Margaret Croke

Seat	House District 12
Party	Democratic
Capitol office	Room 200-3S · Stratton Office Building
Mailing address	Room 200-3S, Stratton Office Building, Springfield, IL 62706
Capitol phone	217-782-8062
Legislative assistant	Niamh Mahoney
Write to	info@repcroke.com (office address in the official directory)
Hometown	Chicago
Tenure	Serving since January 2021
Term limited	No term limits

Committees 4

House Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee Chair standing
House Gaming Committee standing
House Revenue and Finance Committee standing
House Transportation: Vehicles and Safety Committee standing

Bills, 104th General Assembly 44 as principal author · 133 as coauthor

All 44 bills as principal author ›

Coauthor of HB 1120, HB 1226, HB 1312, HB 1697, HB 1836, HB 24, HB 2568, HB 2772, HB 2785, HB 2966, HB 2977, HB 3187 and 121 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

1.1542nd of 118 in the House
65th percentile

Bills & joint resolutions authored	26
… passed committee / chamber / both	11 / 8 / 6
… became law	5
Carried in the other chamber (became law)	7 (7)
Points vs. House majority average	92 ÷ 79.85 = 1.15
Most-authored topics	Budget & taxes (7), Business, jobs & the economy (6), Courts & civil law (3)

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Closest allies co-authorship, 2025 to 2026

Most bills written together

Joyce Mason DHouse 61 46
Dee Avelar DHouse 85 43
Kelly Cassidy DHouse 14 43
Nicolle Grasse DHouse 53 42
Camille Lilly DHouse 78 39
Michelle Mussman DHouse 56 39
Laura Faver Dias DHouse 62 38
Marti Deuter DHouse 45 37
Katie Stuart DHouse 112 36
Barbara Hernandez DHouse 50 35

“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 12

Counties: Cook
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Senate members sharing a county: Javier Cervantes (1), Omar Aquino (2), Mattie Hunter (3), Kimberly Lightford (4), Lakesia Collins (5), Sara Feigenholtz (6), Mike Simmons-Gessesse (7), Ram Villivalam (8), Laura Fine (9), Rob Martwick (10), Mike Porfirio (11), Celina Villanueva (12), Robert Peters (13), Emil Jones (14), Napoleon Harris (15), Willie Preston (16), Elgie Sims (17), Bill Cunningham (18), Mike Hastings (19), Graciela Guzmán (20), Cristina Castro (22), Seth Lewis (24), Karina Villa (25), Darby Hills (26), Mark Walker (27), Laura Murphy (28), Julie Morrison (29), Adriane Johnson (30), Don Harmon (39), Patrick Joyce (40), John Curran (41)

District 12 outlined; neighbours link to their members. Full map › · Census 2024 boundaries, simplified.

Official district map: see the official House page.

Lobbyist reports naming this member 2025 to 2026

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Source

Copied from https://www.ilga.gov/House/Members/Details/3384 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois House of Representatives.