# Matt Hanson

Matt Hanson is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 83.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 83
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/14b940c9-8843-4709-97a9-9faee25bb201

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/14b940c9-8843-4709-97a9-9faee25bb201 (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

Hanson reported $395.4K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.57 (standard error 0.04), from 9 donors and 575 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 58% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 97.5% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 99.6% (96.7%). 2 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 254. 65.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 11 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 827: APPRENTICESHIP WEEK (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR827/
- HB 5744: $ICJIA-KANE HUMAN EXPLOIT UNIT (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5744/
- HR 763: ILLINOIS SPECIAL OLYMPICS (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR763/
- HB 5489: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-JUVENILES (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5489/
- HB 5190: RPA-REGULATORY SUNSET EXTEN (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5190/
- HB 5081: VEH CD-ALTER SPEED LIMITS (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5081/
- HB 5089: CMS-SETTLEMENT-AMOUNT APPROVAL (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5089/
- HR 302: CONGRATS-IL DELEGATES SO USA (passed one chamber, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR302/
- HB 3510: BUILDING-STRETCH CODES (became law, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB3510/
- HB 3848: NEWBORN SCREEN-BLOOD DISORDER (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB3848/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $395.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3225
- Campaign site: https://repmatthanson.com/ https://votematthanson.com/
- X: https://x.com/Hanson4Illinois
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Matt.Hanson83/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staterepmatthanson/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt4illinois
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-hanson-2bb0109/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/14b940c9-8843-4709-97a9-9faee25bb201