Mike Simmons-Gessesse

Seat	Senate District 7
Party	Democratic
Capitol office	Room 539 · State Capitol
Mailing address	Room 539, Capitol Building, Springfield, IL 62706
Capitol phone	217-782-8492
Legislative assistant	Geri Mollohan
Hometown	Chicago
Tenure	Serving since 2021
Term limited	No term limits

Committees 5

Senate Behavioral and Mental Health Committee Vice chair standing
Senate Public Health Committee Chair standing
Senate Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee standing
Senate Labor Committee standing
Senate Transportation Committee standing

Bills, 104th General Assembly 94 as principal author · 311 as coauthor

All 94 bills as principal author ›

Coauthor of HB 1085, HB 1226, HB 1278, HB 1312, HB 1366, HB 1586, HB 1616, HB 1697, HB 1710, HB 1754, HB 1806, HB 1810 and 299 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

0.4351st of 59 in the Senate
15th percentile

Bills & joint resolutions authored	80
… passed committee / chamber / both	4 / 4 / 4
… became law	3
Carried in the other chamber (became law)	10 (5)
Points vs. Senate majority average	56.5 ÷ 132.55 = 0.43
Most-authored topics	Budget & taxes (26), Health & mental health (24), Children, families & social services (12)

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Closest allies co-authorship, 2025 to 2026

Most bills written together

Graciela Guzmán DSenate 20 184
Mary Edly-Allen DSenate 31 176
Rachel Ventura DSenate 43 165
Karina Villa DSenate 25 138
Lakesia Collins DSenate 5 110
Javier Cervantes DSenate 1 109
Laura Fine DSenate 9 100
Robert Peters DSenate 13 100
Mark Walker DSenate 27 97
Mike Porfirio DSenate 11 97

“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 7

Counties: Cook
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House members sharing a county: Aarón Ortíz (1), Lisa Hernandez (2), Eva-Dina Delgado (3), Lilian Jiménez (4), Kimberly Du Buclet (5), Sonya Harper (6), Chris Welch (7), La Shawn Ford (8), Yolonda Morris (9), Omar Williams (10), Ann Williams (11), Margaret Croke (12), Hoan Huynh (13), Kelly Cassidy (14), Michael Kelly (15), Kevin Olickal (16), Jen Gong-Gershowitz (17), Robyn Gabel (18), Lindsey LaPointe (19), Brad Stephens (20), Abdelnasser Rashid (21), Angie Guerrero-Cuellar (22), Edgar González (23), Theresa Mah (24), Curtis Tarver (25), Kam Buckner (26), Justin Slaughter (27), Bob Rita (28), Thaddeus Jones (29), Will Davis (30), Mike Crawford (31), Lisa Davis (32), Marcus Evans (33), Nick Smith (34), Mary Gill (35), Rick Ryan (36), Patrick Sheehan (37), Debbie Meyers-Martin (38), Will Guzzardi (39), Jaime Andrade (40), Anna Moeller (43), Fred Crespo (44), Jennifer Sanalitro (48), Maura Hirschauer (49), Nabeela Syed (51), Marty McLaughlin (52), Nicolle Grasse (53), Mary Beth Canty (54), Justin Cochran (55), Michelle Mussman (56), Tracy Katz Muhl (57), Bob Morgan (58), Dan Didech (59), Norma Hernandez (77), Camille Lilly (78), Anthony DeLuca (80), Nicole La Ha (82)

District 7 outlined; neighbours link to their members. Full map › · Census 2024 boundaries, simplified.

Official district map: see the official Senate page.

Lobbyist reports naming this member 2025 to 2026

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Source

Copied from https://www.ilga.gov/Senate/Members/Details/3398 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois State Senate.