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Republican
· Senator
Andrew Chesney
Represents District 45 in the State Senate.
Votes with Republicans
98%
on 247 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 95%
Cast a vote
91%
Yea or Nay on 1,097 of 1,200 roll calls · Senate median 95%
Their bills that became law
3 of 52
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 12.5
Roll calls on record
1,200
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 Andrew Chesney 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 Andrew Chesney 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. Andrew Chesney is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
4 of 247 party-line votes.
SB2990 · ANIMAL WELFARE-DOG DEALER
In plain English Requires dog breeders to provide proper enclosures and exercise areas for dogs, and excludes retail dog sellers from dealer regulations.
Senate Agriculture Committee · 2026-03-12 · Passed 7–6 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB0191 · SCH BUS-SEAT SAFETY BELTS
Third Reading in Senate · 2025-04-30 · Passed 39–13 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB2285 · VEH CD-BICYCLE DEFINITION
Third Reading in Senate · 2025-04-10 · Passed 43–11 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB2506 · DCEO-ZONING TASK FORCE
Motion in Senate · 2025-04-09 · Passed 44–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB2990 · ANIMAL WELFARE-DOG DEALER
In plain English Requires dog breeders to provide proper enclosures and exercise areas for dogs, and excludes retail dog sellers from dealer regulations.
Senate Agriculture Committee · 2026-03-12 · Passed 7–6
SB3138 · CHILDREN'S MENTAL HLTH ACT
In plain English Modifies the Children's Mental Health Partnership's duties, membership requirements, and adjunct council composition, among other changes.
Senate Behavioral and Mental Health Committee · 2026-03-11 · Passed 5–3
SR0757 · FSGS AWARENESS DAY
In plain English Designates June 9, 2026 as FSGS Awareness Day in Illinois to bring attention to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis disease.
Senate Public Health Committee · 2026-05-19 · Failed 5–2
SB1950 · SANITARY FOOD PREPARATION
Senate Concurrence · 2025-10-30 · Passed 30–27
SB1859 · CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT ACT
Senate Environment and Conservation Committee · 2025-05-29 · Passed 6–3
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.
Patrick JoyceDemocrat · District 40 · 241 shared contested votes
15%
Doris TurnerDemocrat · District 48 · 200 shared contested votes
9%
Meg Loughran CappelDemocrat · District 49 · 193 shared contested votes
8%
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 (103 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Andrew Chesney 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.
Introduced52
Out of committee4
Passed one chamber4
Passed both chambers3
Became law3
Never left committee48
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 12.5 bills that became law this session.
CRIM PRO–SPEEDY TRIAL TOLL
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In a provision concerning the prosecution of a person for an offense of criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated battery, or…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0760 · 2026-08-07
BEES/APIARIES-CONSENT
In plain English Requires permits or compliance agreements to produce, sell, or transport bees and bee equipment in Illinois, with limited waivers available for local transport.
Official synopsis: Amends the Bees and Apiaries Act. Directs the Department of Agriculture, when practicable, to provide landowners and beekeepers with notification of inspections. Provides that a person may not produce, sell, resell, or transport packages, queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment within Illinois,…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0713 · 2026-07-31
PUBLIC CORRUPTION REGISTRY
Creates the Illinois Public Corruption Transparency Act. Establishes an electronic database within the Illinois State Police to be known as the Illinois Public Corruption Registry. Provides that the Registry shall be published online on a publicly available website, and shall be freely searchable by the…
Not out of committeeAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox · 2026-07-20
SUPPORTS-ANTIFRAUD EFFORTS
Expresses support for ongoing federal efforts to eliminate fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption in government spending. Commends President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance for their leadership and commitment to restoring transparency, accountability, and fiscal discipline in the administration of public benefit programs. Calls…
Not out of committeeReferred to Assignments · 2026-05-18
CONGRATS-TESSA JANECKE
Congratulates Tessa Janecke on winning a gold medal as a member of the United States Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team. Commends her for representing Illinois and the nation with distinction. Wishes her continued success, including in her pursuit of achieving a national championship at Penn…
Became lawResolution Adopted · 2026-04-16
VEH CD-NON-HIGHWAY VEHICLE
In plain English Removes requirements for non-highway vehicles to have a red warning device in front and a slow-moving emblem in back.
Official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes the requirements that a non-highway vehicle is required to have a red reflectorized warning device in the front and a slow moving emblem on the rear. Effective immediately.
Passed one chamberReferred to Assignments · 2026-04-16
EDUCATION-GENDER IN ATHLETICS
Creates the Gender in Athletics Act. Provides that in any intercollegiate athletic activity that is subject to rules, standards, or classifications that provide for student eligibility restrictions in order to ensure, enhance, or promote fair competition, each public institution of higher education shall make all…
Not out of committeeRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · 2026-03-27
DEPT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY
Creates the Department of Government Efficiency Act. Provides that the Department of Government Efficiency is created to oversee, audit, and recommend improvements to all State agencies' operations, budgets, and practices. Sets forth the membership and powers and duties of the Department, including the power to…
Not out of committeeAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson · 2026-03-26
YOUTH HEALTH PROTECTION ACT
Creates the Youth Health Protection Act. Provides that a medical doctor shall not prescribe, provide, administer, or deliver puberty-suppressing drugs or cross-sex hormones and shall not perform surgical orchiectomy or castration, urethroplasty, vaginoplasty, mastectomy, phalloplasty, or metoidioplasty on biologically healthy and anatomically normal persons under…
Not out of committeeReferred to Assignments · 2026-02-06
STOP SQUATTERS ACT
Creates the Stop Squatters Act. Creates a process for local law enforcement to remove a person who is unlawfully occupying residential or commercial property without any right to do so. Requires the property owner to file a complaint with local law enforcement alleging facts to…
Not out of committeeReferred to Assignments · 2026-02-06
MHDD CD-TRANSGENDER
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Expands the definition of "mental illness" to include transgenderism, or the condition of identifying with a gender other than the one assigned at birth.
Not out of committeeReferred to Assignments · 2026-02-06
ELECTIONS-VOTER PHOTO ID
Amends the Election Code. Requires voter identification cards for those who do not have acceptable photo identification. Sets forth requirements and exemptions. Provides that any person desiring to vote shall present to the judges of election for verification of the person's identity an acceptable form…
Not out of committeeReferred to Assignments · 2026-02-06
SCH CD-BIO SEX-RESTROOM ACCESS
Amends the School Code. Provides that school districts shall regulate and restrict access to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places on the basis of biological sex and shall also adopt a policy that provides for gender neutral or alternative facilities for…
Not out of committeeReferred to Assignments · 2026-02-05
LLC-REDUCE FILING FEES
Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Reduces various filing fees payable to the Secretary of State by 50%. Effective immediately.
Not out of committeeReferred to Assignments · 2026-02-05
EDUCATION-GENDER IN ATHLETICS
Creates the Gender in Athletics Act. Provides that in any intercollegiate athletic activity that is subject to rules, standards, or classifications that provide for student eligibility restrictions in order to ensure, enhance, or promote fair competition, each public institution of higher education shall make all…
Not out of committeeReferred to Assignments · 2026-02-05
“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)
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Who represents this ground
Illinois builds each Senate district from exactly two House districts: Senate 45 is House 89 plus House 90. The percentage is how often each of them ended up on the same side as Andrew Chesney on bills both voted on (each one’s final Yea or Nay on the bill).
Andrew ChesneyState Senate 45 · Republican · this page
Tony McCombieState House 89 · Republican
89%
John CabelloState House 90 · Republican
86%
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