destitute homeless individuals; “mixed hoteling” = providing shelter (emergency/temporary/transitional) to homeless individuals while concurrently providing hotel services to the general public on the same premises.
- Who is affected:
- Homeless service providers, hotel/building owners and supervisors using shared facilities.
- Hotel guests and the general public (through notices and refund option).
- State/local funding authorities (restricted from funding mixed-hotel arrangements).
- Procedural status (from provided text):
- Introduced in Arizona House by Rep. Gress (document indicates first regular session 2025). The file notes “Referred to Rules Committee” in your initial metadata.
If you want, I can:
- Produce a deeper legal/operational impact analysis for either bill (e.g., likely effect on specific voter groups, county election operations, or homelessness service models).
- Extract and compare the exact statutory language changes for the Illinois Election Code sections listed.
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