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Republican · Representative

Ray Ward

Represents District 19 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Republicans

71%

on 129 party-line votes · House Republicans median 91%

Cast a vote

89%

Yea or Nay on 916 of 1,025 roll calls · House median 90%

Their bills that became law

7 of 13

as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 5

Roll calls on record

1,025

2026 General Session

Votes and bills updated Oct 6, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 General Session.

How Ray Ward votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Ray Ward sits in the House

Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Ray Ward is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side

Times they broke with their party

37 of 129 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

SB0286 · Interior Designer Amendments

Yea

House/ passed 3rd reading · 2026-03-06 · Passed 39–28 · most Republicans voted the other way

SB0176 · Landscaping Procurement Amendments

Yea

House/ failed · 2026-03-06 · Failed 35–34 · most Republicans voted the other way

SB0252 · Water Usage at State-owned Facilities Amendments

Yea

House/ passed 3rd reading · 2026-03-06 · Passed 41–28 · most Republicans voted the other way

SB0251 · Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination

Yea

House/ passed 3rd reading · 2026-03-06 · Passed 40–30 · most Republicans voted the other way

SB0242 · Transportation Amendments

Nay

House/ passed 3rd reading · 2026-03-06 · Passed 55–14 · most Republicans voted the other way

SB0124 · Child Welfare Modifications

Yea

House/ failed · 2026-03-04 · Failed 30–43 · most Republicans voted the other way

SB0229 · State Employee Benefits Amendments

Nay

House/ failed · 2026-03-04 · Failed 34–40 · most Republicans voted the other way

SB0233 · Judicial Performance Evaluation Amendments

Nay

House/ passed 3rd reading · 2026-03-04 · Passed 51–18 · most Republicans voted the other way

HB0596 · Homelessness Amendments

Yea

House/ failed · 2026-03-03 · Passed 34–37 · most Republicans voted the other way

HB0548 · Primary Election Amendments

Yea

House/ passed 3rd reading · 2026-03-02 · Passed 40–30 · most Republicans voted the other way

Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

HB0152 · Educational Vaccine Exemption Amendments

Nay

House Comm – Motion to Recommend Failed · 2026-01-30 · Failed 6–6

SB0176 · Landscaping Procurement Amendments

Yea

House/ failed · 2026-03-06 · Failed 35–34

HB0335 · County Employment Amendments

Nay

House Comm – Motion to Recommend Failed · 2026-02-13 · Failed 4–6

HB0321 · Inmate Medical Treatment Rates Amendments

Nay

House Comm – Held · 2026-02-12 · Passed 6–4

HB0096 · Ivermectin Amendments

Nay

House Comm – Motion to Recommend Failed · 2026-02-09 · Failed 5–7

Democrats they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Andrew StoddardDemocrat · District 40 · 194 shared contested votes

67%

Verona MaugaDemocrat · District 31 · 197 shared contested votes

62%

Ashlee MatthewsDemocrat · District 37 · 175 shared contested votes

60%

Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (109 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Ray Ward was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced13

Out of committee10

Passed one chamber7

Passed both chambers7

Became law7

Never left committee0

For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 5 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about

Political Subdivisions (Local Issues) 4Land Use 4Health and Human Services 4Housing 3Department of Health and Human Services 3Municipalities 2

HB0599 ↗

Social Services Funding Amendments

Became lawGovernor Signed in Lieutenant Governor's office for filing · 2026-03-25

HB0247 ↗

Great Salt Lake Related Amendments

Became lawGovernor Signed in Lieutenant Governor's office for filing · 2026-03-25

HB0333 ↗

Adoption Records Access Amendments

Became lawGovernor Signed in Lieutenant Governor's office for filing · 2026-03-18

HCR014 ↗

Concurrent Resolution Supporting the Transfer of Federally Managed Lands

Became lawHouse/ to Governor in Executive Branch – Governor · 2026-03-17

HB0264 ↗

Prescription Medication Amendments

Became lawGovernor Signed in Lieutenant Governor's office for filing · 2026-03-17

HB0248 ↗

Family Law Modifications

Became lawGovernor Signed in Lieutenant Governor's office for filing · 2026-03-17

HB0570 ↗

New Home Impact Fee Amendments