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Democratic · Senator

Mattie Hunter

Represents District 3 in the State Senate.

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Votes with Democrats

100%

on 286 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 100%

Cast a vote

79%

Yea or Nay on 1,139 of 1,447 roll calls · Senate median 95%

Their bills that became law

54 of 95

as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 29.5

Roll calls on record

1,447

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 Mattie Hunter 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 Mattie Hunter 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. Mattie Hunter is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side

Times they broke with their party

0 of 286 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.

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.

Yea

Senate Public Health Committee · 2026-05-19 · Failed 5–2

HB4456 · 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.

Yea

Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee · 2026-05-07 · Passed 8–5

SB1950 · SANITARY FOOD PREPARATION

Yea

Senate Concurrence · 2025-10-30 · Passed 30–27

HB4496 · PROCUREMENT-STATE LABS

Yea

Senate Executive Committee · 2026-05-31 · Passed 8–4

HB0957 · STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

In plain English Gives tenants of multi-unit rental buildings with six or more units a right to purchase their building before outside buyers, with specific notice and matching-offer procedures.

Yea

Senate Executive Committee · 2026-05-31 · Passed 8–4

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.

Seth LewisRepublican · District 24 · 198 shared contested votes

48%

Darby HillsRepublican · District 26 · 199 shared contested votes

45%

Don DeWitteRepublican · District 33 · 207 shared contested votes

37%

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 (308 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Mattie Hunter 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.

Introduced95

Out of committee69

Passed one chamber66

Passed both chambers54

Became law54

Never left committee26

For comparison, the median Democratic member of the Senate has 29.5 bills that became law this session.

HB3659 ↗

PENCD-MWRD-ORDINARY DISABILITY

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that no ordinary disability benefit shall be allowed for any period of disability prior to 60 days (instead of 30 days) before application is made, unless the Board finds good cause…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0763 · 2026-08-07

HB5471 ↗

COMMUNITY DEVELOP SERVICES

In plain English Changes the licensing term for community developmental services agencies from three years to two years.

Official synopsis: Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Changes the licensing term for a community developmental services agency from 3 years to 2 years.

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0705 · 2026-07-31

SB3524 ↗

CHILD SUPPORT CHANGES

In plain English Changes how child support is calculated when parents share physical custody, including a formula for shared care situations and a minimum $40 monthly obligation for low-income parents.

Official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides for a child support calculation for shared physical care in which each parent exercises 110 or more overnights per year with the child or 110 or more overnight equivalents as determined by a court as…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0733 · 2026-07-31

SB1327 ↗

INS-HEALTH PARITY/DISABILITY

In plain English Requires insurers to disclose mental health and substance use disorder coverage limits in long-term disability policies starting January 1, 2028, with policyholder acknowledgment retained for two years.

Official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2028, no insurer shall amend, deliver, issue, or renew a group or individual policy or certificate of long-term disability income insurance in the State without a disclosure, provided at the time of application,…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0619 · 2026-07-24

HB4323 ↗

COMMEMORATIVE DAY-EMMETT TILL

In plain English Designates July 25 each year as Emmett Till Day to honor and remember Emmett Till throughout Illinois.

Official synopsis: Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates July 25 of each year as Emmett Till Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day to honor and remember Emmett Till.

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0579 · 2026-07-23

HB3409 ↗

COSMETIC PRODUCTS ACT

In plain English Prohibits manufacturing and selling cosmetic products containing certain intentionally added chemicals, with exemptions for trace amounts unavoidably present.

Official synopsis: Creates the Chemicals in Cosmetic Products Act. Prohibits the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale of a cosmetic product that contains specific intentionally added chemical ingredients. Exempts cosmetic products that were manufactured with an intent to comply with the Act and contain a…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0545 · 2026-07-10

SB3523 ↗

$DHS-GRO COMMUNITY

Appropriates $3,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for grants and administrative and operational expenses associated with GRO Community. Effective July 1, 2026.

Not out of committeePursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments · 2026-07-02

HB3460 ↗

COSMETOLOGY/BARBER-APPRENTICES

In plain English Allows incarcerated people to apply for cosmetology and barber licenses without delays, removes hour requirements before exams, and establishes apprenticeship programs for these professions.

Official synopsis: Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Defines terms. Provides that an application shall not be automatically placed on hold, delayed, denied, or otherwise not processed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation due to the application being…

Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0478 · 2026-06-26

SB3103 ↗

MEDICAID-SICKLE CELL DISEASE

In plain English Expands Medicaid coverage to include sickle cell disease instead of only sickle cell anemia.

Official synopsis: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides medical assistance coverage for sickle cell disease (rather than sickle cell anemia).

Passed one chamberRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-06-02

SR0839 ↗

MEMORIAL-TAMER LEE GONZALEZ

Mourns the passing of Tamer Lee Lois Williams Gonzalez of Chicago.