# Dan Ugaste

Dan Ugaste is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 65.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 65
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ab6db17a-e7dc-43c8-9770-32c1da1d7f40

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ab6db17a-e7dc-43c8-9770-32c1da1d7f40 (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

11% of the 62 bills Ugaste sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Illinois House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.01), from 72 donors and 1,100 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 94.3% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 92.4% (96.7%). 49 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 62 bills: 61 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 126. 11.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 111 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5802: REVENUE-VARIOUS (introduced, 2026-08-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5802/
- HB 5785: LOCAL GOV SURPLUS FUNDS ACT (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5785/
- HB 5736: LOCAL GOVT BOND REFERENDA (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5736/
- HB 5252: USE/OCC TX-SELLING PRICE-PAINT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5252/
- HB 5128: PAID LEAVE-LIMITATIONS (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5128/
- HB 5249: PRETRIAL RELEASE-REASONS&JUDGE (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5249/
- HB 5244: LITIGATION FINANCING ACT (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5244/
- HB 4882: FUTURE OF WORK ACT OF 2026 (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4882/
- HB 4880: SCH CD-ASSESSMENTS-STANDARDS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4880/
- HB 4881: BUDGETING FOR RESULTS-ANALYSIS (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4881/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $193.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% 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=3149
- Campaign site: https://repugaste.com/ https://ugasteforillinois.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ugasteforillinois/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepDanUgaste/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repdanugaste/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-ugaste-839ba046/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ab6db17a-e7dc-43c8-9770-32c1da1d7f40