Senator
Laura Murphy
| Seat | Senate District 28 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 307 · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | State Capitol Room 307, Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-3875 |
| Legislative assistant | Katina Weller |
| Write to | murphy@senatedem.illinois.gov |
| Hometown | Des Plaines |
| Tenure | Serving since 2015 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 7
- Senate Appropriations Committee Vice chair standing
- Senate Executive Appointments Committee Chair standing
- Senate Assignments Committee standing
- Senate Consumer Protection Committee standing
- Senate Executive Committee standing
- Senate Local Government Committee standing
- Senate Transportation Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 801 as principal author · 255 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 3258Ins-rental vehicle coverageEnacted100
- HB 5542Parks-assessment waiverEnacted100
- SB 2790Idph-lung cancer screeningEnacted100
- SB 4038Unauthorize video-photo-courtEnacted100
- SB 4041Ohare sound mitigationEnacted100
- HB 4284Persons with disabilitiesEnacted100
- HB 4747Dhs-dsp pilot programEnacted100
- SR 821Memorial-robert b. lyonsEnacted100
- SR 769Memorial-andrew j. klattEnacted100
- SR 706Memorial-rev. dr. w. g. griceEnacted100
- SR 712Memorial-suzanne oehrleinEnacted100
- SR 674Memorial-dr. barbara m. gaffkeEnacted100
- SR 617Memorial-joyce diebelEnacted100
- SR 527Memorial-rudolph j. smolkaEnacted100
- SR 104Public lib. trustee trainingEnacted100
All 801 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1085, HB 1141, HB 1224, HB 1226, HB 1278, HB 1312, HB 1366, HB 1615, HB 1697, HB 1754, HB 2179, HB 2456 and 243 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
72nd percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 59 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 16 / 16 / 15 |
| … became law | 14 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 9 (7) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 176 ÷ 132.55 = 1.33 |
| Most-authored topics | Budget & taxes (15), Transportation & vehicles (12), Business, jobs & the economy (11) |
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 31 109
- Mike Porfirio DSenate 11 83
- Rachel Ventura DSenate 43 78
- Graciela Guzmán DSenate 20 77
- Javier Cervantes DSenate 1 74
- Mike Simmons-Gessesse DSenate 7 73
- Dave Koehler DSenate 46 71
- Julie Morrison DSenate 29 67
- Christopher Belt DSenate 57 66
- Laura Fine DSenate 9 61
“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 28
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