# Yolonda Morris

Yolonda Morris is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 9.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 9
- Serving since: 2023-09-12
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/753dc145-9162-4e02-9b76-836be48498cb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/753dc145-9162-4e02-9b76-836be48498cb (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

50% of Morris’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.05), from 3 donors and 403 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 98.7% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 99.4% (96.7%). 3 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 28 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 325. 53.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 41 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 908: COMMEND-COVID19 MONUMENT (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR908/
- HR 792: REDUCE-KID-FRIENDLY VAPE SALES (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR792/
- HR 715: MEMORIAL-STANDISH E. WILLIS (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR715/
- HR 707: CONGRATS-TASC (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR707/
- HB 5702: IL GAMING OVERSIGHT OFFICER (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5702/
- HB 5471: COMMUNITY DEVELOP SERVICES (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5471/
- HB 5470: DCEO-VARIOUS (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5470/
- HB 5515: CHI PARK DIST-PUBLIC GARDEN (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5515/
- HB 5284: HUMAN RIGHTS-MENOPAUSE CARE (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5284/
- HB 5090: PROCUREMENT-CONSTRUCTION (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5090/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $84.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 50% 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=3255
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/State-Representative-Yolonda-Morris-61556096154242/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/9thdistrictstaterepyolondam/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/753dc145-9162-4e02-9b76-836be48498cb