Senator
Linda Holmes
| Seat | Senate District 42 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 505 · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | Room 505, Capitol Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-0422 |
| Legislative assistant | Lisa Katava |
| Write to | holmes@senatedem.illinois.gov |
| Hometown | Aurora |
| Tenure | Serving since 2007 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 6
- Senate Local Government Committee Vice chair standing
- Office of the Legislative Ethics Commission commission
- Senate Agriculture Committee standing
- Senate Executive Committee standing
- Senate Labor Committee standing
- Senate Pensions Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 46 as principal author · 105 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 807State government-techEnacted100
- SB 2802Pen cd-imrf-death benefitEnacted100
- HB 4462Power of atty-propertyEnacted100
- HB 4540Possession disputes-petsEnacted100
- HB 4255Crim cd-traveling animal actsEnacted100
- HB 4575Pen cd-ctpf-trustee electionEnacted100
- SB 1950Sanitary food preparationEnacted100
- HB 3098Consumer electronics recyclingEnacted100
- HB 3309Edu labor relations-noticeEnacted100
- HB 3760Idnr-gray fox seasonEnacted100
- SB 2741Crim cd-hate crime&harassmentIn committee45
- SB 2818Pen cd-ctpf-trustee electionIn committee40
- HB 3075Cosmetology products healthOut of committee29
- SB 3636Federal background checksIn committee22
- SB 2180Gas pipeline permit/noticeIn committee18
All 46 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1312, HB 1842, HB 2270, HB 24, HB 2586, HB 2772, HB 2785, HB 3140, HB 3175, HB 3281, HB 3339, HB 3638 and 93 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
22nd percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 37 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 5 / 5 / 3 |
| … became law | 3 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 8 (7) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 64 ÷ 132.55 = 0.48 |
| Most-authored topics | State government & agencies (7), Environment, water & wildlife (5), Cities, towns & counties (5) |
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 46
- Dave Koehler DSenate 46 43
- Mike Porfirio DSenate 11 41
- Rachel Ventura DSenate 43 38
- Julie Morrison DSenate 29 37
- Paul Faraci DSenate 52 37
- Javier Cervantes DSenate 1 36
- Meg Loughran Cappel DSenate 49 36
- Patrick Joyce DSenate 40 35
- Laura Murphy DSenate 28 34
“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 42
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Source
Copied from https://www.ilga.gov/Senate/Members/Details/3270 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois State Senate.