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Democratic
· Senator
Mary Edly-Allen
Represents District 31 in the State Senate.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 237 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 100%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 1,306 of 1,324 roll calls · Senate median 95%
Their bills that became law
26 of 92
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 29.5
Roll calls on record
1,324
104th General Assembly
Votes and bills updated Oct 9, 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 Mary Edly-Allen 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 Mary Edly-Allen sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Mary Edly-Allen is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 237 party-line votes.
They voted with most Democrats on every party-line vote this session.
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB2737 · CONSUMER FRAUD-GROCERY COUPONS
Senate Consumer Protection Committee · 2026-02-19 · Passed 5–3
HB3385 · HIGHER ED-MENTAL HEALTH ACTION
Senate Higher Education Committee · 2025-05-07 · Failed 7–5
SB2247 · MICROMOBILITY FIRE SAFETY
Senate Consumer Protection Committee · 2025-03-06 · Passed 5–3
HB4990 · HIGHER ED-PREVENT SEX VIOLENCE
Senate Higher Education Committee · 2026-05-06 · Passed 8–5
SB1950 · SANITARY FOOD PREPARATION
Senate Concurrence · 2025-10-30 · Passed 30–27
Republicans 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.
Seth LewisRepublican · District 24 · 238 shared contested votes
48%
Darby HillsRepublican · District 26 · 238 shared contested votes
45%
Don DeWitteRepublican · District 33 · 248 shared contested votes
39%
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 (18 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Mary Edly-Allen 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.
Introduced92
Out of committee45
Passed one chamber44
Passed both chambers27
Became law26
Never left committee47
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the Senate has 29.5 bills that became law this session.
JUV CT-YOUTH RELEASE
In plain English Allows the Department of Juvenile Justice to release youth before court-set dates while ensuring court notification and facilitating required court appearances.
Official synopsis: Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that required notification by the court under the Act does not prevent the Department of Juvenile Justice from exercising its release authority under the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, if a youth is released to aftercare…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0830 · 2026-08-07
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISABILITY
In plain English Expands disability benefits to include county correctional officers and sheriff employees, and requires continued health insurance coverage for those injured in the line of duty.
Official synopsis: Amends the Public Employee Disability Act. Provides that, for purposes of provisions in the Act concerning disability benefits, "eligible employee" includes any part-time or full-time county correctional officer or any other full-time or part-time employee of a county sheriff. Provides that, when an eligible employee…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0815 · 2026-08-07
HIGHER ED-REVERSE TRANSFER
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Provides that each State university shall automatically provide, to any transfer student who is accepted to the State university with at least 30 hours of academic credit at a community college, notice of the…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0741 · 2026-07-31
HIGHER ED-SURVEY/BD/REPORT
In plain English Amends higher education laws to change survey topics, remove a Board of Higher Education student member start date requirement, and modify academic major reporting requirements.
Official synopsis: Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act to make a change concerning the topics of the base survey. Amends the Board of Education Act to remove the requirement that each student member of the Board of Higher Education shall serve beginning on July…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0690 · 2026-07-31
HIGHER ED-CREDIT HOUR REPORT
In plain English Requires the Board of Higher Education and Illinois Community College Board to publish annual reports on credit hours taught by full-time and part-time faculty starting September 2028.
Official synopsis: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that, by September 1, 2028 and every September 1 thereafter, the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board, respectively, shall compile and make available to the public an…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0720 · 2026-07-31
HOME SERVICES REFERRAL
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning referral of licensed home services providers, changes the definition of "referral". Requires the Department of Public Health to distribute to each facility or establishment and publish on its website a one-page…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0666 · 2026-07-31
SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTM INTERVIEW
In plain English Requires law enforcement agencies to inform sexual assault victims of the option to request an interviewer of a particular sex or gender, when available.
Official synopsis: Amends the Sexual Assault Incident Procedure Act. Provides that at law enforcement agencies that employ officers of more than one sex or gender who have the training in investigating sexual assault and sexual abuse cases under the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0604 · 2026-07-24
DIGITAL LIBRARY PROTECTION ACT
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that no publisher shall enter into a contract or license agreement to distribute electronic literary materials to a library that requires, coerces, or enables (rather than requires) the library to violate the Library…
Passed one chamberAlternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mary Edly-Allen · 2026-07-13
KINDERGARTEN-PLAY-BASED LEARN
In plain English Defines play-based learning in kindergarten as either teacher-directed or student-initiated play aligned with learning goals.
Official synopsis: Amends the School Code regarding the establishment of kindergartens. With respect to a provision stating that kindergarten should provide opportunities for play-based learning, defines: (1) "play-based learning" as either guided play or student-initiated play; (2) "guided play" as intentional teacher-directed play with activities set up…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0555 · 2026-07-10
BUSINESS-TECH
In plain English Requires large artificial intelligence developers to implement safety measures, conduct audits, report incidents, and pay fees, with whistleblower protections and civil penalties for violations.
Official synopsis: Creates the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act. Defines terms. Requires large frontier developers to create, implement, publish, and annually update a frontier AI framework addressing catastrophic-risk assessment, mitigations, cybersecurity, internal governance, third-party evaluations, and risks from internal use of frontier models. Requires transparency reports before…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0538 · 2026-07-06
SCHOOL START TIMES
In plain English Encourages public school districts serving grades 6 through 12 to develop plans for school start times that reflect adolescent sleep needs.
Official synopsis: Encourages all public school districts serving grades 6 through 12 to develop a plan to adopt school start times that reflect the biological sleep needs of adolescents.
Out of committeePursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments · 2026-07-02
$ISBE-ENGLISH LEARNER GRANTS
Appropriates $40,000,000 to the State Board of Education for the State English learner grant program. Effective July 1, 2026.
Not out of committeePursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments · 2026-07-02
LIABILITY-UNSOLICITED IMAGES
In plain English Allows people to sue for damages if someone knowingly sends them unsolicited obscene images without consent.
Official synopsis: Creates the Civil Liability for Unsolicited Intimate Images Act. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who knowingly and intentionally transmits obscene material by computer or other electronic means to the computer or electronic communication device of another person 18 years of…
Passed one chamberRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · 2026-06-01
CIV PRO-GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Deletes a provision providing that, absent any additional corroborating evidence, specified pieces of evidence may not, on its own or in combination with each other, be used to establish that the moving party's reporting…
Passed one chamberAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa · 2026-05-28
CONVERSION THERAPY-NO FUNDING
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the State shall not expend or invest any public funds in any organization, nonprofit organization, religious organization, or any other entity to be used for conversion therapy. Provides that the State shall not enter into any contract for…
Not out of committeeAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker · 2026-05-26
“In plain English” lines are written by ThePolitibase with AI (Claude), from the official synopsis only; the synopsis is the authoritative text. Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
SB0118 · 2026-05-31
DHS-GAMBLING DISORDERS (Senate Concurrence)
SB3258 · 2026-05-31
INS-RENTAL VEHICLE COVERAGE (Senate Concurrence)
HB4304 · 2026-05-31
HIGHER ED STUDENT BILL OF RTS (Senate Third Reading)
HB5024 · 2026-05-31
MUNI CD-DETENTION FACILITIES (Senate Third Reading)
SB3398 · 2026-05-31
CIV PRO-TENANTS IN COMMON (Senate Concurrence)
SB3273 · 2026-05-31
UTILITIES-INTERCONNECTIONS (Senate Concurrence)
SB3037 · 2026-05-31
DARK SKY ACT (Senate Concurrence)
HB4571 · 2026-05-31
COUNTIES CD-AFFORDABLE HOUSING (Senate Third Reading)
SB0318 · 2026-05-31
BUSINESS-TECH (Senate Concurrence)
SB3967 · 2026-05-31
NURSING HOME SURVEYOR REPORT (Senate Concurrence)
HJR0046 · 2026-05-31
LITTLE PALESTINE WAY (Senate Motion To Adopt)
SB3465 · 2026-05-31
CONSTRUCTION-SANITARY REQS (Senate Concurrence)
SB3208 · 2026-05-31
VEH CD-HUSBANDRY IMPLEMENT DEF (Senate Concurrence)
SB3321 · 2026-05-31
LOC GOV-CREDIT CARD AGREEMENTS (Senate Concurrence)
SB3019 · 2026-05-31
FINANCE-AGRICULTURAL BORROWER (Senate Concurrence)
SB3049 · 2026-05-31
NEWBORN METABOLIC SCREENING (Senate Concurrence)
HB4327 · 2026-05-31
AUDITOR GENERAL-340B AUDIT (Senate Third Reading)
SB3222 · 2026-05-31
VIDEO STREAMING AD VOLUME (Senate Concurrence)
SB3020 · 2026-05-31
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-HARASSMENT (Senate Concurrence)
HB5090 · 2026-05-31
PROCUREMENT-CONSTRUCTION (Senate Third Reading)
SB3044 · 2026-05-31
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER-EFFECT (Senate Concurrence)
SB3048 · 2026-05-31
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-LETHALITY (Senate Concurrence)
SB2951 · 2026-05-31
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE TIME (Senate Concurrence)
HB4496 · 2026-05-31
PROCUREMENT-STATE LABS (Senate Third Reading)
HB4379 · 2026-05-31
ADULT CHANGING STATIONS (Senate Third Reading)
SB3113 · 2026-05-31
CREDIT UNIONS-VARIOUS (Senate Concurrence)
SB3086 · 2026-05-31
STATE PERMITTED INVESTMENTS (Senate Concurrence)
HB2949 · 2026-05-31
FY27 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION (Senate Third Reading)
HB2783 · 2026-05-31
CMS-MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS (Senate Third Reading)
SB2762 · 2026-05-31
INS-SEIZURE DETECTION DEVICE (Senate Concurrence)
HB4911 · 2026-05-31
VETERAN SCRATCH-OFF GAME (Senate Third Reading)
SB3255 · 2026-05-31
DHS-DSP PILOT PROGRAM (Senate Concurrence)
SB3777 · 2026-05-31
HUMAN RIGHTS-DISPARTE IMPACT (Senate Concurrence)
SB3645 · 2026-05-31
REGULATORY SUNSET-RADIATION (Senate Concurrence)
HB0957 · 2026-05-31
STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH (Senate Third Reading)
SB2427 · 2026-05-31
SCH CD-WIRELESS COMM DEVICE (Senate Concurrence)
HB4377 · 2026-05-31
PHA-NO WORK REQUIREMENTS (Senate Third Reading)
SB2771 · 2026-05-31
SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION (Senate Concurrence)
SB3365 · 2026-05-31
MEDICARE/MEDICAID DUAL ELIGIBL (Senate Concurrence)
HB5511 · 2026-05-31
DIGITAL AGE ASSURANCE (Senate Third Reading)
HB0111 · 2026-05-31
$FY 2027 BUDGET (Senate Third Reading)
HB4248 · 2026-05-31
ALGORITHMIC PRICE TRANSPARENCY (Senate Third Reading)
HB3663 · 2026-05-31
COURT OF CLAIMS-AWARDS (Senate Third Reading)
HB0958 · 2026-05-31
STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH (Senate Third Reading)
SB3798 · 2026-05-31
MENTAL HEALTH 9-1-1 CALLS (Senate Concurrence)
SB0807 · 2026-05-31
STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH (Senate Concurrence)
SB3484 · 2026-05-31
VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (Senate Concurrence)
SB2524 · 2026-05-31
VEH CD-DRIVER'S LICENSE (Senate Concurrence)
HB0862 · 2026-05-31
STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH (Senate Third Reading)
SB2645 · 2026-05-31
FIRE STATION REHABILITATION (Senate Concurrence)
HB0952 · 2026-05-31
STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH (Senate Third Reading)
HB4438 · 2026-05-31
STATE BEE DESIGNATION (Senate Third Reading)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1324 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 31 is House 61 plus House 62. The percentage is how often each of them ended up on the same side as Mary Edly-Allen on bills both voted on (each one’s final Yea or Nay on the bill).
Mary Edly-AllenState Senate 31 · Democratic · this page
Joyce MasonState House 61 · Democratic
99%
Laura Faver DiasState House 62 · Democratic
99%
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