# Patrick Joyce

Patrick Joyce is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 40
- Serving since: 2019-11-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1ae7c123-b1a4-4c6e-b4d3-dc22db461e44

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ae7c123-b1a4-4c6e-b4d3-dc22db461e44 (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

Joyce sits at −0.27 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State Senate Democrats.

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

3 classified statements: 3 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 | Joyce | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 42.9% | 328 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 33.3% | 16.1% | 35 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.27 (standard error 0.01), from 132 donors and 874 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 86% (95.3%). 30 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 90 bills: 90 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 96. 32.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 44 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 811: COMMENDS-RICHARD KWASNESKI (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR811/
- SB 4198: $SIU-CORN-TO-ETHANOL RESEARCH (in committee, 2026-07-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4198/
- SR 724: CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR724/
- SB 3978: PROP TX-CIRCUIT BREAKER (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3978/
- SB 3843: USE/OCC TAX-DELIVERY SALES (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3843/
- SB 3929: ENVIORNMENTAL GOAL EXTENSIONS (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3929/
- SB 3838: BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3838/
- HB 5439: WILDLIFE CD-LANDOWNER PERMIT (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5439/
- SB 3546: $ICCB-COM COL ECONOMIC EMPOWER (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3546/
- SB 3770: HEALTH FACILITIES-VARIOUS (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3770/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $283.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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.

- 2025-01-08 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/SenPatrickjoyce/status/1877097281842766249
- 2025-01-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenPatrickjoyce/status/1875682275670815227
- 2025-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenPatrickjoyce/status/1874477682928291893

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3164
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorpatrickjoyce.com/ https://electpatrickjoyce.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenPatrickjoyce
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senPatrickjoyce40/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenPatrickJoyce/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-joyce-7101188b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ae7c123-b1a4-4c6e-b4d3-dc22db461e44