Senator
Meg Loughran Cappel
| Seat | Senate District 49 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 623 · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | Room 623, Capitol Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-0052 |
| Legislative assistant | Tomas Weekly |
| Hometown | Shorewood |
| Tenure | Serving since 2020 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 6
- Senate Education Committee Chair standing
- Senate Agriculture Committee standing
- Senate Appropriations-Education Committee standing
- Senate Behavioral and Mental Health Committee standing
- Senate Labor Committee standing
- Senate State Government Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 69 as principal author · 147 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 3321Loc gov-credit card agreementsEnacted100
- HB 3408Color vision testingEnacted100
- HB 4587Child care directorsEnacted100
- HB 5321Sch cd-teacher salary-cont edEnacted100
- SB 3688Menopause therapy & educationEnacted100
- HB 5181Funds and mandates-variousEnacted100
- SB 3597Law enforcement-variousEnacted100
- HB 1783St bd ed-language assessmentEnacted100
- HB 4491Public employee disabilityEnacted100
- SB 2773Paraprofessional educatorEnacted100
- SB 2914Sch cd-remove/dismiss teachersEnacted100
- SB 712Regulation-techEnacted100
- HB 5225Autism spectrum-diagnosisEnacted100
- SR 614Autism awareness dayEnacted100
- HB 5166Dissolve special districts actEnacted100
All 69 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1085, HB 1226, HB 1697, HB 1810, HB 2336, HB 2409, HB 2771, HB 2772, HB 2978, HB 2987, HB 2994, HB 3140 and 135 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
76th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 45 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 12 / 12 / 11 |
| … became law | 10 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 23 (18) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 180 ÷ 132.55 = 1.36 |
| Most-authored topics | Schools (K-12) (20), Budget & taxes (11), Business, jobs & the economy (8) |
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 71
- Christopher Belt DSenate 57 61
- Mike Porfirio DSenate 11 52
- Cristina Castro DSenate 22 51
- Rachel Ventura DSenate 43 50
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton DSenate 23 49
- Laura Murphy DSenate 28 48
- Doris Turner DSenate 48 47
- Paul Faraci DSenate 52 46
- Julie Morrison DSenate 29 45
“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 49
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- Kendall, Will
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