Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Debbie Mayfield 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.
Introduced11
Out of committee4
Passed one chamber4
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Never left committee3
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 3 bills that became law this session.
Engineering
In plain English Increases penalties for people who repeatedly practice engineering without a license.
Official synopsis: Providing penalties for persons who repeatedly engage in the unlicensed practice of engineering, etc.
Became lawChapter No. 2026-98 · 2026-05-26
Provision of Municipal Utility Service to Owners Outside the Municipal Limits
Prohibiting a municipal utility from declining to extend service to properties outside its corporate limits under certain circumstances; requiring a municipal utility to expand its service to an owner who makes such a request under certain circumstances, subject to the utility's service requirements; requiring the…
FailedDied in returning Messages · 2026-03-13
Spaceport Operations
Defining the terms "quintimodal transportation hub" and "spaceport director or commander"; requiring Space Florida, in coordination with specified entities, to enhance and promote the development and use of quintimodal transportation hubs in this state; providing powers and duties of spaceport operators, etc.
FailedDied in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security · 2026-03-13
Parking on Public Property
Defining the terms "public property" and "publicly owned buildings or facilities"; requiring local governments to refund owners of vehicles who pay fees to park on specified public property in certain circumstances; prohibiting certain vehicles from being towed or issued a traffic citation for a specified…
FailedDied in Transportation · 2026-03-13
Public Officers and Employees
Requiring that, beginning on a specified date, secretaries and executive directors of departments, chief administrative officers of certain units of state government, members of commissions and licensing boards, chairs of governing boards or certain chief executives of certain statewide entities, or any persons appointed to…
FailedDied in Governmental Oversight and Accountability · 2026-03-13
Electric Vehicle Charging Taxation
Exempting certain electricity sold to owners or operators of an electric vehicle charging station from the sales and use tax; requiring owners or operators of electric vehicle charging stations to furnish a specified affidavit under certain circumstances; providing civil and criminal penalties; requiring the Department…
FailedDied in Appropriations · 2026-03-13
Candidate Qualifying
Requiring a candidate for federal office to state in writing whether he or she intends to trade stock while serving in federal office; requiring candidates to ensure they satisfy statutory and constitutional requirements for office; requiring certain candidates to provide to the filing officer a…
FailedDied in Messages · 2026-03-13
Deductions for Certain Losses of Alcoholic Beverages
Authorizing a distributor of vinous, spirituous, or malt beverages to make an excise tax deduction in its monthly tax report for alcoholic beverages that have become unsellable through warehouse breakage, spoliation, evaporation, or expiration or that have become unfit for human consumption; requiring distributors that…
Not out of committeeLaid on Table, refer to CS/HB 1137 · 2026-02-26
Conservation Lands
Requiring the Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before the Acquisition and Restoration Council or the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review the proposed sale of conservation lands; requiring that certain parcels proposed for…
Not out of committeeLaid on Table, refer to CS/HB 441 · 2026-02-26
The Ripple Project
Recognizing and commending The Ripple Project for its invaluable service, dedication, and tireless commitment to raising awareness of and funding for a cure for childhood cancer, etc.
Became lawAdopted · 2026-02-19
Commercial Service Airports
Preempting the naming of major commercial service airports to the state; providing names for major commercial service airports; providing that such airport names continue to be valid under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to annually review provisions naming major commercial service airports for…
Not out of committeeLaid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 919 · 2026-02-19
“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.