# Celina Villanueva

Celina Villanueva is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 12.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/013d012f-a50e-43c8-af40-f12aa852a0da

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/013d012f-a50e-43c8-af40-f12aa852a0da (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Villanueva sits at −0.85 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 77% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.85 (standard error 0.04), from 77 donors and 1,206 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 116 bills: 116 reached committee, 41 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 92. 37.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 38 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 859: CONGRATS-ST. PROCOPIUS CHURCH (in committee, 2026-05-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR859/
- SB 4208: $DCEO-RESTAURANTS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4208/
- SR 764: CONGRATS-REP. JESUS G. GARCIA (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR764/
- SR 767: MEMORIAL-AMISHA PATEL (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR767/
- SB 4194: $DCEO-CLEAN ENERGY JOBS (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4194/
- SB 4183: $YOUTH GUIDANCE (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4183/
- SR 675: EQUAL PAY DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR675/
- SR 688: FARMWORKERS DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR688/
- SR 689: DOLORES HUERTA DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR689/
- SR 673: LATINA HERITAGE DAY (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR673/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $171.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=3167
- Campaign site: https://www.celinavillanueva.com/ https://www.senatorvillanueva.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorCelina
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sencelina/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celina.villanueva1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorcelina/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celinaforsenate12/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celinavillanueva

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/013d012f-a50e-43c8-af40-f12aa852a0da