# Dennis Tipsword

Dennis Tipsword is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 105.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 105
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/13dc4688-95d1-4a5d-abc7-fb9a46a432c8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/13dc4688-95d1-4a5d-abc7-fb9a46a432c8 (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

Tipsword reported $124.8K in the 2024 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $10.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.02), from 41 donors and 517 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 79% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 99.1% (96.7%). 18 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 19 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 85. 15.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 108 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1020: SEE TRACKS? THINK TRAIN WEEK (introduced, 2026-08-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1020/
- HB 5523: TACTICAL MEDICAL PROVIDERS (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5523/
- HR 642: CONGRATS-LEMAN FARMS INC. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR642/
- HB 4900: CRIM PRO-RELEASE CONDITIONS (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4900/
- HB 4901: CD CORR-CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4901/
- HB 4906: CRIM PRO-PRETRIAL DETENTION (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4906/
- HB 4903: CRIM PRO-PRETRIAL REL-REVOKE (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4903/
- HB 4904: CRIM PRO-VIOL PRETRIAL RELEASE (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4904/
- HB 4204: CRIM PRO-PRETRIAL RELEASE (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4204/
- HB 4000: LAW ENFORCEMENT-BODY CAMERAS (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4000/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $124.8K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 77% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3242
- Campaign site: https://reptipsword.com/ https://dennistipsword.com/home
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepTipsword
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Dennis-Tipsword-Jr-for-State-Representative-100078120785919/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-tipsword-075916119/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/13dc4688-95d1-4a5d-abc7-fb9a46a432c8