# Paul Jacobs

Paul Jacobs is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for district 59.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 59
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2febe0de-8b57-43c9-b8cd-a5363af4eae3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2febe0de-8b57-43c9-b8cd-a5363af4eae3 (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

100% of Jacobs’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.01), from 63 donors and 877 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 97.0% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 98.8% (95.3%). 33 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 78. 29.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 47 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 786: CONGRATS-HERRIN JHS GIRL BBALL (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR786/
- HB 4492: PROP TX-SENIOR HOMESTEAD (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4492/
- HR 576: MEMORIAL-VICKY L. KING (passed one chamber, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR576/
- SJR 33: DENY-SCHOOL CODE WAIVER (passed both chambers, 2025-05-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR33/
- HB 2812: PATIENT RIGHTS-NEXT OF KIN (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB2812/
- HB 2662: WILDLIFE-NONRESIDENT PERMIT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB2662/
- HB 2471: REQUIRED ETHICS TRAINING (in committee, 2025-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB2471/
- HB 2045: GOVERNMENT-TECH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB2045/
- HB 2088: FINANCE-TECH (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB2088/
- SB 1339: GIANT CITY STATE PARK (became law, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB1339/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $39.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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=3191
- Campaign site: https://reppauljacobs.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/illinoisstatereppauljacobs/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2febe0de-8b57-43c9-b8cd-a5363af4eae3