Representative
Dennis Tipsword
| Seat | House District 105 |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
| Capitol office | Room 226-N · Stratton Office Building |
| Mailing address | Room 226-N, Stratton Office Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-0044 |
| Legislative assistant | Sasha Backstein |
| Write to | tipsword@ilhousegop.org (office address in the official directory) |
| Hometown | Metamora |
| Tenure | Serving since January 2023 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 7
- House Appropriations: Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee standing
- House Health Care Licenses Committee standing
- House Immigration and Human Rights Committee standing
- House Insurance Committee standing
- House Judiciary: Criminal Committee standing
- House Mental Health and Addiction Committee standing
- House Police and Fire Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 20 as principal author · 88 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- HR 642Congrats-leman farms inc.Enacted100
- SJR 12Il route 66 100 yearsPassed a chamber68
- HB 1743Crim pro-transport-treatmentIn committee26
- HB 1583School safety officersIntroduced10
- HR 1020See tracks? think train weekIntroduced7
- HB 4204Crim pro-pretrial releaseIntroduced7
- HB 2277Criminal law-techIn committee6
- HB 4900Crim pro-release conditionsIntroduced5
- HB 4901Cd corr-consecutive sentencesIntroduced5
- HB 4903Crim pro-pretrial rel-revokeIntroduced5
- HB 4904Crim pro-viol pretrial releaseIntroduced5
- HB 4906Crim pro-pretrial detentionIntroduced5
- HB 1740Foia-officer-worn body camerasIntroduced1
- HB 5523Tactical medical providersIntroduced0
- HB 4000Law enforcement-body camerasIntroduced0
All 20 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1141, HB 1270, HB 1353, HB 1697, HB 2270, HB 2409, HB 2586, HB 3140, HB 3339, HB 4385, HB 5524, HR 186 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
10th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 17 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 0 / 0 / 0 |
| … became law | 0 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 1 (0) |
| Points vs. House minority average | 1.5 ÷ 23.52 = 0.06 |
| Most-authored topics | Criminal justice & public safety (12), Health & mental health (2), Elections & ethics (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
- Tony McCombie RHouse 89 45
- John Cabello RHouse 90 41
- Nicole La Ha RHouse 82 37
- Kevin Schmidt RHouse 114 36
- Jason Bunting RHouse 106 35
- Patrick Windhorst RHouse 117 35
- David Friess RHouse 115 34
- Mike Coffey RHouse 95 33
- Patrick Sheehan RHouse 37 33
- Brandun Schweizer RHouse 104 31
“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 105
- Counties
- Bureau, LaSalle, Livingston, Marshall, McLean, Peoria, Putnam, Tazewell, Woodford
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- Senate members sharing a county
- Li Arellano (37), Sue Rezin (38), Sally Turner (44), Dave Koehler (46), Neil Anderson (47), Chris Balkema (53)
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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/3433 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois House of Representatives.