2024 South Suburban & Chicago Legislators

ILA Legislative Coordinators are extending the invitation to attend the South Suburban & Chicago Library Legislative Meetup to the following legislators beginning in mid-October. ILA staff will update this page as we receive responses so you'll be able to check to see if your legislators will be attending.
If your legislator(s) haven't RSVP'd yet, reach out and invite them; they love to hear from their constituents! Include the above linked PDF invite so they'll have all the details. Legislative staff are welcome to attend, especially if the representative or senator isn't able to attend. 
Note: If you do not see a legislator below, they will be invited to a different meetup.

Response

Name of Attendee(s)

Title

First Name

Last Name

Party 

District

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Representative

Aaron

Ortiz

D

IL 01

   

Representative

Kimberly

du Buclet

D

IL 05

    Representative Sonya M. Harper D IL 06
   

Representative

Abdelnasser

Rashid

D

IL 21

   

Represenative

Angelica

Guerrero-Cuellar

D

IL 22

 

 

Representative

Edgar

Gonzalez, Jr.

D

IL 23

   

Representative

Theresa

Mah

D

IL 24

    Representative Curtis J. Tarver, II D IL 25
   

Representative

Kam

Buckner

D

IL 26

 

 

Representative

Justin

Slaughter

D

IL 27

 

 

Representative

Robert "Bob"

Rita

D

IL 28

 

 

Representative

Thaddeus

Jones

D

IL 29

   

Representative

William "Will"

Davis

D

IL 30

 

 

Representative

Mary E.

Flowers

D

IL 31

 

 

Representative

Cyril

Nichols

D

IL 32

   

Representative

Marcus C.

Evans, Jr.

D

IL 33

 

 

Representative

Nicholas K.

Smith

D

IL 34

 

 

Representative

Mary

Gill

D

IL 35

Unable to attend   

Representative

Kelly M.

Burke

D

IL 36

   

Representative

Patrick

Sheehan

R

IL 37

 

 

Representative

Debbie

Meyers-Martin

D

IL 38

   

Representative

Jackie

Haas

R

IL 79

   

Representative

Anthony

DeLuca

D

IL 80



 

Representative

Nicole

La Ha

R

IL 82

 Unable to attend  

Representative

Dagmara

Avelar

D

IL 85

   

Representative

Lawrence "Larry"

Walsh, Jr.

D

IL 86

 

 

Representative

Harry

Benton

D

IL 97

   

Representative

Natalie A.

Manley

D

IL 98

             
    Senator Mattie  Hunter D IL 03
    Senator Mike Porfirio D IL 11
    Senator Celina Villanueva D IL 12
 Staff attending Rachel Johnson, District Outreach Specialist  Senator Robert Peters D IL 13
    Senator Emil Jones, III D IL 14
    Senator Napoleon Harris, III D IL 15
    Senator Willie Preston D IL 16
    Senator Elgie R. Sims, Jr. D IL 17
    Senator Bill Cunningham D IL 18
   

Senator

Michael E.

Hastings

D

IL 19

    Senator Patrick J. Joyce D IL 40
 Unable to attend  

Senator

Rachel

Ventura

D

IL 43

   

Senator

Meg

Loughran Cappel

D

IL 49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    U.S. Representative

Jonathan L.

Jackson

D

US 01

 

  U.S. Representative

Robin

Kelly

D

US 02

 Staff attending Lauren Selfridge, Senior Communications Assistant  U.S. Representative 

Sean

Casten

D

US 06

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