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Democratic
· Representative
Laura Faver Dias
Represents District 62 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 638 party-line votes · House Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
97%
Yea or Nay on 1,760 of 1,822 roll calls · House median 98%
Their bills that became law
28 of 75
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 15.5
Roll calls on record
1,822
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 Laura Faver Dias 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 Laura Faver Dias 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. Laura Faver Dias is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 638 party-line votes.
They voted with most Democrats on every party-line vote this session.
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB2506 · DCEO-ZONING TASK FORCE
House State Government Administration Committee · 2025-04-23 · Passed 5–3
SB0106 · CRIMINAL JUSTICE AUTH-DUTIES
House State Government Administration Committee · 2025-04-23 · Passed 5–3
HB3332 · CD CORR-SENTENCING REVIEW
Third Reading in House · 2025-04-10 · Failed 49–51
HB2516 · PFAS PRODUCT BAN
House Energy & Environment Committee · 2025-04-09 · Failed 7–5
HB2419 · EPA-LOCAL SITING REVIEW
House Energy & Environment Committee · 2025-04-09 · Failed 7–5
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 · 514 shared contested votes
32%
Jennifer SanalitroRepublican · District 48 · 432 shared contested votes
30%
Brandun SchweizerRepublican · District 104 · 498 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 (62 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Laura Faver Dias 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.
Introduced75
Out of committee46
Passed one chamber30
Passed both chambers28
Became law28
Never left committee29
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 15.5 bills that became law this session.
CONGRATS-MARIA E. JONAS
Congratulates Maria Elena Jonas for her extraordinary career and nearly four decades of service to the immigrant community of Lake County.
Not out of committeeFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias · 2026-09-15
OUTDOOR LIGHTING CONTROL
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following change. Makes a minor grammatical correction.
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0800 · 2026-08-07
EDUCATION-VARIOUS
In plain English Amends education laws regarding teacher licensing, school funding, educator qualifications, charter school renewals, and updates terminology throughout school-related statutes.
Official synopsis: Amends the School Code. Makes changes to provisions regarding departments and functions of the State Board of Education, the teacher supply and demand report, waivers and modifications of mandates and administrative rules, audits of a school district's accounts, statements of affairs, the Illinois Purchased Care…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0803 · 2026-08-07
CHILD CARE DIRECTORS
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that a licensed day care center may employ (rather than hire) an individual who is in the process of completing the educational requirements set forth in the Illinois Administrative Code as an interim…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0773 · 2026-08-07
INCARCERATED-DISABILITIES
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill. Changes references from "earned sentence credit" to "earned program sentence credit". Provides that the incarcerated individual shall be responsible for submitting documentation verifying an intellectual disability or developmental disability. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall provide notice…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0757 · 2026-08-07
EPA-WASTE DISCHARGE PERMIT
In plain English Requires major wastewater facilities to periodically test for certain chemicals and major facilities to characterize discharges containing those chemicals.
Official synopsis: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that all National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits authorizing a discharge from a facility designated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a major facility, shall, at a minimum, require for publicly owned…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0747 · 2026-07-31
HIGHER ED-CREDIT HOUR REPORT
In plain English Requires the Board of Higher Education and Illinois Community College Board to publish annual reports on credit hours taught by full-time and part-time faculty starting September 2028.
Official synopsis: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that, by September 1, 2028 and every September 1 thereafter, the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board, respectively, shall compile and make available to the public an…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0720 · 2026-07-31
DD FACILITY-ASSET MGMT COMPANY
In plain English Requires certain healthcare entities to disclose quarterly whether they or their affiliates are owned or managed by asset management companies, with Board publication of disclosures and penalties for violations.
Official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires specified entities to certify to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board whether the entity, its subsidiaries, its affiliates, its parent companies, or any contractual service providers under control of the entity, its subsidiaries, its affiliates, or…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0661 · 2026-07-30
SCH CD-TEACHER EVALUATION PLAN
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Provides that if the parties cannot reach agreement over the decision on whether to incorporate a student growth component into the teacher evaluation plan and there is no collective bargaining agreement that includes or…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0646 · 2026-07-24
KINDERGARTEN-PLAY-BASED LEARN
In plain English Defines play-based learning in kindergarten as either teacher-directed or student-initiated play aligned with learning goals.
Official synopsis: Amends the School Code regarding the establishment of kindergartens. With respect to a provision stating that kindergarten should provide opportunities for play-based learning, defines: (1) "play-based learning" as either guided play or student-initiated play; (2) "guided play" as intentional teacher-directed play with activities set up…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0555 · 2026-07-10
LOW-INCOME UTILITY RATES
In plain English Allows the Illinois Commerce Commission to approve low-income discounts on electric and natural gas bills, funded through fixed per-customer surcharges on residential and non-residential customers' bills.
Official synopsis: Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning nondiscrimination, provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may approve a low-income discount for residential electric and natural gas customers that applies to the entirety of a qualifying customer's bill, including, but not limited to, a qualifying customer's…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0540 · 2026-07-09
$IDPH-LOCAL HEALTH PROTECTION
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1, 2026.
Not out of committeeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-07-01
$ISBE-LAKE COUNTY TECH CAMPUS
Appropriates $430,000 to the State Board of Education to distribute to the Lake County Tech Campus for operational expenses. Effective July 1, 2026.
Not out of committeeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-07-01
$ISBE-HOMELESS STUDENTS
Appropriates $5,000,000 to the State Board of Education to award funding under the Education of Homeless Children and Youth State Grant Program to be used to support programming for students at risk for or experiencing homelessness. Effective July 1, 2026.
Not out of committeeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-07-01
PRP & ISBE AI ANALYSIS
Directs the Professional Review Panel (PRP) and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to conduct the analysis and financial modeling required to evaluate the current, likely, and potential impacts of artificial intelligence and related technologies on the cost factors within the evidence-based funding model.…
Not out of committeeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-07-01
“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.
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 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 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 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 Concurrence)
SB3707 · 2026-05-31
VISION BENEFIT MANAGERS (House Third Reading)
HB2955 · 2026-05-31
EPA-PFAS WASTEWATER (House Concurrence)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1822 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 31 is House 61 plus House 62. The percentage is how often each of them ended up on the same side as Laura Faver Dias on bills both voted on (each one’s final Yea or Nay on the bill).
Mary Edly-AllenState Senate 31 · Democratic
99%
Joyce MasonState House 61 · Democratic
99%
Laura Faver DiasState House 62 · Democratic · this page
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