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D Illinois Senate · District 21 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Laura Ellman

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Total votes
6,747
all sessions
Attendance
89%
679 missed
Higher than 87% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
719
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
5
assignments
719 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

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719
Primary
238
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Co-sponsor SR 23
Passed · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor
WEAR RED DAY

Declares February 7, 2025 as Wear Red Day in the State of Illinois. Urges all residents of Illinois to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in women, and to show their support for women and the fight against heart disease by wearing the color red to commemorate this day.

Passed Feb 5, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Primary SR 6
Passed · Illinois Senate · Lead sponsor
RADON ACTION MONTH

Maddy summaryThis resolution (SR 6) symbolically declares January 2025 as "Radon Action Month" in Illinois. It does not create new laws or requirements but aims to raise public awareness about radon - a colorless, odorless radioactive gas that causes lung cancer, particularly in non-smokers. The resolution highlights that 41% of Illinois homes have high radon levels and emphasizes the importance of testing and mitigation. It directly affects all Illinois residents, property owners, and building occupants by encouraging proactive testing, though it does not mandate any actions or change existing regulations.

Passed Jan 29, 2025 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 1293
In committee · Illinois Senate · Lead sponsor
CRIM PRO-WARRANTS AND SUMMONS

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the warrant of arrest or summons shall command that the person against whom the complaint was made to be arrested and brought before the court issuing the warrant at a certain day, time, and courtroom number, or the nearest or most accessible court in the same county, or appear before the court at a certain time and place. Provides that if a person has a warrant in another county for an offense and the county where the warrant is outstanding fails to transport the person to the county where the warrant was issued for a hearing no later than 5 calendar days after the end of any detention issued on the charge in the arresting county, the county where the warrant is outstanding shall mark the warrant as served (rather than quash the warrant) and order the person released on the case for which the warrant was issued. Provides that if the issuing county fails to take any action within 5 calendar days, the defendant shall be released from custody on the warrant, and the circuit judge or associate circuit judge in the county of arrest shall set conditions of release and shall admit the defendant to pretrial release and shall schedule for his or her appearance before the court named in the warrant based upon the court day, time, and courtroom number listed on the warrant.

In committee Jan 28, 2025 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor HB 4144
Passed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY DISRUPT

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a "disruption event" includes any planned or unplanned work on or damage to a fire hydrant. Changes the term "health care facility list" to "disruption notification list". Requires a public water distribution entity to also notify all affected fire departments and all affected dispatch centers on the public water supply's disruption notification list not less than 14 days before any known, planned, or anticipated disruption event or that are served by the public water supply and affected by any unplanned disruption event in the public water supply's water distribution system. Requires a fire department and a dispatch center to designate an email address to receive electronic notifications from the public water distribution entity concerning planned or unplanned disruption events.

Passed Jan 7, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 867
Passed · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor
STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department's powers and duties.

Passed Jan 7, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Primary HB 4130
Passed · Illinois House · Lead sponsor
WATERWAY CLEANUP MONTH

Maddy summaryThis bill designates September of every year as Waterway Cleanup Month to encourage public participation in cleaning local waterways. It achieves this by amending the State Commemorative Dates Act to officially recognize the month with a specific title. The change serves as a symbolic reminder for residents and organizations to focus on environmental maintenance during that time.

Passed Jan 6, 2025 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor HB 5164
Passed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
NAME CHANGE-PUB CHANGES-FEES

Amends the Clerks of the Court Act. Provides that filing fees for a petition for change name may not exceed $25, and the court may waive this fee for good cause shown. Amends the Name Change Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Deletes the requirement that a petitioner must reside in the State for 6 months before the petitioner may file a petition under the Article. Allows a petitioner to request that the court file be impounded if public disclosure may be a hardship and have a negative impact on the petitioner's health or safety. Allows the petitioner to attach to the statement any supporting documents including relevant court orders. Allows the petitioner to request that his or her address be omitted from court documents if it would put the petitioner or petitioner's family at risk. Repeals the requirements to publish a notice of a petition to change a name.

Passed Jan 6, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 5421
Passed · Illinois House · Co-sponsor
LAKE MICH MONITORING-REPORTING

Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Removes a provision requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the City of Chicago and affected units of government for specified concerns. Removes a provision that require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct water quality and lake bed surveys to evaluate the ecology and the quality of water in Lake Michigan. Removes a provision concerning reporting requirements. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly monitor water quality from nearshores, harbors, and public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an executive summary biennially on conditions of the water quality in Lake Michigan to the Governor and members of the General Assembly.

Passed Jan 6, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 3637
In committee · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor
UTIL-TIME-OF-USE PRICING

Creates the Municipal and Cooperative Electric Utility Planning and Transparency Act. Provides that, by November 1, 2024, and by November 1 every 3 years thereafter, all electric cooperatives with members in the State, municipal power agencies, and municipalities shall file with the Illinois Power Agency an integrated resource plan. Sets forth provisions concerning the plan. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Authorizes the Illinois Power Agency to develop capacity procurement plans and conduct competitive procurement processes for the procurement of capacity needed to ensure environmentally sustainable long-term resource adequacy across the State at the lowest cost over time. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Changes the cumulative persisting annual savings goals for electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers for the years of 2024 through 2030. Provides that the cumulative persisting annual savings goals beyond the year 2030 shall increase by 0.9 (rather than 0.6) percentage points per year. Changes the requirements for submitting proposed plans and funding levels to meet savings goals for an electric utility serving more than 500,000 retail customers (rather than serving less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers). Provides that an electric utility that has a tariff approved within one year of the amendatory Act shall also offer at least one market-based, time-of-use rate for eligible retail customers that choose to take power and energy supply service from the utility. Sets forth provisions regarding the Illinois Commerce Commission's powers and duties related to residential time-of-use pricing. Provides that each capacity procurement event may include the procurement of capacity through a mix of contracts with different terms and different initial delivery dates. Sets forth the requirements of prepared capacity procurement plans. Requires each alternative retail electric supplier to make payment to an applicable electric utility for capacity, receive transfers of capacity credits, report capacity credits procured on its behalf to the applicable regional transmission organization, and submit the capacity credits to the applicable regional transmission organization under that regional transmission organization's rules and procedures. Makes other changes.

In committee Jan 2, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 3552
Passed · Illinois Senate · Co-sponsor
POLICE TRAINING-HATE CRIMES

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve training programs in crimes motivated by bias. Includes requirements for the training programs. Requires the training for new law enforcement officers and allows continuing education credits for current law enforcement officers who complete the training.

Passed Dec 30, 2024 1 co-sponsor
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