# Darby Hills

Darby Hills is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 26
- Serving since: 2025-02-28
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3249a901-9d57-4623-a9a0-4cbb1240f2a1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3249a901-9d57-4623-a9a0-4cbb1240f2a1 (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

Hills reported $1.5M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.06 (standard error 0.01), from 135 donors and 290 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.8% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 64% (95.3%). 78 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 120. 29.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 46 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 4212: WELL SEPTIC HOUSING TASK FORCE (in committee, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4212/
- SB 4206: LOC GOVT-DATA CENTER (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4206/
- SR 747: YOUTH SUBST USE PREVENTION MO (passed one chamber, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR747/
- SB 4187: PLANNING COMM-SCHOOLS (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4187/
- SB 4182: INS CD-ALLERGENIC SUPPLEMENTS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4182/
- SR 672: MEMORIAL-CHRISTIAN J. PASCENTE (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR672/
- SB 3844: PTELL-AGGREGATE EXTENSION (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3844/
- SB 3918: REVENUE-HOMEBUILDER CREDIT (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3918/
- SB 3869: USE/OCC TAX-DIAPERS (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3869/
- SB 3871: DISCLOSURE TO ADOPTIVE PARENTS (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3871/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.5M (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 78% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3249a901-9d57-4623-a9a0-4cbb1240f2a1