# Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 15.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 15
- Serving since: 2021-11-23
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c98bae02-b0dd-40ea-96a8-8a5fa994d211

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c98bae02-b0dd-40ea-96a8-8a5fa994d211 (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

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

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.52 (standard error 0.03), from 43 donors and 650 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 76% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 99.0% (96.7%). 4 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 49 bills: 49 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 161. 42.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 66 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 784: CONGRATS-SAUGANASH WOMENS CLUB (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR784/
- HR 756: MEMORIAL-MICHAEL E. ALTMAN (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR756/
- HR 700: COMMENDS-NILES FIRE DEPT. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR700/
- HR 658: HOME FIRE SPRINKLER WEEK (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR658/
- HB 5571: TRANSPORTATION-TECH (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5571/
- HB 5413: WORK COMP-FIRST RESPONDERS (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5413/
- HB 5595: ISP-SEPARATE JUVENILE DATABASE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5595/
- HB 5193: EMS MENTAL FACILITY TRANSPORT (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5193/
- HB 5203: INC TX-HOTEL RENOVATION (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5203/
- HB 5120: OSFM-REGULATORY SUNSET EXT (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5120/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $309.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 64% 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=3201
- Campaign site: https://repkelly.com/ https://www.kellyfor15.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepMikeKelly
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kellyfor15/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Kellyfor15
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/state_rep_mike_kelly/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c98bae02-b0dd-40ea-96a8-8a5fa994d211