Representative
Dee Avelar
| Seat | House District 85 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 265-S · Stratton Office Building |
| Mailing address | Room 265-S, Stratton Office Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-4179 |
| Legislative assistant | Jazzmin Sharp |
| Write to | info@repdagmara.org (office address in the official directory) |
| Hometown | Bolingbrook |
| Tenure | Serving since January 2021 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 8
- House Personnel and Pensions Committee Vice chair standing
- House Appropriations: Pensions and Personnel Committee standing
- House Economic Opportunity and Equity Committee standing
- House Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee standing
- House Labor and Commerce Committee standing
- House Prescription Drug Affordability and Accessibility Committee standing
- House Revenue and Finance Committee standing
- House Transportation: Regulation, Roads and Bridges Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 60 as principal author · 315 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- HB 5317Epa-orphan ust cleanupEnacted100
- SB 3774Sch cd-admin withdraw-truancyEnacted100
- HB 4340Court of claims-procedureEnacted100
- SB 3341Birth control-minors consentEnacted100
- HB 5390Patient bill & outsourced careEnacted100
- HR 504Due process-trump admin.Enacted100
- HB 3637Health regulation-variousEnacted100
- HB 3467Banking-variousEnacted100
- HB 3566Eviction of minorsEnacted100
- SB 2487Human rights-idhr conferenceEnacted100
- HB 1699Epa-provisional certificateEnacted100
- HR 151Human services-reimbursementEnacted100
- HR 268Memorial-william f. murphyEnacted100
- HR 115Stop-immigration actionEnacted100
- HB 958State government-techPassed a chamber50
All 60 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1085, HB 1141, HB 1189, HB 1224, HB 1226, HB 1312, HB 1437, HB 1697, HB 1710, HB 228, HB 2371, HB 2409 and 303 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
66th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 49 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 12 / 10 / 8 |
| … became law | 7 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 5 (3) |
| Points vs. House majority average | 95 ÷ 79.85 = 1.19 |
| Most-authored topics | Health & mental health (14), Children, families & social services (9), Courts & civil law (8) |
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
- Nicolle Grasse DHouse 53 130
- Maura Hirschauer DHouse 49 129
- Barbara Hernandez DHouse 50 128
- Mike Crawford DHouse 31 126
- Laura Faver Dias DHouse 62 125
- Kelly Cassidy DHouse 14 120
- Lilian Jiménez DHouse 4 119
- Theresa Mah DHouse 24 116
- Kevin Olickal DHouse 16 111
- Camille Lilly DHouse 78 110
“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 85
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- DuPage, Will
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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/3391 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois House of Representatives.