# Dave Vella

Dave Vella is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 68.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 68
- Serving since: 2021-01-13
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5da7b2ff-c086-49cd-80bc-9802e426cc00

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5da7b2ff-c086-49cd-80bc-9802e426cc00 (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

Vella reported $360.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.40 (standard error 0.02), from 73 donors and 849 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 96.8% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 96.8% (96.7%). 16 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 71 bills: 69 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 168. 47.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 52 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5804: MEDICAID-MCO RX PAYMENTS (introduced, 2026-09-04) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5804/
- HR 953: CONGRATS-ROCKFORD/FERENTINO (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR953/
- HB 5385: PUBLIC ATTORNEY ASSISTANCE (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5385/
- HB 5218: CD CORR-MSR-SEX OFFENSE-PLACE (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5218/
- HB 5222: HOTEL PROCEDURE-EVICTION (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5222/
- HB 4971: ILLINOIS MILITARY HISTORY (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4971/
- HB 5020: JUV CT-EXTENDED JUR JUV PROS (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5020/
- HB 4973: ILLINOIS PROMOTION-CONVENTIONS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4973/
- HB 4775: LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4775/
- HB 4800: LOC GOV BUILDING PERMIT ACT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4800/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $360.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/rep.asp?MemberID=3186
- Campaign site: https://www.staterepdavevella.com/ https://www.davevella.com/
- X: https://x.com/StateRepVella
- X: https://x.com/ElectDaveVella
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/electdavevella/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRepDaveVella
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electdavevella/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepdavevella/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StateRepresentativeDaveVella/featured
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/state-representative-dave-vella-44676b2bb/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5da7b2ff-c086-49cd-80bc-9802e426cc00