Senator
Christopher Belt
| Seat | Senate District 57 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 417 · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | Room 417 B, Capitol Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-5399 |
| Legislative assistant | Brock Clark |
| Hometown | Swansea |
| Tenure | Serving since 2019 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Also listed in Room 417: Mattie Hunter
Committees 6
- Senate Appropriations-Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee Chair standing
- Senate Appropriations-Education Committee standing
- Senate Education Committee standing
- Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee standing
- Senate Labor Committee standing
- Senate Licensed Activities Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 109 as principal author · 197 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 2645Fire station rehabilitationEnacted100
- HB 4365Metro sanitary dist-renamingEnacted100
- HB 4758Job application-driver licenseEnacted100
- HB 5187Sw il metro/region planningEnacted100
- SB 2771Suicide prevention informationEnacted100
- SB 3661Emergency management-fundEnacted100
- SB 3766Assisted living-cna trainingEnacted100
- HB 4592Acceptance of cash paymentsEnacted100
- SB 3774Sch cd-admin withdraw-truancyEnacted100
- HB 4375Sch cd-interfund transfersEnacted100
- HB 4403Epa-medical waste shippingEnacted100
- SB 3066Consumers-service appointmentsEnacted100
- HB 4762Reducing barriers to licensureEnacted100
- SB 2909Sch cd-teacher evaluation-aiEnacted100
- HB 4361Cty/muni cd-building inspectorEnacted100
All 109 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1085, HB 1141, HB 1226, HB 1278, HB 1287, HB 1697, HB 1710, HB 1787, HB 1836, HB 1865, HB 2196, HB 2371 and 185 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
83rd percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 63 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 14 / 14 / 13 |
| … became law | 13 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 23 (16) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 200 ÷ 132.55 = 1.51 |
| Most-authored topics | Business, jobs & the economy (15), State government & agencies (9), Budget & taxes (9) |
Senate 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
- Mary Edly-Allen DSenate 31 112
- Doris Turner DSenate 48 95
- Rachel Ventura DSenate 43 92
- Mike Halpin DSenate 36 87
- Graciela Guzmán DSenate 20 86
- Mike Porfirio DSenate 11 80
- Mattie Hunter DSenate 3 79
- Javier Cervantes DSenate 1 77
- Dave Koehler DSenate 46 76
- Mike Simmons-Gessesse DSenate 7 72
“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 57
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- St. Clair
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- Charlie Meier (109), Katie Stuart (112), Jay Hoffman (113), Kevin Schmidt (114), David Friess (115)
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Source
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