Senator
Cristina Castro
| Seat | Senate District 22 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 507 · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | Room 507, Capitol Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-7746 |
| Legislative assistant | Ben Heigl |
| Hometown | Elgin |
| Tenure | Serving since 2017 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 7
- Senate Executive Committee Chair standing
- Joint Committee on Administrative Rules Committee joint
- Office of the Legislative Ethics Commission commission
- Senate Agriculture Committee standing
- Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee standing
- Senate Insurance Committee standing
- Senate Revenue Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 100 as principal author · 193 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 3707Vision benefit managersEnacted100
- SB 2696Quick-take-hoffman estatesEnacted100
- SB 2427Sch cd-wireless comm deviceEnacted100
- HB 4584Dhs-dementia trainingEnacted100
- SB 2709Fire marshal-track deathsEnacted100
- HB 5393Limited health service orgsEnacted100
- HB 4472Blue envelope programEnacted100
- HB 4606Dhs-newborn home visitingEnacted100
- HB 4890Unaccompanied childrenEnacted100
- SR 794Congrats-carol gieskeEnacted100
- SR 684Als awareness monthEnacted100
- SB 618Liquor-techEnacted100
- HB 1586Personnel cd-merit standardEnacted100
- HB 1821Hwy advertising control actEnacted100
- HB 2690Child sexual abuse materialEnacted100
All 100 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1085, HB 1312, HB 1373, HB 1712, HB 2196, HB 2667, HB 2877, HB 2955, HB 3214, HB 3247, HB 3281, HB 3363 and 181 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
57th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 81 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 12 / 12 / 10 |
| … became law | 9 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 16 (11) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 145 ÷ 132.55 = 1.09 |
| Most-authored topics | State government & agencies (15), Business, jobs & the economy (13), Budget & taxes (12) |
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Closest allies co-authorship, 2025 to 2026
Most bills written together
- Mary Edly-Allen DSenate 31 102
- Graciela Guzmán DSenate 20 80
- Rachel Ventura DSenate 43 73
- Sara Feigenholtz DSenate 6 72
- Mattie Hunter DSenate 3 68
- Laura Fine DSenate 9 67
- Javier Cervantes DSenate 1 65
- Karina Villa DSenate 25 61
- Dave Koehler DSenate 46 59
- Mike Simmons-Gessesse DSenate 7 59
“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 22
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