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Democratic
· Representative
Yolonda Morris
Represents District 9 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Democrats
99%
on 580 party-line votes · House Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
98%
Yea or Nay on 1,664 of 1,703 roll calls · House median 98%
Their bills that became law
11 of 28
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 15.5
Roll calls on record
1,703
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 Yolonda Morris 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 Yolonda Morris 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. Yolonda Morris is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
3 of 580 party-line votes.
HB3564 · HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-REAL ESTATE
In plain English Requires landlords to list all rental fees on the first page of leases, prohibits certain fees like application charges over $50, and allows tenants to sue for violations.
House Concurrence · 2026-02-26 · Passed 56–36 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB3564 · HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-REAL ESTATE
In plain English Requires landlords to list all rental fees on the first page of leases, prohibits certain fees like application charges over $50, and allows tenants to sue for violations.
House Concurrence · 2026-02-26 · Passed 56–36 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB3564 · HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-REAL ESTATE
In plain English Requires landlords to list all rental fees on the first page of leases, prohibits certain fees like application charges over $50, and allows tenants to sue for violations.
House Concurrence · 2026-02-26 · Passed 56–36 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB3332 · CD CORR-SENTENCING REVIEW
Third Reading in House · 2025-04-10 · Failed 49–51
HB2699 · MEDICAID-NONIMMIGRANT STATUS
House Approp-Health and Human Services Committee · 2025-03-13 · Failed 4–2
HB2564 · PEN CD-TRS-SALARY INCREASES
House Personnel & Pensions Committee · 2026-05-29 · Passed 7–4
SB3403 · PEN CD-BD OF INVESTMENT AUDIT
House Personnel & Pensions Committee · 2026-05-28 · Passed 7–4
SB3487 · HOSPITAL LICENSING-VACCINATION
In plain English Requires hospitals to identify patients eligible for flu and pneumococcal vaccines and offer them according to state guidelines or CDC recommendations, with state guidelines controlling if they conflict.
House Public Health Committee · 2026-05-07 · Passed 6–3
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 · 529 shared contested votes
31%
Brandun SchweizerRepublican · District 104 · 484 shared contested votes
30%
Jennifer SanalitroRepublican · District 48 · 433 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 (39 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Yolonda Morris 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.
Introduced28
Out of committee16
Passed one chamber14
Passed both chambers11
Became law11
Never left committee12
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 15.5 bills that became law this session.
DCEO-VARIOUS
Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1 with changes. Removes provisions of the Illinois Power Agency Act extending a home rule preemption concerning taxes or fees related to the generation of electricity. Removes provisions extending the following income tax credits: (1) the research and…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0799 · 2026-08-07
HUMAN RIGHTS-MENOPAUSE CARE
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. In the Illinois Insurance Code: deletes changes affecting menopause-related conditions; provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan must provide coverage for medically necessary hormonal…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0793 · 2026-08-07
PROCUREMENT-CONSTRUCTION
In plain English Allows transportation network drivers to organize and bargain collectively with rideshare companies, and requires companies to pay fees into a worker support fund.
Official synopsis: Creates the Transportation Network Driver Labor Relations Act. Defines "transportation network driver" as an individual who operates a motor vehicle that: (i) is owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the individual; (ii) is not a taxicab or for-hire public passenger vehicle; (iii) is…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0788 · 2026-08-07
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
DHS-OIG INVESTIGATIONS
In plain English Changes the definition of obstructing Department of Human Services investigations to include intentional failure to timely report allegations and interference with abuse investigations, among other changes.
Official synopsis: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. In the definition of "material obstruction of an investigation", defines the term to mean the intentional failure to timely report an allegation to the hotline or the interference (rather than purposeful interference) with an investigation of physical abuse,…
Became lawPublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0669 · 2026-07-31
COMMEND-COVID19 MONUMENT
Commends the efforts of the COVID-19 Monument Commission and the Hektoen Institute of Medicine for their work on the Global COVID-19 Monument Project.
Not out of committeeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-07-01
MEDICAID-MATERNAL HLTH-DOULAS
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Medical Assistance Article.
Passed one chamberRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · 2026-06-01
REDUCE-KID-FRIENDLY VAPE SALES
In plain English Urges regulators and enforcement agencies to increase inspections and reduce sales of unlawful kid-friendly vapes while strengthening coordination between state agencies and schools.
Official synopsis: Urges regulators and enforcement agencies to increase inspections and ensure that manufacturers, distributors, and retailers reduce the selling of unlawful, kid-friendly vapes. Urges for strengthened coordination between State agencies, law enforcement, school districts, and public health authorities to reduce youth access to illegal vape products…
Became lawResolution Adopted · 2026-05-30
TRANSPORT NETWORK LABOR
In plain English Creates labor rights for transportation network drivers to organize, form unions, and bargain collectively with companies.
Official synopsis: Creates the Transportation Network Driver Labor Relations Act. Defines "transportation network driver" as an individual who operates a motor vehicle that: (i) is owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the individual; (ii) is not a taxicab or for-hire public passenger vehicle; (iii) is…
Out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse · 2026-05-28
INS-HEALTH/CORONARY SCAN
In plain English Requires health insurance plans to cover coronary calcium scans for people ages 40-75 when ordered by a provider and clinically appropriate, starting January 1, 2028.
Official synopsis: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2028 and is subject to the Code shall provide coverage for a medically necessary coronary calcium…
Passed one chamberAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy · 2026-05-19
HUMAN SERVICES WORKFORCE
Creates the Human Services Workforce Sustainability Act. Requires the Departments of Human Services, Children and Family Services, Juvenile Justice, and Public Health, and other specified State agencies, to complete, by June 30, 2027, a look-back calculation for each contracted human services organization that compares the…
Not out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava · 2026-04-13
CHI PARK DIST-PUBLIC GARDEN
In plain English Authorizes the Chicago Park District to establish and manage small public gardens with native plants designed to protect migrating butterflies.
Official synopsis: Amends the Chicago Park District Act. Authorizes the Chicago Park District, in collaboration with the botanic gardens authorized under the Forest Preserve Botanic Gardens Act, to establish, maintain, and manage small public gardens throughout the City of Chicago. Provides that each public garden shall include…
Passed one chamberReferred to Assignments · 2026-04-10
NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Ratifies and approves the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows for the issuance of multistate licenses that allow nurses to practice in their home state and other compact states. In provisions concerning an application for a license, provides that the Department…
Not out of committeeAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik · 2026-04-07
CIGARETTE TX-CANCER FUND
Amends the Cigarette Tax Act. Provides that 2% of the moneys received under that Act, the Cigarette Use Tax Act, and the tax imposed on little cigars under the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995 shall be deposited into the University of Illinois Cancer Center…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
APRN RADIATION ADMINISTRATION
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under the Act may administer radiation to a human being and may supervise the administration of radiation by a person accredited to administer radiation to a human being by the Illinois Emergency…
Not out of committeeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · 2026-03-27
“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 Health Care Availability & Access Committee)
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 1703 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 5 is House 9 plus House 10. The percentage is how often each of them ended up on the same side as Yolonda Morris on bills both voted on (each one’s final Yea or Nay on the bill).
Lakesia CollinsState Senate 5 · Democratic
100%
Yolonda MorrisState House 9 · Democratic · this page
Omar WilliamsState House 10 · Democratic
99%
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