Representative
Dave Severin
| Seat | House District 116 |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
| Capitol office | Room 219-N · Stratton Office Building |
| Mailing address | Room 219-N, Stratton Office Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-1051 |
| Legislative assistant | Lainey Lutkehus |
| Write to | severin@ilhousegop.org (office address in the official directory) |
| Hometown | Benton |
| Tenure | Serving since January 2017 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 6
- House Appropriations: Higher Education Committee Republican spokesperson standing
- House Energy and Environment Committee Republican spokesperson standing
- House Immigration and Human Rights Committee standing
- House Mental Health and Addiction Committee standing
- House Restorative Justice and Public Safety Committee standing
- House Transportation: Regulation, Roads and Bridges Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 19 as principal author · 108 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- HB 5524Utility charge transparencyEnacted100
- HR 919Commend-alpha & omega/lowe'sEnacted100
- HR 511Congrats-tom millerEnacted100
- HJR 62Lcpl jonathan price mem. hwyPassed a chamber47
- HB 3405Muni cd-remove waste containerOut of committee44
- HB 12Estate tx-exclusion amountIn committee32
- SJR 46Sgt. bolinski memorial rdOut of committee23
- HB 13Inc tx-adoptionIn committee23
- HB 3013Inc tx-foster careIn committee13
- HB 4088Repeal-energy actIntroduced10
- HB 4087Energy-task force/carbon infraIntroduced7
- HB 5525Estate tax-exclusion amountIn committee6
- HB 11Sch cd-stu discipline-tobaccoIn committee6
- HB 1202Inc tx-recycling creditIn committee6
- HB 1203Inc tx-ratesIn committee6
All 19 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1082, HB 1120, HB 1141, HB 1226, HB 1353, HB 1697, HB 2366, HB 2371, HB 2386, HB 2391, HB 2409, HB 3140 and 96 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
38th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 16 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 3 / 3 / 2 |
| … became law | 1 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 1 (0) |
| Points vs. House minority average | 18 ÷ 23.52 = 0.77 |
| Most-authored topics | Budget & taxes (6), Energy & utilities (3), Criminal justice & public safety (2) |
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
- Kevin Schmidt RHouse 114 47
- Jason Bunting RHouse 106 44
- Regan Deering RHouse 88 44
- Charlie Meier RHouse 109 42
- Jackie Haas RHouse 79 41
- Travis Weaver RHouse 93 41
- Nicole La Ha RHouse 82 38
- Tony McCombie RHouse 89 36
- David Friess RHouse 115 35
- Patrick Windhorst RHouse 117 35
“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 116
- Counties
- Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Marion, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White
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- Senate members sharing a county
- Jason Plummer (55), Terri Bryant (58), Paul Jacobs (59)
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Source
Copied from https://www.ilga.gov/House/Members/Details/3324 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois House of Representatives.