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Republican · Representative

Dave Bedey

Represents District 86 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Republicans

71%

on 1,016 party-line votes · House Republicans median 91%

Cast a vote

99%

Yea or Nay on 2,999 of 3,004 roll calls · House median 99%

Their bills that became law

15 of 19

as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 6

Roll calls on record

3,004

2025 Regular Session

Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2025 Regular Session.

How Dave Bedey 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 Dave Bedey 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. Dave Bedey is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side

Times they broke with their party

290 of 1,016 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

HB863 · Generally revise state finance laws

Yea

(H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate · 2025-04-30 · Passed 55–45 · most Republicans voted the other way

HB863 · Generally revise state finance laws

Yea

(H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred · 2025-04-30 · Passed 59–41 · most Republicans voted the other way

SB324 · Revise vehicle registration fees and allocate revenue for bridges and victims of crime

Yea

(H) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted · 2025-04-30 · Passed 57–43 · most Republicans voted the other way

HB2 · General Appropriations Act

Yea

(H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate · 2025-04-30 · Passed 66–34 · most Republicans voted the other way

HB231 · Revise property tax rates for certain property

Yea

(H) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted · 2025-04-30 · Passed 60–39 · most Republicans voted the other way

HJ69 · Study resolution on impacts of federal funding changes on Dept. of Military Affairs

Yea

(H) 3rd Reading Passed · 2025-04-29 · Passed 58–41 · most Republicans voted the other way

SJ28 · Interim study resolution on the legislature's ethics processes

Yea

(H) 3rd Reading Concurred · 2025-04-29 · Passed 61–38 · most Republicans voted the other way

HB451 · Revise tax increment financing districts to exclude debt service and certain school levies

Yea

(H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred · 2025-04-29 · Passed 58–42 · most Republicans voted the other way

HB863 · Generally revise state finance laws

Yea

(H) Reconsidered Previous Action; Placed on 2nd Reading · 2025-04-29 · Passed 58–39 · most Republicans voted the other way

HB863 · Generally revise state finance laws

Yea

(H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred · 2025-04-29 · Failed 38–62 · most Republicans voted the other way

Closest votes they cast

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

SB535 · Revise laws related to experimental treatments

Yea

(H) 3rd Reading Failed · 2025-04-25 · Failed 50–50

HJ67 · Study resolution on impacts of federal funding changes on OPI and OCHE

Yea

(H) 2nd Reading Not Passed · 2025-04-25 · Failed 50–50

SB287 · Generally revise state finance laws

Yea

(H) 2nd Reading Not Concurred · 2025-04-24 · Failed 50–50

SB326 · Generally revise laws related to MEDIA Act film tax credits

Nay

(H) Reconsidered Previous Action; Placed on 2nd Reading · 2025-04-18 · Failed 49–49

SB312 · Generally revise laws for crime victims

Nay

(H) 2nd Reading Not Concurred · 2025-04-14 · Failed 50–50

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.

Lyn BennettDemocrat · District 4 · 1,425 shared contested votes

80%

Ed ByrneDemocrat · District 11 · 1,431 shared contested votes

61%

Eric AlbusDemocrat · District 28 · 1,559 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 (5 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Dave Bedey 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.

Introduced19

Out of committee16

Passed one chamber16

Passed both chambers16

Became law15

Never left committee1

For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 6 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about

Schools and Education 13School Finance 9Appropriations 5State Finance 5Health Care Services 3Health 3

HB419 ↗

Implementing cost reporting for certain Medicaid service provider types

Became lawChapter Number Assigned · 2025-06-05

HB286 ↗

Revise election laws to provide for verification of an elector’s citizenship.

Failed(H) Died in Process · 2025-05-20

HB138 ↗

Clarify the duties the superintendent of public instruction and the board of public education.

Failed(H) Died in Process · 2025-05-20

HB864 ↗

Authorize transfers and other necessary measure to implement HB 2 section E

Became lawChapter Number Assigned · 2025-05-19

HB669 ↗

Revise laws related to educating children receiving in-state inpatient treatment of serious emotional disturbances

Became lawChapter Number Assigned · 2025-05-19

HB153 ↗

Revise laws related to the school funding interim commission.

Became lawChapter Number Assigned · 2025-05-16

HB732 ↗

Establish prompt cost report reimbursement act

Became lawChapter Number Assigned · 2025-05-13

HB462 ↗

Encourage academic excellence through high-quality instructional materials

Vetoed(H) Vetoed by Governor · 2025-05-13

HB573 ↗

Revise transformational learning laws to create a phase II grant program