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SB 2714

State Board of Funeral Service; require certain continuing education courses for licensees.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Tyler McCaughn

The bill tightens ballot access rules by penalizing late civil penalties, lengthening vacancy-fill deadlines to at least 45 days before an election, and requires vote-by-mail ballo

Died In Committee
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Bill Summary · SB 2714

Quick note on source material

The bill metadata you provided lists the title as relating to the State Board of Funeral Service and continuing education, but the legislative text attached (LRB10415757SPS28945b) is an election bill titled “AN ACT concerning elections” that amends multiple sections of the Illinois Election Code (10 ILCS 5/7‑61, 9‑30, 10‑11, 19‑4, 19A‑35). This summary treats the attached election-code text as the operative bill language. The legislative action dates in the record are inconsistent (e.g., “Died In Committee” dated 2025‑02‑04 while other filing dates are later); those inconsistencies are noted below.

Bill at a glance

  • Bill number: SB 2714
  • Sponsor: Sen. Rachel Ventura (primary)
  • Subject: Amendments to the Illinois Election Code (nominations, ballot forfeiture, delivery of ballots)
  • Status: Died In Committee (per provided record)
  • Companion: HB 2548

Main purpose / intent

To revise procedures governing candidate nomination vacancies, ballot forfeiture rules tied to assessed civil penalties, and the timing for mailing vote‑by‑mail ballots in consolidated primary situations — with the apparent intent of clarifying timelines and tightening enforcement around ballot eligibility.

Key provisions and changes

  • Ballot forfeiture / civil penalties

    • If the State Board of Elections (SBE) has transmitted a list of candidates whose political committees have not paid assessed civil penalties, any civil penalty paid after that transmission will not result in placing the candidate on the ballot.
    • If a candidate forfeits their ballot under this provision, that candidate may not later be appointed to fill the resulting vacancy.

  • Vacancies in nomination (10 ILCS 5/7‑61)

    • For vacancies occurring after certification, the bill changes the deadline for filling the vacancy: instead of “within 8 days after the event creating the vacancy,” the vacancy must be filled at least 45 days before the election for which the vacancy exists.
    • Retains procedural requirements for resolutions filling vacancies (acknowledgment, Statement of Candidacy, filing of economic interest statement, and transmission to the certifying officer/board).

  • Delivery of ballots (consolidated primaries)

    • If a consolidated primary election is required, vote‑by‑mail ballots for the consolidated election must be mailed no later than 5 business days after completion of the canvass of the consolidated primary election.

  • Miscellaneous

    • The bill amends additional Election Code sections (9‑30, 10‑11, 19‑4, 19A‑35) though the available excerpt is truncated; other conforming and procedural changes are indicated.

Who is affected

  • Candidates and their political committees (risk of losing ballot access if assessed civil penalties aren’t timely satisfied)
  • Political parties and local party committees (responsible for filling vacancies)
  • Election authorities and certifying officers/boards (modified deadlines and filing/transmission requirements)
  • Voters (timing of vote‑by‑mail dispatch in consolidated primaries may change when ballots arrive)

Procedural / timeline notes

  • The bill changes the timeline for filling post‑certification vacancies to require a substitution at least 45 days before the election. This tightens the cutoff for last‑minute replacements.
  • The mailing deadline for vote‑by‑mail in consolidated primary situations is set to 5 business days after completion of the canvass (which could compress administrative timelines).
  • Legislative action record provided contains inconsistent dates (multiple filing/readings spanning March–October 2025 and a “Died In Committee” entry dated 2025‑02‑04). According to the metadata you supplied, the bill ultimately died in committee.

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