The Chamber

Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/05/1996
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Kieran; 2 Children: Ellie, Joey
Birth date: 06/24/1951
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Home City: Chicago IL
Religion: Catholic

Profession

Adjunct Faculty Member, City College of Chicago, 1994-present Adult Training and Education Manager, Cook County Human Resources, 1983-present Public Affairs Officer, Regional Transportation Authority, 1980-1982 Supervisor of Water Operations, Chicago Water Department, 1978-1980

Education

MS, Public Administration, DePaul University, 1983 BS, Political Science/History, DePaul University, 1975

Committees

Aging
Executive
Financial Institutions
Telecommunications
Tollway Oversight
Transportation Regulation, Roads and Bridges
Veterans Affairs

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4083 Internet Dating Site Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5531 Limits Tuition Waivers for State University Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amendment No. 4 Requires Physicians to Provide Information About Side Effects of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4083 Internet Dating Site Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5531 Limits Tuition Waivers for State University Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amendment No. 4 Requires Physicians to Provide Information About Side Effects of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5531 Limits Tuition Waivers for State University Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4083 Internet Dating Site Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5789 Establishes State Park Fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3944 Authorizing the Recording of Police
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 3810 Eliminates General Assembly Scholarships
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3944 Authorizing the Recording of Police
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 3810 Eliminates General Assembly Scholarships
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3944 Authorizing the Recording of Police
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 5099 Prohibits the Use of Cell Phones Near Emergency Scenes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1310 Authorizes Certain Businesses to Permit Smoking
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

SB 400 Amends State Income Tax
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 397 Tax Code Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1883 Property Tax Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: -

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 965 Authorizing Speed Cameras in Certain Cities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 965 Authorizing Speed Cameras in Certain Cities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1701 Legal Immunity for Individuals Seeking Treatment for Drug Overdose
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1652 Smart Grid Technology
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 1490 Regulating Full-Contact Martial Arts Events
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1698 Workers Comp Reform
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1723 Amending The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1698 Workers Comp Reform
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 744 Gambling and Gaming Bill
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1652 Smart Grid Technology
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 2185 Establishes the DREAM Fund Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1652 Smart Grid Technology
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 744 Gambling and Gaming Bill
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 145 Nursing Home Infection Control
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 2185 Establishes the DREAM Fund Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 145 Nursing Home Infection Control
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1091 Public-Private Transportation Partnership
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1600 Artificial Trans Fat Restriction Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 203 Limit on Sale of Firearms Within a Certain Time Period
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1600 Artificial Trans Fat Restriction Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3499 Firearm Waiting Period Exemptions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 161 Electronic Benefits Transfer Card Photograph Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2505 Amends Property Tax Code
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3644 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 3539 Abolishing the Death Penalty
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1381 Legalize Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 3976 Rules to Govern the Redistricting Process
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1716 Authorizing Civil Unions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 4927 Video Gaming Law Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 859 2010-2011 Budget
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 3660 Emergency Budget Act of Fiscal Year 2011
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3514 Amending State Pension Laws and Limiting Pension Appropriations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3660 Emergency Budget Act of Fiscal Year 2011
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3514 Amending State Pension Laws and Limiting Pension Appropriations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3739 Establishing a Foreclosure Prevention Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1118 Business Loan Interest Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 3739 Establishing a Foreclosure Prevention Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3658 Temporary Sales Tax Holiday
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 642 Public University Borrowing
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3658 Temporary Sales Tax Holiday
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 642 Public University Borrowing
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3658 Temporary Sales Tax Holiday
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SJR 121 Redistricting Process Modifications
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 615 Local Food, Farms and Jobs Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5109 Prohibiting Public Funding of Portraits of Governors Removed From Office
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4886 Authorizing 4-Day School Week
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5428 Limiting Adoption Records Disclosure Restrictions for Adoptees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 4685 Eliminating General Assembly Scholarship Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2360 Homeowner's Emergency Assistance Plan
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4685 Eliminating General Assembly Scholarship Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2360 Homeowner's Emergency Assistance Plan
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4654 Limiting Free Mass Transit for Seniors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1188 Increasing Cemetery Regulations
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 315 Teacher Evaluation Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1216 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1292 Issuing of Bonds for Revenue
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 2252 Temporary Income Tax Increase and Tax Credit for Green Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 7 Campaign Contribution Limits
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HJRCA 31 Authorizing Governor Recall Elections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1682 Pre-need Funeral Funds Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 255 Video Gambling in Various Establishments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 71 Prohibiting Text Messaging While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 72 Cell Phone Ban in School Speed Zones and Construction Zones
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 71 Prohibiting Text Messaging While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 72 Cell Phone Ban in School Speed Zones and Construction Zones
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 442 Expanding Red-Light Traffic Camera Enforcement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 5 Impeachment of Governor Rod R. Blagojevich
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 1671 Impeachment of Governor Rod R. Blagojevich
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4201 Property Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: -

HB 5285 Extending Parental Health Insurance to Unmarried Dependents
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: -

HB 4201 Property Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: -

HB 5285 Extending Parental Health Insurance to Unmarried Dependents
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: -

HB 2310 Truancy, Information Sharing, and Fines
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2052 Taxes for Levee Repair
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4758 Fairgrounds Racetrack Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2052 Taxes for Levee Repair
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4758 Fairgrounds Racetrack Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 132 Legislative Salaries
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4139 Peace Officer Firearms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5278 Limiting County Clerk and Election Board Members' Endorsements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5191 Parental Responsibility for Gun Accessibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJRCA 28 Recall Elections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 4232 State Board of Education Selection Process
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4180 Allowing Teachers to Conduct a Silent Reflection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 656 Providing Free Public Transportation for Senior Citizens
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 656 Transportation Act
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1685 National Popular Vote Act
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 307 Regional Transportation Authority Funding
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 1463 Silent Reflection and Student Prayer
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 540 Truck Speed Limit Increase
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 664 Homeowner Tax Exemption
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 3866 2007-2008 Budget
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 1592 Electricity Relief and Regulation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2055 State Lottery Privatization
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HR 25 State Constitutional Convention Awareness
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

SB 4 Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 858 Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1727 Internet Screening in Public Libraries
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 500 Smoke Free Illinois Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1798 Wrongful Death Damages
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 317 Abortion Notification Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 414 Community College Student Housing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1769 Smoking Ban in Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 414 Community College Student Housing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1769 Smoking Ban in Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1100 Driver's Certificates for Non-Citizens
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 138 Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 408 Mandating New Driver Signs For Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1714 Competitive Electric Utilities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1520 2006-2007 Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 2872 Local Government Facility Lease Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1445 Election Code Revisions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1918 Support Horseracing Through Riverboat Casinos in Chicago
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

SB 3086 Eminent Domain – Blight
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1917 Support Horseracing Through Riverboat Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

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