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Democratic · Representative

Maurice West

Represents District 67 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Democrats

99%

on 674 party-line votes · House Democrats median 99%

Cast a vote

98%

Yea or Nay on 1,765 of 1,801 roll calls · House median 98%

Their bills that became law

29 of 148

as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 15.5

Roll calls on record

1,801

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 Maurice West 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 Maurice West 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. Maurice West is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side

Times they broke with their party

3 of 674 party-line votes.

HB3564 · HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-REAL ESTATE

In plain English Requires landlords to list all rental fees on the first page of leases, prohibits certain fees like application charges over $50, and allows tenants to sue for violations.

Nay

House Concurrence · 2026-04-08 · Passed 64–40 · most Democrats voted the other way

HB3564 · HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-REAL ESTATE

In plain English Requires landlords to list all rental fees on the first page of leases, prohibits certain fees like application charges over $50, and allows tenants to sue for violations.

Nay

House Concurrence · 2026-04-08 · Passed 64–40 · most Democrats voted the other way

HB3564 · HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-REAL ESTATE

In plain English Requires landlords to list all rental fees on the first page of leases, prohibits certain fees like application charges over $50, and allows tenants to sue for violations.

Nay

House Concurrence · 2026-04-08 · Passed 64–40 · most Democrats voted the other way

Closest votes they cast

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

HB1814 · MUNI CD-ZONING-MIDDLE HOUSING

Yea

House Housing Committee · 2025-03-20 · Passed 5–4

HB1643 · CORRECTIONS OMBUDSPERSON

In plain English Creates an independent ombudsperson to investigate complaints, inspect correctional facilities, and publicly report on conditions and treatment in Illinois prisons.

Yea

House Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee · 2026-03-26 · Passed 6–4

HB4258 · EMERGING ADULT SENTENCING

In plain English Allows courts to sentence defendants ages 18-25 convicted of certain felonies to probation at a residential workforce center for one to three years instead of prison, with prior criminal history not disqualifying them.

Yea

House Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee · 2026-03-26 · Passed 6–4

HB3332 · CD CORR-SENTENCING REVIEW

Yea

Third Reading in House · 2025-04-10 · Failed 49–51

HJR0066 · OAC-REP. FLYNN CURRIE PORTRAIT

In plain English Urges the Office of the Architect of the Capitol to oversee designing and creating a portrait of former State Representative Barbara Flynn Currie for the State Capitol Building.

Yea

House Executive Committee · 2026-05-20 · Passed 7–4

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.

Kevin SchmidtRepublican · District 114 · 502 shared contested votes

32%

Brandun SchweizerRepublican · District 104 · 484 shared contested votes

31%

Nicole La HaRepublican · District 82 · 482 shared contested votes

30%

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 (36 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Maurice West 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.

Introduced148

Out of committee48

Passed one chamber38

Passed both chambers29

Became law29

Never left committee100

For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 15.5 bills that became law this session.

SB3044 ↗

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER-EFFECT

In plain English Requires courts to presume a respondent knew the contents of a protective order if they were served with a summons, petition, emergency order, or held in default in the proceeding.

Official synopsis: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012, the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, Stalking No Contact Order Act, the Civil No Contact Order Act, and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that a respondent alleged to have violated…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0835 · 2026-08-18

HB4949 ↗

FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS ACT

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In specified lists that include law enforcement, adds references to the Department of Children and Family Services. Provides that, if Department of Children and Family Services personnel are present on site at a Family…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0780 · 2026-08-07

SB3020 ↗

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-HARASSMENT

In plain English Expands the definition of harassment in domestic violence cases to include contacting, following, surveilling, impersonating, sharing intimate images, and doxing, and allows protective orders even if the respondent is incarcerated.

Official synopsis: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. In the definition of "harassment" Provides that, unless the presumption is rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, the following types of conduct shall be presumed to cause emotional…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0754 · 2026-08-07

SB3006 ↗

FATALITY REVIEW ACT

In plain English Changes the quorum requirement for the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee and moves deadlines for its annual and biennial reports.

Official synopsis: Amends the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act. Changes the Statewide Committee quorum from 7 voting members to a simple majority of voting members. Requires that Statewide Committee's annual report is due no later than September 1 instead of March 1 of each year. Requires that…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0653 · 2026-07-24

SB2918 ↗

PARENT-TEACHER ADVISORY COMM

Amends the School Code. In a provision related to student discipline policies and the establishment of a parent-teacher advisory committee, defines "parent-teacher advisory committee" and requires teachers to be selected for a parent-teacher advisory committee in cooperation with the school district's teachers or, if applicable,…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0648 · 2026-07-24

SB2886 ↗

GENETIC INFO PRIVACY-BIOMARKER

In plain English Expands genetic privacy protections to include biomarker testing, restricting insurers and employers from accessing such information without written consent.

Official synopsis: Amends the Genetic Information Privacy Act. Provides that the use of genetic testing, biomarker testing, or both (rather than only genetic testing), and the information derived from testing is confidential and privileged and may be released only to the individual tested and persons specifically authorized…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0642 · 2026-07-24

SB2774 ↗

SANITARY FOOD PREPARATION

In plain English Requires local health departments to inspect meal kit and ready-to-eat meal distribution facilities and collect fees, with rules for temperature control, food safety, labeling, and delivery.

Official synopsis: Amends the Sanitary Food Preparation Act. Provides that if a meal kit or ready-to-eat meal distribution facility is engaged in the collection, storage, packaging, or distribution of meal kits direct to consumers, then the local health department where a food distribution facility is located shall…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0632 · 2026-07-24

SB1743 ↗

CLINIC PSYC-NO PRESCRIP OPIOID

In plain English Allows prescribing psychologists to prescribe medications to patients over 65 years old.

Official synopsis: Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. Removes a provision prohibiting a prescribing psychologist from prescribing medications to patients who are over 65 years of age. Effective immediately.

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0622 · 2026-07-24

HB2539 ↗

DHS-BILLING CODES-UPDATE TERMS

In plain English Requires the Department of Human Services to replace "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability" on all department forms and billing codes.

Official synopsis: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to revise all Department forms and billing codes to remove the term "mental retardation" and replace it with "intellectual disability".

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0585 · 2026-07-24

HR0992 ↗

COMMEND-IOTA UPSILON SIGMA

Commends the Iota Upsilon Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. for their outstanding dedication to water safety education and drowning prevention and for their meaningful honoring of the life and legacy of James Leslie Harkins. Honors the memory of James Leslie Harkins, whose…

Not out of committeeFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II · 2026-07-10

HB5467 ↗

$DHS-OUTPATIENT TREATMENT

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for Assisted Outpatient Treatment related projects. Effective July 1, 2026.