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Illinois House of Representatives

The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 representatives elected from individual legislative districts for two-year terms with no limits; redistricted every 10 years, based on the 2010 U.S. census each representative represents approximately 108,734 people.[1]

Illinois House of Representatives

None

January 11, 2023

Chris Welch (D)
since January 13, 2021
Jehan Gordon-Booth (D)
since January 21, 2021
Robyn Gabel (D)
since January 12, 2023
Tony McCombie (R)
since January 11, 2023

118

Majority

Minority

2 years

Article IV, Illinois Constitution

$67,836/year + per diem

November 8, 2022

November 5, 2024

Legislative Control

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The house has the power to pass bills and impeach Illinois officeholders. Lawmakers must be at least 21 years of age and a resident of the district in which they serve for at least two years.


President Abraham Lincoln began his career in politics in the Illinois House of Representatives.

The House comprised 177 members. The state was divided into 59 legislative districts, each of which elected one senator and three representatives.

Elections for the state house were conducted using ; each individual voter was given three votes to cast for House seats, and they could distribute them to three candidates (one vote each), one candidate (receiving three votes—this was called a bullet vote) or two candidates (each receiving 1½ votes).

cumulative voting

Though not constitutionally mandated, the two parties had an informal agreement that they would only run two candidates per district. Thus, in most districts, only four candidates were running for three seats. This not only all but guaranteed that the district's minority party would win a seat (particularly outside Chicago), but usually assured that each party would have significant representation—a minimum of one-third of the seats (59 out of 177)—in the House. (The only historic exception to the minimum 59 seat rule was in 1875 and during WWI.)

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Powers[edit]

The Illinois House of Representatives meets at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. It is required to convene on the second Wednesday of January each year. Along with the Illinois Senate and governor, it is vested with the power to make laws, come up with a state budget, act on federal constitutional amendments, and propose constitutional amendments to the state constitution.[14] The Illinois House of Representatives also holds the power to impeach executive and judicial officials.[14]

Qualifications[edit]

A person must be a U.S. citizen and two-year resident of an electoral district of at least 21 years of age to serve in the Illinois House of Representatives.[14] Members of the House cannot hold other public offices or receive appointments by the governor while in office.[14]

Clerk of the House: John W. Hollman

Chief Doorkeeper: Lee A. Crawford

Parliamentarian: James Hartmann

Assistant Clerk of the House: Bradley S. Bolin

Ɨ Legislator was appointed to the Illinois House of Representatives during session.

ƗƗ Legislator was appointed to the Illinois House of Representatives after being elected, but prior to inauguration day of the General Assembly to which they were elected.

As of June 5, 2024, the 103rd General Assembly of the Illinois House of Representatives consists of the following members:[21][22][23][24]

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official government website

Illinois General Assembly - House

official party website

Illinois House Republicans

official party website

Illinois House Democrats

at Project Vote Smart

Legislature of Illinois

at FollowTheMoney.org

Illinois campaign financing

at Ballotpedia

Illinois House of Representatives

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