# Charlie Meier

Charlie Meier is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 109.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 109
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c425f2ef-cad0-4dad-93c4-be11b80af613

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c425f2ef-cad0-4dad-93c4-be11b80af613 (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

Meier reported $330.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.01), from 72 donors and 1,351 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 96.1% (96.7%). 22 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 81 bills: 76 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 115. 38.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 75 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5822: UNFIT DEFENDANT-CHOATE MHDC (introduced, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5822/
- HB 5825: DHS-DD BED REDUCTIONS (introduced, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5825/
- HB 5823: CRIM PRO-TRANSPORT-TREATMENT (introduced, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5823/
- HB 5824: MHDD ACT-SODC READMISSIONS (introduced, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5824/
- HR 1039: COMMENDS-WARREN STIEG (introduced, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1039/
- HR 920: CONGRATS-J. R. & D. M. GEERS (passed one chamber, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR920/
- HR 865: CONGRATS-ROGER STIEG (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR865/
- HR 798: COMMENDS-CHAKOTA-TRC (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR798/
- HR 750: CONGRATS-CENTRAL H.S. CHEER (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR750/
- HR 737: CONGRATS-CENT. COMMUNITY HS (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR737/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $330.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% 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=3082
- Campaign site: https://charliemeier.net/
- X: https://x.com/RepCharlieMeier
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlie.meier.750
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Charlie-Meier-IL-State-Representative/100057878088324/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c425f2ef-cad0-4dad-93c4-be11b80af613