# Emil Jones

Emil Jones is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2009-01-14
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/05030c23-9600-4d1c-ab77-46c17aec2059

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/05030c23-9600-4d1c-ab77-46c17aec2059 (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

Jones missed 21% of 1,502 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 59 in the Illinois Senate (average 95.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.58 (standard error 0.03), from 30 donors and 1,195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 79% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 99.4% (95.3%). 1 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 120. 25.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 50 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3742: PLASTIC BAG FEE (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3742/
- SB 3587: MEDICAID-SNH-LOW VOL ADJUSTER (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3587/
- SB 3743: COMMUNITY BITCOIN RESERVE (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3743/
- SB 3377: INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACT (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3377/
- SB 3378: NOTICE BY PUB-ONLINE MEDIA (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3378/
- SB 3212: TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY ZONE ACT (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3212/
- SB 3178: MUNI WATER SYSTEM PURCHASE ACT (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3178/
- SB 2959: $DHS-BETTER LIFE BETTER LIVING (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB2959/
- SB 2853: PROP TX-VETERANS COMMISSIONS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB2853/
- SB 2854: PROP TX-VETERANS-PTELL (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB2854/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $184.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3043
- Campaign site: https://www.senatoremiljones.com/
- X: https://x.com/mrsenator14
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatoremiljones/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrsenator14/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@emiljonesiii7123

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/05030c23-9600-4d1c-ab77-46c17aec2059