Representative
David Friess
| Seat | House District 115 |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
| Capitol office | Room 216-N · Stratton Office Building |
| Mailing address | Room 216-N, Stratton Office Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-1018 |
| Legislative assistant | Zoe Morris |
| Write to | friess@ilhousegop.org (office address in the official directory) |
| Hometown | Red Bud |
| Tenure | Serving since January 2021 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 7
- House Elementary and Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing and Charter Schools Committee Republican spokesperson standing
- House Appropriations: Elementary and Secondary Education Committee standing
- House Cybersecurity, Data Analytics and IT Committee standing
- House Higher Education Committee standing
- House Judiciary: Civil Committee standing
- House Judiciary: Criminal Committee standing
- House Restorative Justice and Public Safety Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 43 as principal author · 88 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- HR 418Congrats-andrea smithEnacted100
- HB 2327Employment-techEnacted100
- HB 1208Crim pro-revoke pretrial relIntroduced20
- HB 4907Crim pro-pretrial releaseIntroduced19
- HB 2072State government-techIn committee19
- HB 2671Vehicles-total loss salvageIn committee17
- HB 1558$idot-kaskaskia studyIn committee7
- HB 2108Revenue-techIn committee7
- HB 48Oma-tourism/convention bdsIn committee6
- HB 5247World shoot&recreation complexIn committee6
- HB 1206Higher ed-officer loan repayIn committee6
- HB 2669Higher ed-teach assist-limitIn committee6
- HB 4030Sex-based terms actIntroduced5
- HB 4006Crim pro/cd corr-consecutiveIntroduced4
- HB 50Cd corr-committed person mailIntroduced4
All 43 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1082, HB 2139, HB 2409, HB 5524, HR 465, HR 511, HR 718, HR 926, HR 955, SB 1573, SB 2075, SB 2102 and 76 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
20th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 40 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 1 / 1 / 1 |
| … became law | 1 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. House minority average | 10 ÷ 23.52 = 0.43 |
| Most-authored topics | Criminal justice & public safety (9), Schools (K-12) (5), Business, jobs & the economy (5) |
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
- Tony McCombie RHouse 89 41
- Patrick Windhorst RHouse 117 39
- Travis Weaver RHouse 93 38
- Kevin Schmidt RHouse 114 37
- Dave Severin RHouse 116 35
- Dennis Tipsword RHouse 105 34
- Jason Bunting RHouse 106 30
- Nicole La Ha RHouse 82 30
- Patrick Sheehan RHouse 37 30
- Charlie Meier RHouse 109 28
“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 115
- Counties
- Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, Washington
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- Senate members sharing a county
- Jason Plummer (55), Erica Harriss (56), Christopher Belt (57), Terri Bryant (58), Paul Jacobs (59)
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Lobbyist reports naming this member 2025 to 2026
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Source
Copied from https://www.ilga.gov/House/Members/Details/3395 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois House of Representatives.