# Joe Sosnowski

Joe Sosnowski is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 69.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 69
- Serving since: 2011-01-12
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6471a51f-0707-4966-b122-9597554d3c19

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6471a51f-0707-4966-b122-9597554d3c19 (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

Sosnowski missed 24% of 1,468 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Illinois House (average 92.6%).

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

26 classified statements: 26 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Sosnowski | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 34.6% | 9.3% | 23 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 38.5% | 31.9% | 292 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.9% | 1.8% | 113 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 3.9% | 12.7% | 591 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 30% (State House Republicans 11%); Government Operations and Politics 30% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 20% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Health 10% (State House Republicans 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.01), from 29 donors and 1,136 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 76% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 97.3% (96.7%). 19 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 33 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 86. 12.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 110 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5534: POLICE-DOMESTIC ABUSER REGSTRY (in committee, 2026-07-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5534/
- HB 4816: ESTATE TAX-MANUFACTURING (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4816/
- HB 4630: ELEC CD-FOREIGN NATIONALS (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4630/
- HB 4629: LIQUOR-VINTAGE SPIRITS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4629/
- HB 4625: LOW POP TWP DIST DISSOLUTION (in committee, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4625/
- HB 4628: CRIM CD-THREATENING ANOTHER (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4628/
- HB 4627: USE TAX-MILITARY-VEHICLES (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4627/
- HB 4626: PROP TX-HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4626/
- HB 4511: INC TX-LIENS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4511/
- HB 4070: GAMBLING-CASINO RELOCATION (in committee, 2025-05-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4070/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $47.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/repsosnowski RepSosnowski69/status/2006771051125191006
- 2025-11-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/repsosnowski RepSosnowski69/status/1986860029899682298
- 2025-11-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repsosnowski RepSosnowski69/status/1985875891537527201
- 2025-10-30 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repsosnowski RepSosnowski69/status/1983995517769273729
- 2025-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/repsosnowski RepSosnowski69/status/1981137251099979993
- 2025-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/repsosnowski RepSosnowski69/status/1979034122753347749
- 2025-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repsosnowski RepSosnowski69/status/1978833672863142213
- 2025-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/repsosnowski RepSosnowski69/status/1978851219536814081
- 2025-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/repsosnowski RepSosnowski69/status/1975952223223066848
- 2025-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/repsosnowski RepSosnowski69/status/1973014711978618940

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3053
- Campaign site: https://joesosnowski.org/ https://joesosnowski.com/
- X: https://x.com/repsosnowski
- X: https://x.com/RepSosnowski69
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repsosnowski/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/state_rep._joe_sosnowski_/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@joesosnowski39
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-sosnowski-732566296/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6471a51f-0707-4966-b122-9597554d3c19