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Republican
· Representative
Bill Hauter
Represents District 87 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
96%
on 504 party-line votes · House Republicans median 96%
Cast a vote
97%
Yea or Nay on 1,499 of 1,540 roll calls · House median 98%
Their bills that became law
4 of 16
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 6.5
Roll calls on record
1,540
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 Bill Hauter 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 Bill Hauter 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. Bill Hauter is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
21 of 504 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
HB5228 · WORK COMP-STATE LICENSURE
House Concurrence · 2026-05-31 · Passed 89–27 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB2762 · INS-SEIZURE DETECTION DEVICE
In plain English Requires health insurance plans to cover seizure detection devices and preeclampsia biomarker testing without cost-sharing, starting in 2028 and 2029.
House Third Reading · 2026-05-29 · Passed 82–25 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4708 · CD CORR-OPIOID USE DISORDERS
House Third Reading · 2026-04-15 · Passed 76–32 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4217 · COUNTIES CD-DEFENDER POWERS
In plain English Allows public defenders to represent clients in both criminal cases and related license suspension proceedings from the same arrest.
House Third Reading · 2026-04-14 · Passed 82–28 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB5302 · JAIL RELEASE-OPIOID ANTAGONIST
House Third Reading · 2026-04-09 · Passed 77–29 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4665 · CD CORR-REPORT HOSPICE CARE
In plain English Requires the Department of Corrections to include costs of end-of-life care for deceased inmates not in hospice programs in its annual website report.
House Third Reading · 2026-04-08 · Passed 89–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB2929 · DHS-OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITES
In plain English Establishes an advisory committee to help create rules for a pilot overdose prevention site in a city over 2 million people, with immunity protections and required reporting.
House Mental Health & Addiction Committee · 2026-03-26 · Passed 15–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1085 · INS CD-MENTAL HEALTH PARITY
House Concurrence · 2025-10-30 · Passed 86–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1085 · INS CD-MENTAL HEALTH PARITY
House Concurrence · 2025-10-30 · Passed 86–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB3019 · DENTAL PRACTICE ACT EXTENSION
Concurrence in House · 2025-05-31 · Passed 84–32 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB1598 · OPERATING ROOM SAFETY ACT
In plain English Requires surgical technologists hired or contracted by health care facilities after January 1, 2027 to meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements.
House Health Care Licenses Committee · 2025-04-09 · Passed 4–3
HB1864 · DENTAL CARE-ELECTRONIC BILLING
House Insurance Committee · 2025-03-18 · Failed 3–4
HB4839 · NO FETAL DEATH CERTIFICATE
In plain English Eliminates the requirement for a fetal death certificate when fetal death occurs before 20 weeks gestation or in cases of abortion.
House Public Health Committee · 2026-03-26 · Passed 5–3
HR0447 · PASS-IL HB3652
House Public Health Committee · 2025-10-28 · Passed 5–3
HB3487 · BHWC DATA COLLECTION
House Mental Health & Addiction Committee · 2025-04-08 · Passed 6–4
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 · 408 shared contested votes
10%
Larry WalshDemocrat · District 86 · 428 shared contested votes
10%
Martin MoylanDemocrat · District 55 · 212 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 (41 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Bill Hauter 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.
Introduced16
Out of committee7
Passed one chamber7
Passed both chambers4
Became law4
Never left committee9
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 6.5 bills that became law this session.
CONGRATS-DEER CREEK-MACKINAW
Congratulates the Deer Creek-Mackinaw High School's girl's basketball team, the Lady Chiefs, on winning the 2025-26 Illinois High School Association Class 1A State Championship.
Became lawResolution Adopted · 2026-05-13
END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS CHANGES
Amends the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Deletes provisions requiring a health care professional or health care entity unable or unwilling to carry out aid in dying to refer the individual to another health care professional or health care entity. Repeals provisions concerning…
Not out of committeeReferred to Rules Committee · 2026-05-06
UNREGULATED SUBSTANCE BAN
Creates the Protect Communities from Unregulated Substances Act. Prohibits dispensing, distributing, manufacturing, or selling kratom or tianeptine products for human use unless approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Provides civil penalties of $10,000 per violation and authorizes enforcement by the Attorney General. Declares…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN STAFFING
Amends the Hospital Emergency Service Act. Provides that every hospital required to be licensed by the Department of Public Health pursuant to the Hospital Licensing Act which provides general medical and surgical hospital services, except for specified long-term acute care hospitals and rehabilitation hospitals, shall…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
CONGRATS-NEIL ALEXANDER
Congratulates Coach Neil Alexander of Lincoln Community High School on his 1,000th career victory as a boys' basketball coach and expresses gratitude for the impact he has had on generations of young men throughout the State of Illinois.
Passed one chamberResolution Adopted · 2026-02-25
GENDER REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES
Creates the Prohibition on Gender Reassignment Procedures Act. Sets forth findings. Defines terms. Provides that a health care provider shall not perform or offer to perform on a minor, or administer or offer to administer to a minor, a medical procedure if the performance or…
Not out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst · 2026-02-23
KRATOM-SCHEDULE III
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Adds mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine as Schedule III controlled substances. Repeals the Kratom Control Act.
Not out of committeeAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin · 2026-02-05
KRATOM CONSUMER PROTECTION
Creates the Kratom Consumer Protection Act. Establishes safety requirements for the preparation, distribution, sale, and offer for sale of Kratom products and extracts. Prohibits the preparation, distribution, sale, and offer for sale of adulterated Kratom products and extracts. Provides that a processor of Kratom products…
Not out of committeeAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin · 2026-02-05
PHARMACY-REFUSAL TO DISPENSE
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. In provisions exempting the practice of specified professionals and their prescribing of such drugs, medicines, or poisons as may seem appropriate to the professionals, provides that this exemption is without regard to whether such drugs, medicines, or poisons are not…
Not out of committeeReferred to Rules Committee · 2026-02-03
CONGRATS-NESTLE USA, MORTON
Congratulates the Nestle USA plant in Morton on achieving its 100th anniversary. Thanks the plant for its continued contributions to the Morton community.
Passed one chamberResolution Adopted · 2025-10-14
HEALTH CARE-VOLUNTEER LICENSE
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In a provision concerning the requirements that a health care professional must meet before he or she can have his or her license placed on volunteer status (rather than being granted…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0170 · 2025-08-15
FARMLAND TRANSITION
Creates the Farmland Transition Commission Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall establish a Farmland Transition Commission to examine current barriers individuals ages 21 through 40 face when trying to purchase or access farmland, review current incentives and policies to encourage the transfer of…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0146 · 2025-08-01
GENERAL ANESTHESIA COVERAGE
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 shall provide coverage for medically necessary general anesthesia, regardless of the…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0042 · 2025-08-01
BD HIGHER ED-MEDICAL RESIDENCY
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning Act. Requires the State Healthcare Workforce Council (rather than the Board of Higher Education) to establish a program to provide: (1) funding for medical residency positions that…
Passed one chamberSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · 2025-06-02
MEDICAL LICENSE REVIEW
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall review an applicant's application for a license to practice medicine under the Act concurrently with the applicant's application for a controlled substances registration. Requires the Department to issue…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2025-03-21
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 Health Care Licenses Committee)
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 Insurance Committee)
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 Health Care Licenses Committee)
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 Health Care Availability & Access Committee)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1540 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 44 is House 87 plus House 88. The percentage is how often each of them ended up on the same side as Bill Hauter on bills both voted on (each one’s final Yea or Nay on the bill).
Sally TurnerState Senate 44 · Republican
84%
Bill HauterState House 87 · Republican · this page
Regan DeeringState House 88 · Republican
95%
In Washington
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