Representative
Suzanne Ness
| Seat | House District 66 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 272-S · Stratton Office Building |
| Mailing address | Room 272-S, Stratton Office Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-0432 |
| Legislative assistant | Andrew Havens |
| Write to | info@repsnessil66.com (office address in the official directory) |
| Hometown | Crystal Lake |
| Tenure | Serving since January 2021 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 6
- House Adoption and Child Welfare Committee Chair standing
- House Appropriations: General Services Committee Vice chair standing
- House Appropriations: Health and Human Services Committee standing
- House Counties and Townships Committee standing
- House Energy and Environment Committee standing
- House Human Services Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 62 as principal author · 206 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- HB 4612Home services referralEnacted100
- HB 4829Epa-repeal envir lab cert commEnacted100
- SB 3434Dhs-community day servicesEnacted100
- HB 4620Dhs-able program info materialEnacted100
- HR 909Congrats-elizabeth ryanEnacted100
- HR 876Memorial-rep. rosemary kurtzEnacted100
- HR 830Congrats-jim wisemanEnacted100
- HR 745Il all. of boys & girls clubsEnacted100
- HR 712Congrats-jason herbsterEnacted100
- HR 690Congrats-fox river libraryEnacted100
- HB 762Regulation-techEnacted100
- HB 3500Able account program infoEnacted100
- SB 324Children-techEnacted100
- SB 58Dceo-regional manufacturingEnacted100
- SB 1491Intervention team-therapy dogEnacted100
All 62 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1083, HB 1085, HB 1226, HB 1312, HB 1437, HB 1575, HB 1697, HB 1700, HB 1754, HB 1787, HB 2142, HB 2179 and 194 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
59th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 48 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 11 / 10 / 5 |
| … became law | 5 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 5 (5) |
| Points vs. House majority average | 86 ÷ 79.85 = 1.08 |
| Most-authored topics | Children, families & social services (12), Budget & taxes (8), Health & mental health (6) |
House 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
- Nicolle Grasse DHouse 53 95
- Laura Faver Dias DHouse 62 84
- Maura Hirschauer DHouse 49 79
- Mike Crawford DHouse 31 79
- Dee Avelar DHouse 85 74
- Camille Lilly DHouse 78 70
- Yolonda Morris DHouse 9 69
- Kelly Cassidy DHouse 14 65
- Michelle Mussman DHouse 56 64
- Mary Beth Canty DHouse 54 63
“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 66
- Counties
- Kane, McHenry
- Find your district
- Who represents me?
- Senate members sharing a county
- Cristina Castro (22), Karina Villa (25), Darby Hills (26), Craig Wilcox (32), Don DeWitte (33), Dave Syverson (35), Linda Holmes (42)
Official district map: see the official House page.
Lobbyist reports naming this member 2025 to 2026
No lobbyist expenditure reports naming this member are in our data.
Registered lobbyists and the organizations they represent are on our sister site, the Illinois Lobby Guide.
A reported expenditure is a legal, disclosed activity and does not imply wrongdoing.
Source
Copied from https://www.ilga.gov/House/Members/Details/3396 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois House of Representatives.