Bob Rita

Seat	House District 28
Party	Democratic
Capitol office	Room 109 · State Capitol
Mailing address	Room 109, Capitol Building, Springfield, IL 62706
Capitol phone	217-558-1000
Legislative assistant	Summer Harris
Write to	info@robertbobrita.com (office address in the official directory)
Hometown	Blue Island
Tenure	Serving since January 2003
Term limited	No term limits

Also listed in Room 109: Lisa Hernandez, Theresa Mah

Committees 5

House Appropriations: General Services Committee Chair standing
House Executive Committee Vice chair standing
House Ethics and Elections Committee standing
House Gaming Committee standing
House Housing Committee standing

Bills, 104th General Assembly 71 as principal author · 74 as coauthor

All 71 bills as principal author ›

Coauthor of HB 1085, HB 1189, HB 1226, HB 1697, HB 1842, HB 228, HB 2456, HB 2464, HB 2517, HB 2586, HB 3187, HB 3339 and 62 more.

Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-11-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score

Effectiveness 104th General Assembly, 2025 to 2026

0.9859th of 118 in the House
50th percentile

Bills & joint resolutions authored	60
… passed committee / chamber / both	9 / 7 / 5
… became law	4
Carried in the other chamber (became law)	7 (6)
Points vs. House majority average	78.5 ÷ 79.85 = 0.98
Most-authored topics	Budget & taxes (16), Criminal justice & public safety (7), Health & mental health (7)

House rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.

Closest allies co-authorship, 2025 to 2026

Most bills written together

Dee Avelar DHouse 85 33
Barbara Hernandez DHouse 50 31
Mike Crawford DHouse 31 28
Nicolle Grasse DHouse 53 28
Laura Faver Dias DHouse 62 26
Yolonda Morris DHouse 9 26
Dave Vella DHouse 68 25
Kelly Cassidy DHouse 14 25
Theresa Mah DHouse 24 25
Camille Lilly DHouse 78 24

“Written together” = 104th General Assembly bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.

District 28

Counties: Cook
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Senate members sharing a county: Javier Cervantes (1), Omar Aquino (2), Mattie Hunter (3), Kimberly Lightford (4), Lakesia Collins (5), Sara Feigenholtz (6), Mike Simmons-Gessesse (7), Ram Villivalam (8), Laura Fine (9), Rob Martwick (10), Mike Porfirio (11), Celina Villanueva (12), Robert Peters (13), Emil Jones (14), Napoleon Harris (15), Willie Preston (16), Elgie Sims (17), Bill Cunningham (18), Mike Hastings (19), Graciela Guzmán (20), Cristina Castro (22), Seth Lewis (24), Karina Villa (25), Darby Hills (26), Mark Walker (27), Laura Murphy (28), Julie Morrison (29), Adriane Johnson (30), Don Harmon (39), Patrick Joyce (40), John Curran (41)

District 28 outlined; neighbours link to their members. Full map › · Census 2024 boundaries, simplified.

Official district map: see the official House page.

Lobbyist reports naming this member 2025 to 2026

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Source

Copied from https://www.ilga.gov/House/Members/Details/3267 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois House of Representatives.