# Bob Rita

Bob Rita is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 28.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 28
- Serving since: 2003-01-08
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3ce631a4-7a4f-4905-a959-574f1f0d3d6d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ce631a4-7a4f-4905-a959-574f1f0d3d6d (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

Rita reported $557.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.03), from 97 donors and 1,434 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 69 bills: 67 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 71. 37.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 77 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1055: MEMORIAL-CHARISSA H. BERRINI (introduced, 2026-10-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1055/
- HB 5801: FINANCE-BRIDGE FUND TRANSFER (introduced, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5801/
- HR 927: COMMENDS-FRANK J. MAUTINO (passed one chamber, 2026-05-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR927/
- SJR 55: AUDITOR GEN-APPOINTMENT (passed both chambers, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR55/
- HB 5469: GAMING-RACETRACKS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5469/
- SB 3561: BUY-NOW-PAY-LATER ACT (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3561/
- HB 5110: LIQUOR-ELECTRONIC NOTICE (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5110/
- HB 5115: $CHICAGO CULTURAL DISTRICT (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5115/
- HB 5182: TOBACCO TAX-REMOTE SELLERS (in committee, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5182/
- HB 5030: VID GM&CRIM CD-GAMBLING DEVICE (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5030/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $557.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% 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=3027
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBobRita/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfRobertBobRita
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RobertBobRita

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ce631a4-7a4f-4905-a959-574f1f0d3d6d