# Laura Fine

Laura Fine is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 9.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0ce44c13-37aa-4560-8489-67c309da913a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ce44c13-37aa-4560-8489-67c309da913a (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

Fine missed 8.1% of 1,502 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Illinois Senate (average 95.4%).

## What Fine says (IL 2025–26 session)

153 classified statements: 153 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Fine | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 2.6% | 10.3% | 241 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 61.4% | 42.9% | 51 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 3.4% | 246 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 9.8% | 16.1% | 207 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.7% | 0.8% | 91 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 39% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 13% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Agriculture and Food 9.6% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Labor and Employment 9.6% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%); Environmental Protection 7.4% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.60 (standard error 0.02), from 2,069 donors and 1,351 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 91.8% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 1 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 100 bills: 100 reached committee, 47 passed one chamber, 30 passed both, 30 became law. Cosponsored 195. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 21 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 816: URGES-ROADWAY SAFETY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR816/
- SR 768: JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR768/
- SR 760: CONGRATS-TERRAPIN FLYER (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR760/
- SR 667: ME AWARENESS DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR667/
- SR 649: GENETIC COUNSELOR DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR649/
- SR 638: TARDIVE DYSKINESIA AWARE. WEEK (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR638/
- SB 4161: USE/OCC TX-PRESCRIPTIONS (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4161/
- SR 620: COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR620/
- SB 3916: HOSPITAL FINANCIAL RESOLUTION (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3916/
- SB 4000: DHS-COMM MENTAL HLTH WORKFORCE (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4000/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $203.4K (State Senate Democrats median $64.8K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorFine/status/2104194354063737151
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorFine/status/2103831960090972457
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorFine/status/2103877255562997815
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorFine/status/2102382411954966620
- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorFine/status/2102020020943638593
- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorFine/status/2102065315051950587
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorFine/status/2100932858009485425
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorFine/status/2100570478515572885
- 2026-09-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorFine/status/2099845691782623469
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorFine/status/2099483303627640927

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3127
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorfine.com/ https://www.fine4illinois.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorFine
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorFine/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staterep.laurafine
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lauraforillinois/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laura4illinois/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorfine/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ce44c13-37aa-4560-8489-67c309da913a