# Regan Deering

Regan Deering is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 88.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 88
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8d81a4e9-f895-4a60-8064-2ddd2bd785c8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8d81a4e9-f895-4a60-8064-2ddd2bd785c8 (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

20% of the 20 bills Deering sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Illinois House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.02), from 655 donors and 288 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 94.4% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 98.2% (96.7%). 46 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 110. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 104 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5565: SMALL COMMUNITIES HEALTH GRANT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5565/
- HB 5377: WORK ALWAYS PAYS ACT (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5377/
- HB 5444: PROP TX-ENERGY SYSTEMS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5444/
- HB 5445: LOCAL ROAD USE FUND (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5445/
- HB 4519: INC TX-DEDUCTION FOR TIPS (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4519/
- HB 4242: DCFS-NOTICE OF APPEAL PROCESS (became law, 2026-07-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4242/
- HB 4147: HOME UTILITY RELIEF ACT (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4147/
- HB 4097: HIGHER ED-NONCITIZEN BENEFITS (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4097/
- HR 177: RELOCATE USDA TO CENTRAL IL (in committee, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR177/
- HB 3543: COST OF LIVING TASK FORCE (in committee, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB3543/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $142.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=3454
- Campaign site: https://www.reganforillinois.com/
- X: https://x.com/ReganforIL
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReganforIllinois/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReganforIllinois
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/regan-andreas-deering-b18074a2/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8d81a4e9-f895-4a60-8064-2ddd2bd785c8