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Republican
· Representative
Joe Sosnowski
Represents District 69 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
98%
on 450 party-line votes · House Republicans median 96%
Cast a vote
93%
Yea or Nay on 1,337 of 1,436 roll calls · House median 98%
Their bills that became law
2 of 33
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 6.5
Roll calls on record
1,436
104th General Assembly
Votes and bills updated Oct 4, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 104th General Assembly.
How Joe Sosnowski 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 Joe Sosnowski 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. Joe Sosnowski is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
11 of 450 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
SB3107 · QUICK-TAKE OAK PARK
In plain English Allows Oak Park to quickly acquire specified Cook County properties for a public building using eminent domain for two years, then repeals this authority after three years.
House Third Reading · 2026-05-27 · Passed 79–27 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB3336 · LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLE
In plain English Requires operators of Class 1 or Class 2 low-speed electric bicycles to be at least 15 years old, with additional age restrictions for carrying passengers.
House Third Reading · 2026-05-27 · Passed 80–30 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4442 · HIGH SPEED RAIL COMM REPEAL
In plain English Delays the repeal of the High Speed Rail Commission Act from 2027 to 2030.
House Third Reading · 2026-04-08 · Passed 87–16 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4535 · SCH CD-E-LEARNING DAY-ELECTION
House Third Reading · 2026-04-08 · Passed 81–25 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB0598 · GOVERNMENT-TECH
In plain English Delays Cook County's 2023 tax sale application deadline to December 1, 2026, and suspends interest accrual on those amounts from September 2, 2025 through January 1, 2027.
House Third Reading · 2026-02-24 · Passed 81–22 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB0024 · MISSING PERSONS IDENTIFICATION
Third Reading in House · 2025-05-31 · Passed 87–28 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB2319 · VIRTUAL CURRENCY CONSUM PROT
Third Reading in House · 2025-05-31 · Passed 81–36 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB1614 · FINANCE-SOS PETTY CASH
Third Reading in House · 2025-05-30 · Passed 80–33 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB2309 · RIVERS/LAKES/STREAMS-FUND
Third Reading in House · 2025-05-22 · Passed 78–36 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB1947 · SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSURE-MISC
Third Reading in House · 2025-05-22 · Passed 84–31 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB3421 · PROP TX-EQUITY FUND
House Tax Policy: Other Taxes Subcommitte Committee · 2025-03-20 · Passed 3–2
HB2681 · PARK DIST AQUARIUM/MUSEUM ACT
House Tax Policy: Other Taxes Subcommitte Committee · 2025-03-20 · Passed 3–2
HB2899 · TAX-REMOTE RETAILER PROGRAM
House Revenue & Finance Committee · 2025-03-13 · Failed 5–4
HB1283 · MUNI CD-MOTOR FUEL REVENUE
House Tax Policy: Other Taxes Subcommitte Committee · 2025-03-11 · Passed 3–2
HB1176 · PROP TX-TIF INFO-BILL
House Tax Policy: Other Taxes Subcommitte Committee · 2025-03-11 · Passed 3–2
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.
Anthony DeLucaDemocrat · District 80 · 380 shared contested votes
11%
Dave VellaDemocrat · District 68 · 400 shared contested votes
10%
Rick RyanDemocrat · District 36 · 391 shared contested votes
10%
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 (99 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Joe Sosnowski 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.
Introduced33
Out of committee4
Passed one chamber2
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Never left committee29
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 6.5 bills that became law this session.
POLICE-DOMESTIC ABUSER REGSTRY
Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders within the Illinois State Police. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall maintain the registry based upon information supplied to the Illinois State Police by court clerks and information available to…
Not out of committeeAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond · 2026-07-15
LOW POP TWP DIST DISSOLUTION
Amends the Township Code. Provides that all townships with a population less than 500 are dissolved on January 1, 2029. Provides for the transfer of real and personal property, and any other assets, together with all personnel, contractual obligations, and liabilities of the dissolving township…
Not out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield · 2026-07-09
INC TX-DEDUCT TIPS AND OT
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax deduction for gratuities that are included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income. Creates an income tax deduction for the amount of overtime compensation that is paid to the taxpayer during the taxable year and…
Not out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal · 2026-05-14
PROP TX-TAXPAYER EMPOWERMENT
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides for a non-binding, advisory referendum on the question of whether a taxing district should reduce its aggregate extension by up to 10% from its aggregate extension for the previous taxable year. Provides that the referendum shall be initiated by…
Not out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver · 2026-05-07
ESTATE TAX-MANUFACTURING
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that, for persons dying on or after January 1, 2027, the State tax credit shall be calculated as though the decedent's federal taxable estate did not include the decedent's business interest in a manufacturing business…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
USE TAX-MILITARY-VEHICLES
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Vehicle Use Tax Article of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the taxes under those Acts do not apply to a motor vehicle…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
LIQUOR-VINTAGE SPIRITS
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Creates a vintage distilled spirits license that allows a vintage distilled spirits licensee to purchase vintage distilled spirits from a vintage distilled spirits seller and sell vintage distilled spirits. Sets forth provisions concerning definitions, license fees, monthly reporting…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
PROP TX-HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the amount of the general homestead exemption is the sum of: (i) $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, $8,000 in counties that are contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
INC TX-LIENS
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, if a late discretionary hearing for a revised final assessment has been granted after a lien has attached, then the lien shall remain in full force except to the extent to which the final assessment may be…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
CRIM CD-THREATENING ANOTHER
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits threatening another person when that person knowingly delivers or conveys, directly or indirectly, to another person by any means, whether verbal, written, or through social media, a communication containing: (1) a threat that would…
Not out of committeeReferred to Rules Committee · 2026-02-03
ELEC CD-FOREIGN NATIONALS
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters, and neither…
Not out of committeeReferred to Rules Committee · 2026-02-03
PROP TX-HOMESTEAD EXEMPT
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2026 and thereafter, the term "maximum income limitation" for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption means the greater of (i) $80,000 or (ii) $80,000 adjusted by certain increases in the consumer price index-u.…
Not out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr. · 2025-11-04
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILLING ACT
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code, the Public Water District Act, the Water Service District Act, the Water Authorities Act, and the Water Commission Act of 1985 to repeal provisions added by Public Act 100-178.
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0328 · 2025-08-15
PROP TX-GENERAL HOMESTEAD
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2026 tax year (to be collected in 2027), the total tax bill for property receiving the General Homestead Exemption may not exceed 103% of the total property tax bill for the property for the immediately…
Not out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Stephens · 2025-08-14
PROP TX-SENIOR EXEMPTION
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the total property tax bill for any property receiving the senior citizens homestead exemption may not exceed 101% of the tax bill for the immediately preceding taxable year.
Not out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Stephens · 2025-08-14
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
SB3731 · 2026-05-31
FIRST 2026 GENERAL REVISORY (House Third Reading)
HB5228 · 2026-05-31
WORK COMP-STATE LICENSURE (House Concurrence)
SB3398 · 2026-05-31
CIV PRO-TENANTS IN COMMON (House Third Reading)
HB4203 · 2026-05-31
INS CD-CANCER SCREENINGS (House Concurrence)
HB5081 · 2026-05-31
VEH CD-ALTER SPEED LIMITS (House Concurrence)
HB5020 · 2026-05-31
JUV CT-EXTENDED JUR JUV PROS (House Concurrence)
SB3070 · 2026-05-31
EDUC-FOREIGN LANG ALTERNATIVE (House Third Reading)
HB3711 · 2026-05-31
PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT (House Concurrence)
HB4649 · 2026-05-31
FINANCIALLY EXPLOITED ADULT (House Concurrence)
SB0318 · 2026-05-31
BUSINESS-TECH (House Third Reading)
HB4534 · 2026-05-31
DCFS-ABUSED CHILD-GROOMING (House Concurrence)
HB3454 · 2026-05-31
EPINEPHRINE DELIVERY DEVICE (House Concurrence)
SB3393 · 2026-05-31
OSFM-CONTINUING EDUCATION (House Third Reading)
HB5492 · 2026-05-31
PRESCRIPTION HORMONE THERAPY (House Concurrence)
HB1810 · 2026-05-31
INCARCERATED-DISABILITIES (House Concurrence)
HB5449 · 2026-05-31
CONDO CI ASSN-DISCLSOURE INFO (House Concurrence)
SB3208 · 2026-05-31
VEH CD-HUSBANDRY IMPLEMENT DEF (House Third Reading)
SB3019 · 2026-05-31
FINANCE-AGRICULTURAL BORROWER (House Third Reading)
HB5093 · 2026-05-31
HIGHER ED-IN-STATE TUITION (House Concurrence)
HB2335 · 2026-05-31
VEH CD-VARIOUS (House Concurrence)
HB5387 · 2026-05-31
IDFPR-VARIOUS LICENSES (House Concurrence)
HB4327 · 2026-05-31
AUDITOR GENERAL-340B AUDIT (House Concurrence)
SB3222 · 2026-05-31
VIDEO STREAMING AD VOLUME (House Third Reading)
HB5090 · 2026-05-31
PROCUREMENT-CONSTRUCTION (House Concurrence)
SB2715 · 2026-05-31
OPEN MTGS-STATEWIDE ASSOC (House Third Reading)
HB2564 · 2026-05-31
PEN CD-TRS-SALARY INCREASES (House Concurrence)
HB4966 · 2026-05-31
DCFS-SECURE ACT (House Concurrence)
HB5487 · 2026-05-31
LAW FIRM OWNERSHIP (House Concurrence)
SB3561 · 2026-05-31
BUY-NOW-PAY-LATER ACT (House Third Reading)
SB3211 · 2026-05-31
TELEDENTISTRY EXAMINATIONS (House Third Reading)
HB2371 · 2026-05-31
DENTAL INSURANCE ASSIGNABILITY (House Concurrence)
HB4160 · 2026-05-31
AUTO INS-RIGHT TO APPRAISAL (House Concurrence)
HB4379 · 2026-05-31
ADULT CHANGING STATIONS (House Concurrence)
SB0248 · 2026-05-31
CRIM PRO-POST-CONVICT PETITION (House Third Reading)
SB3113 · 2026-05-31
CREDIT UNIONS-VARIOUS (House Third Reading)
HB1700 · 2026-05-31
FUNDS-COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT (House Concurrence)
HB2949 · 2026-05-31
FY27 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION (House Concurrence)
HB3811 · 2026-05-31
PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL GUARDIANS (House Concurrence)
HB3595 · 2026-05-31
INS CD-PET INSURANCE (House Concurrence)
HB4911 · 2026-05-31
VETERAN SCRATCH-OFF GAME (House Concurrence)
SB3255 · 2026-05-31
DHS-DSP PILOT PROGRAM (House Third Reading)
SB3777 · 2026-05-31
HUMAN RIGHTS-DISPARTE IMPACT (House Third Reading)
SB3645 · 2026-05-31
REGULATORY SUNSET-RADIATION (House Third Reading)
HB3275 · 2026-05-31
SCH-CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE (House Concurrence)
HB5295 · 2026-05-31
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PRIVACY (House Concurrence)
SB3707 · 2026-05-31
VISION BENEFIT MANAGERS (House Third Reading)
HB2955 · 2026-05-31
EPA-PFAS WASTEWATER (House Concurrence)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1436 total roll-call votes this session).
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, simplified for display. For an exact address, use the legislature’s own district finder.
Who represents this ground
Illinois builds each Senate district from exactly two House districts: Senate 35 is House 69 plus House 70. The percentage is how often each of them ended up on the same side as Joe Sosnowski on bills both voted on (each one’s final Yea or Nay on the bill).
Dave SyversonState Senate 35 · Republican
86%
Joe SosnowskiState House 69 · Republican · this page
Jeff KeicherState House 70 · Republican
91%
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