Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

IL Scorecard 2021-2022

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Illinois Legislature in 2021-2022 and ranks their State Senators and House Representatives based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate

House of Representatives

1. Rescind Con-Con

Good Vote: Yes

SJR0054 Rescind Con-Con (Passed 66 to 42 on 4/8/2022). Rescinds of all previous requests by the Illinois Legislature for a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution.

2. Sex Education Standards

Good Vote: No

SB818 Sex Education Standards (Passed 60 to 46 on 5/28/2021). Makes Illinois the first state to implement sex-education that aligns with the extremely explicit and perverse National Sex Education Standards (NSES).

3. Gun Owner Rights

Good Vote: No

HB562 Gun Owner Rights (Passed 75 to 40 on 6/16/2021). Restricts firearm sales, imposes registration requirements and imposes rules on the private transfer of guns.

4. Woke Terminology

Good Vote: No

SB3865 Woke Terminology (Passed 94 to 7 on 4/7/2022). Removes the "dehumanizing" term "alien" from all Illinois statutory provisions.

5. Latex Glove Ban

Good Vote: No

HB209 Latex Glove Ban (Passed 100 to 5 on 3/3/2022). Food service establishments and health care facilities may not permit employees to use latex gloves.

6. African-American Aids Response Act

Good Vote: No

HB5549 African-American Aids Response Act (Passed 105 to 0 on 3/4/2022). Ensures funds should provide resources for creating and maintaining at least one Black-led Center of Excellence HIV Biomedical Resource Hub for every $3,000,000 of available funding to improve Black health.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Carol Ammons	D	HD-103	0%	.	-	.	-	-	-
Jaime Andrade	D	HD-040	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Dagmara Avelar	D	HD-085	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Batinick	R	HD-097	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Diane Blair-Sherlock	D	HD-046	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chris Bos	R	HD-051	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Avery Bourne	R	HD-095	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Dan Brady	R	HD-105	33%	-	+	-	.	.	.
Kambium Buckner	D	HD-026	25%	+	-	-	-	.	.
Kelly Burke	D	HD-036	20%	+	.	-	-	-	-
Timothy Butler	R	HD-087	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Jonathan Carroll	D	HD-057	20%	+	.	-	-	-	-
Kelly Cassidy	D	HD-014	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Caulkins	R	HD-101	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Lakesia Collins	D	HD-009	0%	.	-	-	-	-	-
Deborah Conroy	D	HD-046	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Terra Costa Howard	D	HD-048	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Crespo	D	HD-044	0%	.	.	-	-	-	-
Margaret Croke	D	HD-012	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
John D'Amico	D	HD-015	NA	.	.	-	.	.	.
Christopher Davidsmeyer	R	HD-100	60%	-	+	+	+	.	-
William Davis	D	HD-030	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony DeLuca	D	HD-080	20%	+	.	-	-	-	-
Tom Demmer	R	HD-090	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Daniel Didech	D	HD-059	20%	+	-	-	-	-	.
Eva Dina Delgado	D	HD-003	20%	+	.	-	-	-	-
James Durkin	R	HD-082	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Amy Elik	R	HD-111	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Marcus Evans	D	HD-033	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Mary Flowers	D	HD-031	33%	+	+	-	-	-	-
LaShawn Ford	D	HD-008	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Randy Frese	R	HD-094	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
David Friess	R	HD-116	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Robyn Gabel	D	HD-018	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz	D	HD-017	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Edgar Gonzalez	D	HD-021	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Jehan Gordon	D	HD-092	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Amy Grant	R	HD-042	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Latoya Greenwood	D	HD-114	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar	D	HD-022	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Will Guzzardi	D	HD-039	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Jackie Haas	R	HD-079	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Brad Halbrook	R	HD-102	60%	-	+	+	+	.	-
Sandra Hamilton	R	HD-099	0%	-	.	.	-	.	-
Norine Hammond	R	HD-093	40%	-	+	+	.	-	-
Sonya Harper	D	HD-006	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Gregory Harris	D	HD-013	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Barbara Hernandez	D	HD-083	33%	+	-	-	.	.	.
Elizabeth Hernandez	D	HD-024	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Maura Hirschauer	D	HD-049	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Jay Hoffman	D	HD-113	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Frances Hurley	D	HD-035	20%	+	.	-	-	-	-
Paul Jacobs	R	HD-115	50%	-	+	+	+	-	-
Thaddeus Jones	D	HD-029	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Keicher	R	HD-070	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Michael Kelly	D	HD-015	25%	+	.	.	-	-	-
Stephanie Kifowit	D	HD-084	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsey LaPointe	D	HD-019	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Camille Lilly	D	HD-078	20%	+	-	-	-	-	.
Mark Luft	R	HD-091	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Michael Madigan	D	HD-022	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Theresa Mah	D	HD-002	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Natalie Manley	D	HD-098	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Marron	R	HD-104	40%	-	+	+	.	-	-
Joyce Mason	D	HD-061	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Rita Mayfield	D	HD-060	0%	.	-	-	-	-	-
Deanne Mazzochi	R	HD-047	40%	-	+	+	.	-	-
Tony McCombie	R	HD-071	40%	-	+	+	.	-	-
Martin McLaughlin	R	HD-052	50%	-	+	+	.	.	-
Charles Meier	R	HD-108	NA	.	+	+	.	.	.
Debbie Meyers-Martin	D	HD-038	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Miller	R	HD-110	60%	-	+	+	+	-	.
Anna Moeller	D	HD-043	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Morgan	D	HD-058	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Morrison	R	HD-054	60%	-	+	+	.	+	-
Martin Moylan	D	HD-055	20%	+	.	-	-	-	-
Mike Murphy	R	HD-099	NA	.	+	+	.	.	.
Michelle Mussman	D	HD-056	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Suzanne Ness	D	HD-066	0%	.	-	.	-	-	-
Cyril Nichols	D	HD-032	20%	+	.	-	-	-	-
Adam Niemerg	R	HD-109	60%	-	+	+	.	+	-
Aaron Ortiz	D	HD-001	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Ozinga	R	HD-037	50%	-	+	+	-	.	.
Delia Ramirez	D	HD-004	20%	+	-	-	-	-	.
Steven Reick	R	HD-063	50%	+	+	+	-	-	-
Robert Rita	D	HD-028	20%	+	.	-	-	-	-
Lamont Robinson	D	HD-005	25%	+	-	-	-	.	.
Sue Scherer	D	HD-096	40%	.	+	+	-	-	-
Dave Severin	R	HD-117	40%	-	+	+	.	-	-
Justin Slaughter	D	HD-027	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Nicholas Smith	D	HD-034	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Sommer	R	HD-088	40%	-	+	+	.	-	-
Joe Sosnowski	R	HD-069	67%	.	+	+	.	.	-
Ryan Spain	R	HD-073	50%	-	+	+	.	.	-
Anne Stava-Murray	D	HD-081	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Bradley Stephens	R	HD-020	20%	-	+	-	-	-	.
Katie Stuart	D	HD-112	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Daniel Swanson	R	HD-074	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Curtis Tarver	D	HD-025	0%	.	-	-	-	-	-
Andre Thapedi	D	HD-032	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dan Ugaste	R	HD-065	25%	-	+	-	.	-	.
Dave Vella	D	HD-068	33%	+	-	+	-	-	-
Mark Walker	D	HD-053	0%	.	-	-	-	-	-
Lawrence Walsh	D	HD-086	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Denyse Wang Stoneback	D	HD-016	20%	+	-	.	-	-	-
Tom Weber	R	HD-064	50%	-	+	+	+	-	-
Emanuel Welch	D	HD-007	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
David Welter	R	HD-075	50%	-	+	+	-	.	.
Maurice West	D	HD-067	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Wheeler	R	HD-050	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Blaine Wilhour	R	HD-107	60%	-	+	+	.	+	-
Ann Williams	D	HD-011	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Jawaharial Williams	D	HD-010	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Kathleen Willis	D	HD-077	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Patrick Windhorst	R	HD-118	40%	-	+	+	.	-	-
Janet Yang Rohr	D	HD-041	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Yednock	D	HD-076	50%	+	+	+	-	-	-
Sam Yingling	D	HD-062	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Zalewski	D	HD-023	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	17.6%
Republican	39.4%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution