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HB 3833

Relating to the decline of ground water levels.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Mark Owens

HB 3833 fixes a typographical error in the Election Code short title, removing a duplicated 'the' so it reads 'This Act may be cited as the Election Code'; no policy change.

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · HB 3833

Summary — HB 3833 (ELECTIONS-TECH)

  • Bill number: HB 3833
  • Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Didech
  • Subject: Illinois Election Code — technical amendment to short title (10 ILCS 5/1-1)
  • Status / key dates (legislative history): Filed Feb 7, 2025; 1st reading Feb 18, 2025; passed House May 16, 2025; passed Senate May 25, 2025; sent to Governor May 28, 2025; signed by Governor June 20, 2025; effective Sept 1, 2025. Reported favorably and placed on local & uncontested calendar during committee consideration.

Main purpose / intent

HB 3833 makes a technical, non‑substantive correction to the Election Code's short title provision (10 ILCS 5/1-1). The change corrects a typographical error in the statute's first sentence so the short title reads correctly as "The Election Code."

Key provision

  • Amends 10 ILCS 5/1-1 (Section 1-1 of the Election Code) to correct the wording of the short title. The introduced text shows removal of a duplicated word ("the the") so the statutory sentence reads: "This Act may be cited as the Election Code."

No other substantive language, definitions, procedures, penalties, or programmatic changes are proposed.

Who or what is affected

  • Direct legal effect: none on election procedures, rights, or obligations. The amendment is clerical/technical and simply corrects the printed statutory text.
  • Indirect effect: helps ensure the statute's short title is grammatically correct in the codified text and in any citations or references; does not change meaning or application of the law.

Fiscal and procedural impact

  • No material fiscal impact is expected because the bill is purely technical.
  • The bill proceeded through committee review, was reported favorably (including as a committee substitute at one point), placed on the local & uncontested calendar, and was enacted and signed into law, taking effect Sept. 1, 2025.

Notes

  • Source citation in the existing statute: (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
  • This type of bill is often used to clean up typographical or formatting errors in the codified statutes and is not intended to alter policy.

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

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