Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 2412 effectively ending the slating of candidates for the November 2024 election by Democrats or Republicans in races where no candidates for that party ran in the primary.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the bill into law two days after it was converted from a child welfare bill into an election law bill by amendment.

If no candidate for the nomination of the party was on the primary ballot, no candidate of that party may be listed on the ballot at the general election.

The bill also directs the State Board of Elections to submit three non-binding advisory questions to the voters at the general election, effectively blocking any other ballot questions from being proposed.

The bill is effective immediately.