Senator
Laura Ellman
| Seat | Senate District 21 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 627 · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | Room 627, Capitol Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-8192 |
| Legislative assistant | Danny Brewer |
| Hometown | Naperville |
| Tenure | Serving since 2019 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 5
- Senate Environment and Conservation Committee Chair standing
- Senate Financial Institutions Committee Vice chair standing
- Senate Human Rights Committee standing
- Senate Insurance Committee standing
- Senate Transportation Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 102 as principal author · 81 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- HB 4953Drug distribution restrictionsEnacted100
- SB 3037Dark sky actEnacted100
- HB 4698Medical practice-fee splittingEnacted100
- HB 4788Sch cd-cpr-female manikinsEnacted100
- HB 4859Sch cd-unused food sharingEnacted100
- SB 3333Cd corr-sentence creditEnacted100
- HB 3250Sch cd-global scholar certifyEnacted100
- HB 4239Sch cd-high sch course creditEnacted100
- SB 2774Sanitary food preparationEnacted100
- HB 4571Counties cd-affordable housingEnacted100
- HB 4438State bee designationEnacted100
- HB 5095Id card-gender designationEnacted100
- HB 45Consumer fraud-grocery couponsEnacted100
- HB 4977Epidemiological pathogensEnacted100
- HB 5070Epa-federal backstopEnacted100
All 102 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1085, HB 1226, HB 1312, HB 1373, HB 1697, HB 1865, HB 2675, HB 2955, HB 3140, HB 3327, HB 3363, HB 3851 and 69 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
77th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 70 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 13 / 13 / 11 |
| … became law | 10 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 24 (18) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 183 ÷ 132.55 = 1.38 |
| Most-authored topics | Budget & taxes (13), Business, jobs & the economy (10), Agriculture & rural life (9) |
Senate 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
- Mary Edly-Allen DSenate 31 69
- Rachel Ventura DSenate 43 54
- Javier Cervantes DSenate 1 38
- Karina Villa DSenate 25 37
- Sara Feigenholtz DSenate 6 37
- Graciela Guzmán DSenate 20 36
- Mike Simmons-Gessesse DSenate 7 34
- Dave Koehler DSenate 46 32
- Mike Porfirio DSenate 11 32
- Mark Walker DSenate 27 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 21
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- DuPage, Will
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Source
Copied from https://www.ilga.gov/Senate/Members/Details/3339 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois State Senate.