Illinois 104th Senate Committee Assignments

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Agriculture – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Doris Turner	D
Vice-Chair :	Patrick J. Joyce	D
Member:	Cristina Castro	D
Member:	Paul Faraci	D
Member:	Michael E. Hastings	D
Member:	Linda Holmes	D
Member:	David Koehler	D
Member:	Meg Loughran Cappel	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Andrew S. Chesney	R
Member:	Neil Anderson	R
Member:	Chris Balkema	R
Member:	Terri Bryant	R
Member:	Sally J. Turner	R

Appropriations- Education – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Michael W. Halpin	D
Vice-Chair :	Graciela Guzmán	D
Member:	Christopher Belt	D
Member:	Javier L. Cervantes	D
Member:	Lakesia Collins	D
Member:	Paul Faraci	D
Member:	Emil Jones, III	D
Member:	Meg Loughran Cappel	D
Member:	Mark L. Walker	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Chris Balkema	R
Member:	Terri Bryant	R
Member:	Chapin Rose	R
Member:	Jil Tracy	R
Member:	Sally J. Turner	R

Appropriations – Health and Human Services – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Omar Aquino	D
Vice-Chair :	David Koehler	D
Member:	Lakesia Collins	D
Member:	Graciela Guzmán	D
Member:	Mattie Hunter	D
Member:	Julie A. Morrison	D
Member:	Mike Simmons	D
Member:	Karina Villa	D
Member:	Ram Villivalam	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Dave Syverson	R
Member:	Li Arellano, Jr.	R
Member:	Andrew S. Chesney	R
Member:	Erica Harriss	R
Member:	Steve McClure	R

Appropriations- Public Safety and Infrastructure – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Christopher Belt	D
Vice-Chair :	Ram Villivalam	D
Member:	Mary Edly-Allen	D
Member:	Sara Feigenholtz	D
Member:	Mattie Hunter	D
Member:	Robert Peters	D
Member:	Mike Porfirio	D
Member:	Willie Preston	D
Member:	Celina Villanueva	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Seth Lewis	R
Member:	Andrew S. Chesney	R
Member:	Terri Bryant	R
Member:	Jason Plummer	R

Appropriations – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Elgie R. Sims, Jr.	D
Vice-Chair :	Laura M. Murphy	D
Member:	Omar Aquino	D
Member:	Michael E. Hastings	D
Member:	Adriane Johnson	D
Member:	Patrick J. Joyce	D
Member:	Julie A. Morrison	D
Member:	Rachel Ventura	D
Member:	Celina Villanueva	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Chapin Rose	R
Member:	Donald P. DeWitte	R
Member:	Seth Lewis	R
Member:	Sally J. Turner	R

Assignments – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Kimberly A. Lightford	D
Vice-Chair :	Bill Cunningham	D
Member:	Omar Aquino	D
Member:	Laura M. Murphy	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Neil Anderson	R
Member:	Sally J. Turner	R

Behavioral and Mental Health – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Laura Fine	D
Vice-Chair :	Mike Simmons	D
Member:	Lakesia Collins	D
Member:	Sara Feigenholtz	D
Member:	Meg Loughran Cappel	D
Member:	Karina Villa	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Terri Bryant	R
Member:	Chris Balkema	R
Member:	Andrew S. Chesney	R

Child Welfare – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Lakesia Collins	D
Vice-Chair :	Mary Edly-Allen	D
Member:	Adriane Johnson	D
Member:	Elgie R. Sims, Jr.	D
Member:	Doris Turner	D
Member:	Rachel Ventura	D
Member:	Karina Villa	D
Member:	Seth Lewis	R
Member:	Sally J. Turner	R

Commerce – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Paul Faraci	D
Vice-Chair :	Sara Feigenholtz	D
Member:	Suzy Glowiak Hilton	D
Member:	Michael E. Hastings	D
Member:	Adriane Johnson	D
Member:	Willie Preston	D
Member:	Steve Stadelman	D
Member:	Dale Fowler	R
Member:	Jason Plummer	R
Member:	Craig Wilcox	R

Consumer Protection – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Willie Preston	D
Vice-Chair :	Suzy Glowiak Hilton	D
Member:	Lakesia Collins	D
Member:	Mary Edly-Allen	D
Member:	Michael E. Hastings	D
Member:	Laura M. Murphy	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Seth Lewis	R
Member:	Steve McClure	R
Member:	Jason Plummer	R

Criminal Law – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Javier L. Cervantes	D
Vice-Chair :	Elgie R. Sims, Jr.	D
Member:	Lakesia Collins	D
Member:	Michael W. Halpin	D
Member:	Robert F. Martwick	D
Member:	Robert Peters	D
Member:	Celina Villanueva	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Jil Tracy	R
Member:	Terri Bryant	R
Member:	Steve McClure	R

Education – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Meg Loughran Cappel	D
Vice-Chair :	Kimberly A. Lightford	D
Member:	Christopher Belt	D
Member:	Mary Edly-Allen	D
Member:	Adriane Johnson	D
Member:	Mike Porfirio	D
Member:	Willie Preston	D
Member:	Doris Turner	D
Member:	Karina Villa	D
Member:	Ram Villivalam	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Dale Fowler	R
Member:	Chris Balkema	R
Member:	Donald P. DeWitte	R
Member:	Craig Wilcox	R

Energy and Public Utilities – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Steve Stadelman	D
Vice-Chair :	Mattie Hunter	D
Member:	Christopher Belt	D
Member:	Cristina Castro	D
Member:	Javier L. Cervantes	D
Member:	Bill Cunningham	D
Member:	Napoleon Harris, III	D
Member:	Patrick J. Joyce	D
Member:	David Koehler	D
Member:	Robert Peters	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Terri Bryant	R
Member:	Neil Anderson	R
Member:	Dale Fowler	R
Member:	Erica Harriss	R
Member:	Sue Rezin	R

Environment and Conservation – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Laura Ellman	D
Vice-Chair :	Adriane Johnson	D
Member:	Sara Feigenholtz	D
Member:	Laura Fine	D
Member:	Julie A. Morrison	D
Member:	Karina Villa	D
Member:	Mark L. Walker	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Andrew S. Chesney	R
Member:	Donald P. DeWitte	R

Executive – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Cristina Castro	D
Vice-Chair :	Bill Cunningham	D
Member:	Omar Aquino	D
Member:	Don Harmon	D
Member:	Napoleon Harris, III	D
Member:	Linda Holmes	D
Member:	Mattie Hunter	D
Member:	Kimberly A. Lightford	D
Member:	Laura M. Murphy	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Neil Anderson	R
Member:	John F. Curran	R
Member:	Sue Rezin	R
Member:	Jil Tracy	R

Executive Appointments – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Laura M. Murphy	D
Vice-Chair :	Mattie Hunter	D
Member:	Omar Aquino	D
Member:	Bill Cunningham	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Jason Plummer	R
Member:	Steve McClure	R

Financial Institutions – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Mark L. Walker	D
Vice-Chair :	Laura Ellman	D
Member:	Robert F. Martwick	D
Member:	Willie Preston	D
Member:	Steve Stadelman	D
Member:	Rachel Ventura	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Jason Plummer	R
Member:	Seth Lewis	R
Member:	Chapin Rose	R

Health and Human Services – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Karina Villa	D
Vice-Chair :	Julie A. Morrison	D
Member:	Mary Edly-Allen	D
Member:	Laura Fine	D
Member:	David Koehler	D
Member:	Kimberly A. Lightford	D
Member:	Elgie R. Sims, Jr.	D
Member:	Doris Turner	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Dave Syverson	R
Member:	Neil Anderson	R
Member:	Li Arellano, Jr.	R
Member:	Jason Plummer	R

Higher Education – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Mary Edly-Allen	D
Vice-Chair :	Michael W. Halpin	D
Member:	Bill Cunningham	D
Member:	Paul Faraci	D
Member:	Graciela Guzmán	D
Member:	David Koehler	D
Member:	Kimberly A. Lightford	D
Member:	Mike Porfirio	D
Member:	Steve Stadelman	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Dale Fowler	R
Member:	Terri Bryant	R
Member:	Erica Harriss	R
Member:	Jil Tracy	R
Member:	Craig Wilcox	R

Human Rights – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Rachel Ventura	D
Vice-Chair :	Lakesia Collins	D
Member:	Laura Ellman	D
Member:	Graciela Guzmán	D
Member:	Emil Jones, III	D
Member:	Mark L. Walker	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Sue Rezin	R
Member:	Seth Lewis	R
Member:	Dave Syverson	R

Insurance – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Julie A. Morrison	D
Vice-Chair :	Laura Fine	D
Member:	Cristina Castro	D
Member:	Bill Cunningham	D
Member:	Laura Ellman	D
Member:	Suzy Glowiak Hilton	D
Member:	Napoleon Harris, III	D
Member:	Willie Preston	D
Member:	Mark L. Walker	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Dave Syverson	R
Member:	Neil Anderson	R
Member:	Steve McClure	R
Member:	Jason Plummer	R
Member:	Chapin Rose	R

Judiciary – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Michael E. Hastings	D
Vice-Chair :	Robert F. Martwick	D
Member:	Laura Fine	D
Member:	Michael W. Halpin	D
Member:	Don Harmon	D
Member:	Elgie R. Sims, Jr.	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Jil Tracy	R
Member:	John F. Curran	R
Member:	Chapin Rose	R

Labor – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Robert Peters	D
Vice-Chair :	Paul Faraci	D
Member:	Omar Aquino	D
Member:	Christopher Belt	D
Member:	Javier L. Cervantes	D
Member:	Linda Holmes	D
Member:	Patrick J. Joyce	D
Member:	Meg Loughran Cappel	D
Member:	Robert F. Martwick	D
Member:	Mike Porfirio	D
Member:	Mike Simmons	D
Member:	Celina Villanueva	D
Member:	Ram Villivalam	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Craig Wilcox	R
Member:	Chris Balkema	R
Member:	Andrew S. Chesney	R
Member:	Donald P. DeWitte	R
Member:	Dale Fowler	R
Member:	Jil Tracy	R

Licensed Activities – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Suzy Glowiak Hilton	D
Vice-Chair :	Javier L. Cervantes	D
Member:	Christopher Belt	D
Member:	Michael E. Hastings	D
Member:	Emil Jones, III	D
Member:	Ram Villivalam	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Steve McClure	R
Member:	Erica Harriss	R
Member:	Dave Syverson	R

Local Government – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Adriane Johnson	D
Vice-Chair :	Linda Holmes	D
Member:	Paul Faraci	D
Member:	Napoleon Harris, III	D
Member:	Emil Jones, III	D
Member:	Laura M. Murphy	D
Member:	Rachel Ventura	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Erica Harriss	R
Member:	Li Arellano, Jr.	R
Member:	Sally J. Turner	R
Member:	Craig Wilcox	R

Pensions – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Robert F. Martwick	D
Vice-Chair :	Napoleon Harris, III	D
Member:	Javier L. Cervantes	D
Member:	Sara Feigenholtz	D
Member:	Linda Holmes	D
Member:	Mattie Hunter	D
Member:	Mark L. Walker	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Neil Anderson	R
Member:	Li Arellano, Jr.	R
Member:	Chris Balkema	R

Public Health – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Mike Simmons	D
Vice-Chair :	Rachel Ventura	D
Member:	Sara Feigenholtz	D
Member:	Laura Fine	D
Member:	Graciela Guzmán	D
Member:	Mattie Hunter	D
Member:	David Koehler	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Li Arellano, Jr.	R
Member:	Andrew S. Chesney	R
Member:	Dave Syverson	R

Revenue – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Celina Villanueva	D
Vice-Chair :	Mark L. Walker	D
Member:	Cristina Castro	D
Member:	Patrick J. Joyce	D
Member:	Robert F. Martwick	D
Member:	Robert Peters	D
Member:	Elgie R. Sims, Jr.	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Donald P. DeWitte	R
Member:	Chris Balkema	R
Member:	Sally J. Turner	R

Senate Special Committee on Tourism – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Sara Feigenholtz	D
Vice-Chair :	Robert Peters	D
Member:	Bill Cunningham	D
Member:	Emil Jones, III	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Dale Fowler	R

State Government – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Patrick J. Joyce	D
Vice-Chair :	Willie Preston	D
Member:	Michael W. Halpin	D
Member:	Meg Loughran Cappel	D
Member:	Robert F. Martwick	D
Member:	Steve Stadelman	D
Member:	Doris Turner	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Sally J. Turner	R
Member:	Li Arellano, Jr.	R
Member:	Donald P. DeWitte	R

Transportation – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Ram Villivalam	D
Vice-Chair :	Mike Porfirio	D
Member:	Omar Aquino	D
Member:	Laura Ellman	D
Member:	Suzy Glowiak Hilton	D
Member:	Mattie Hunter	D
Member:	Adriane Johnson	D
Member:	Patrick J. Joyce	D
Member:	Laura M. Murphy	D
Member:	Robert Peters	D
Member:	Mike Simmons	D
Member:	Steve Stadelman	D
Member:	Celina Villanueva	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Donald P. DeWitte	R
Member:	Dale Fowler	R
Member:	Erica Harriss	R
Member:	Seth Lewis	R
Member:	Craig Wilcox	R

Veterans Affairs – Members

Role	Senator	Party
Chair :	Mike Porfirio	D
Vice-Chair :	Doris Turner	D
Member:	Graciela Guzmán	D
Member:	Michael W. Halpin	D
Member:	Julie A. Morrison	D
Minority Spokesperson :	Craig Wilcox	R
Member:	Li Arellano, Jr.	R
Member:	Erica Harriss	R

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