The Chamber

Current Office:
First Elected:
Next Election:
Party:

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Joyce; 3 Children: Nathan, Nicholas, Natalie
Birth date: 03/16/1954
Birthplace: Red Bud, IL
Home City: Steelville IL
Religion: Lutheran

Profession

Underground Coal Miner

Education

Graduated, Steeleville High School, 1972

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

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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: Nay

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: Yea

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

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: Yea

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: Nay

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: Yea

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

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

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

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: Nay

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

HJRCA 28 Recall Elections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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: Yea

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Nay

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: Nay

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Yea

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

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

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