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Illinois State Constitution
The records of the first constitutional convention held in Illinois, along with the text of the first constitution, are available online:
Illinois State Historical Society. . [Springfield, IL: Illinois State Historical Society]. Illinois State Historical Society Journal, v.6, no.3, October 1894.
Legislative Reference Bureau, 1919. . Springfield: Schnepp & Barnes, Printers. A history of Constitutional Conventions held in Illinois written before the Constitutional Convention of 1920. It also includes a list of items for consideration during the Constitutional Convention.
The Illinois State Library has digitized all editions of the ratified and proposed state constitutions, as well as reference works about the constitutions and journals of the various constitutional conventions. They are available through the
, printed by order of the House of Representatives.
Text of the , excerpted from: Compilation of all the general laws concerning real estate and the title thereto, in the State of Illinois 1849, p. 63-106.
[1862] (proposed, but rejected by the voters) from Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Springfield: Convened at Springfield, January 7, 1862, p.1072-1114.
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. This constitution was also not ratified.
, Adopted at special election on December 15, 1970.
