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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
Feb. 23, 2007 IL SB 9 Illinois Climate Change Act Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 13)
April 16, 2008 IL SB 2052 Taxes for Levee Repair Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 15)
May 15, 2008 IL SB 2052 Taxes for Levee Repair Bill Passed - House (64 - 44)
March 26, 2012 IL HB 5789 Establishes State Park Fees Bill Passed - House (81 - 29)
May 31, 2012 IL SB 1566 Increases License Plate Fees Concurrence Vote Failed - Senate (33 - 21)
May 31, 2012 IL SB 1566 Increases License Plate Fees Bill Passed - House (61 - 56)
May 31, 2012 IL SB 3442 Requires Recycling of Plastic Bags Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (38 - 15)
May 30, 2012 IL SB 3442 Requires Recycling of Plastic Bags Bill Passed - House (72 - 44)
April 23, 2015 IL HB 373 Authorizes Construction of Presidential Libraries and Museums on Park Land Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 13)
May 27, 2019 IL SB 9 Establishes Coal-Ash Regulations Bill Passed - House (77 - 35)
May 9, 2019 IL SB 9 Establishes Coal-Ash Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 9)
Oct. 30, 2019 IL HB 3888 Prohibits the Use of Ethylene Oxide by 2023 Bill Passed - House (60 - 47)
Aug. 31, 2021 IL SB 18 Requires All Energy Production to be from Renewable Energy Sources by 2050 Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 16)
March 22, 2023 IL HB 3595 Amends Rules Regarding Thermal Power Plant Demolition Bill Passed - House (63 - 47)
May 25, 2023 IL SB 1769 Requires State Government Vehicles be Zero Emission by 2030 Bill Passed - House (69 - 35)
May 11, 2023 IL SB 1769 Requires State Government Vehicles be Zero Emission by 2030 Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 20)
March 24, 2023 IL HB 3713 Requires Clean Air in Classrooms and Schools Bill Passed - House (68 - 35)
May 11, 2023 IL SB 1560 Increases Fees and Oversight on the Timber Buying Industry Bill Passed - House (81 - 29)
March 23, 2023 IL SB 1560 Increases Fees and Oversight on the Timber Buying Industry Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 14)
May 17, 2023 IL HB 3892 Authorizes the Development of Urban Gardening at Affordable Housing Projects Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 11)
April 20, 2023 IL HB 3892 Authorizes the Development of Urban Gardening at Affordable Housing Projects Bill Passed - House (73 - 31)
April 10, 2024 IL SB 2960 Prohibits Hotels from Using Single Use Plastics Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 16)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/23 SB 9 Illinois Climate Change Act Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 13)
4/16 SB 2052 Taxes for Levee Repair Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 15)
5/15 SB 2052 Taxes for Levee Repair Bill Passed - House (64 - 44)
3/26 HB 5789 Establishes State Park Fees Bill Passed - House (81 - 29)
5/31 SB 1566 Increases License Plate Fees Concurrence Vote Failed - Senate (33 - 21)
5/31 SB 1566 Increases License Plate Fees Bill Passed - House (61 - 56)
5/31 SB 3442 Requires Recycling of Plastic Bags Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (38 - 15)
5/30 SB 3442 Requires Recycling of Plastic Bags Bill Passed - House (72 - 44)
4/23 HB 373 Authorizes Construction of Presidential Libraries and Museums on Park Land Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 13)
5/27 SB 9 Establishes Coal-Ash Regulations Bill Passed - House (77 - 35)
5/09 SB 9 Establishes Coal-Ash Regulations Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 9)
10/30 HB 3888 Prohibits the Use of Ethylene Oxide by 2023 Bill Passed - House (60 - 47)
8/31 SB 18 Requires All Energy Production to be from Renewable Energy Sources by 2050 Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 16)
3/22 HB 3595 Amends Rules Regarding Thermal Power Plant Demolition Bill Passed - House (63 - 47)
5/25 SB 1769 Requires State Government Vehicles be Zero Emission by 2030 Bill Passed - House (69 - 35)
5/11 SB 1769 Requires State Government Vehicles be Zero Emission by 2030 Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 20)
3/24 HB 3713 Requires Clean Air in Classrooms and Schools Bill Passed - House (68 - 35)
5/11 SB 1560 Increases Fees and Oversight on the Timber Buying Industry Bill Passed - House (81 - 29)
3/23 SB 1560 Increases Fees and Oversight on the Timber Buying Industry Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 14)
5/17 HB 3892 Authorizes the Development of Urban Gardening at Affordable Housing Projects Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 11)
4/20 HB 3892 Authorizes the Development of Urban Gardening at Affordable Housing Projects Bill Passed - House (73 - 31)
4/10 SB 2960 Prohibits Hotels from Using Single Use Plastics Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 16)

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