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Democratic
· Representative
Margaret Croke
Represents District 12 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Democrats
99%
on 562 party-line votes · House Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
98%
Yea or Nay on 1,626 of 1,660 roll calls · House median 98%
Their bills that became law
19 of 44
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 15.5
Roll calls on record
1,660
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 Margaret Croke 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 Margaret Croke 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. Margaret Croke is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
2 of 562 party-line votes.
SB3071 · ELECTRONIC MONITORING
In plain English Expands who must report elder abuse to include investment advisers, securities dealers, and certain bank employees, and changes rules for accessing and sharing related records.
House Third Reading · 2026-05-21 · Passed 71–31 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB3709 · HIGHER ED-STUDENT HLTH SERVICE
Third Reading in House · 2025-04-08 · Passed 74–40 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB2899 · TAX-REMOTE RETAILER PROGRAM
House Revenue & Finance Committee · 2025-03-13 · Failed 5–4
HB1061 · PROP TX-CREDIT CARD PAYMENT
House Revenue & Finance Committee · 2025-03-20 · Passed 6–4
HB3068 · SMALL BUSINESS-INCENTIVES
House Revenue & Finance Committee · 2025-03-20 · Passed 6–4
HB1819 · SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT
House Revenue & Finance Committee · 2025-03-20 · Passed 6–4
HB3421 · PROP TX-EQUITY FUND
House Revenue & Finance Committee · 2025-03-20 · Passed 6–4
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 · 483 shared contested votes
33%
Brandun SchweizerRepublican · District 104 · 476 shared contested votes
30%
Nicole La HaRepublican · District 82 · 472 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 (34 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Margaret Croke 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.
Introduced44
Out of committee32
Passed one chamber22
Passed both chambers19
Became law19
Never left committee12
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 15.5 bills that became law this session.
DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST DAY
In plain English Declares March 11, 2026 as Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day in Illinois.
Official synopsis: Declares March 11, 2026 as Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day. Encourages all residents of Illinois to recognize the valuable contributions of registered dietitian nutritionists and express their appreciation for their commitment to promoting science-based nutrition to improve health outcomes today and in the future.
Out of committeeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-07-01
NUTRITION MONTH
In plain English Declares March 2026 as Nutrition Month in Illinois and encourages citizens to consider nutrition for better health.
Official synopsis: Declares March 2026 as Nutrition Month in the State of Illinois. Encourages all citizens to support Nutrition Month and to consider their nutrition and the nutrition of others in the hope of achieving optimum health for both today and tomorrow.
Out of committeeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-07-01
NUTRITION/DIETETICS TECH DAY
In plain English Declares March 13, 2026 as Registered Nutrition and Dietetics Technician Day in Illinois.
Official synopsis: Declares March 13, 2026 as Registered Nutrition and Dietetics Technician Day in the State of Illinois. Encourages all citizens to recognize the contributions of registered nutrition and dietetics technicians. Expresses appreciation for their commitment to promoting science-based nutrition in the hope of achieving optimum health…
Out of committeeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-07-01
FINANCIAL REG-FEES-INVESTIGATE
In plain English Removes annual investigation requirements for currency exchanges and establishes new fee-setting provisions for financial regulation agencies.
Official synopsis: Amends the Currency Exchange Act. Removes provisions requiring the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to investigate a currency exchange business at least once in each year and to review and report on the cost of operation of the Currency Exchange Section. Establishes fee-setting provisions…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0520 · 2026-06-26
SALES FINANCE AGENCY-VARIOUS
In plain English Amends the Sales Finance Agency Act to change licensing requirements, prohibit operating under false names, increase civil penalties to $10,000, and make other changes.
Official synopsis: Amends the Sales Finance Agency Act. Makes changes to defined terms. Provides that applicants for a license shall apply in a form prescribed by the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation. Prohibits any person, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity engaged in…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0516 · 2026-06-26
PRIVATE EDUCATION LOANS-REPORT
In plain English Requires private education lenders to report the number and dollar amount of loans made annually, including loans with cosigners and default rates, to state regulators.
Official synopsis: Amends the Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act. Provides that the annual report to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Student Loan Ombudsman shall include the total number and dollar amount (instead of the volume) of private education loans made…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0504 · 2026-06-26
RECOGNIZES-POPE LEO XIV
Recognizes His Holiness Pope Leo XIV for his extraordinary spiritual leadership, his lifelong commitment to service, and the inspiration his historic papacy brings to the people of Illinois, the United States, and the world.
Became lawResolution Adopted · 2026-05-20
REVENUE-VARIOUS
In plain English Repeals the Messages Tax Act and updates tax laws to replace references to alcoholic beverages with alcoholic liquor taxable under the Liquor Control Act, among other changes.
Official synopsis: Repeals the Messages Tax Act. Makes changes concerning cross-references to that Act. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and various Acts imposing local use and occupation taxes to replace references…
Out of committeeHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-04-17
LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH
Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the short title.
Out of committeeHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-04-17
INS CD-ALLERGENIC SUPPLEMENTS
In plain English Requires health insurance policies to cover at least one 6-month supply each of prescribed egg and peanut allergen introduction supplements for infants without cost-sharing.
Official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that any individual or group policy of accident or health insurance that is delivered, extended, renewed, or modified after January 1, 2026 must provide coverage for at least one 6-month supply of each of the following for each infant…
Out of committeeHouse Floor Amendment No. 4 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-04-17
INTERCHANGE FEE-REPEAL
Repeals the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. Effective immediately.
Not out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Ugaste · 2026-04-16
INC TX-ENTITY BASE
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In provisions concerning the entity-level tax, provides that a partnership making an entity-level tax election may elect to determine its tax base using a full distributive share method or an Illinois-sourced income method. Effective immediately.
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
INS-BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that, for policies of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, coverage for pregnancy and postpartum care shall include medically necessary blood pressure monitors for pregnant or postpartum insured persons or…
Not out of committeeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
CRIM CD-TERRORISM-CATASTROPHE
Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "terrorist act" includes any act that is intended to cause or create and does cause or create substantial damage to or destruction of any building or facility containing an entity providing reproductive health…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
OPPOSES-IL SB3572
Opposes Illinois Senate Bill 3572 (SB3572). Opposes any effort to punish women for accessing reproductive healthcare, efforts to subject survivors of rape and incest to more severe punishments than a rapist, and efforts to restrict access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other forms of…
Became lawAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe · 2026-02-25
“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 1660 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 6 is House 11 plus House 12. The percentage is how often each of them ended up on the same side as Margaret Croke on bills both voted on (each one’s final Yea or Nay on the bill).
Sara FeigenholtzState Senate 6 · Democratic
100%
Ann WilliamsState House 11 · Democratic
99%
Margaret CrokeState House 12 · Democratic · this page
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