# Bill Hauter

Bill Hauter is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 87.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 87
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fb6cc95a-0c98-41e3-a481-8d5dc51d6c54

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb6cc95a-0c98-41e3-a481-8d5dc51d6c54 (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

Hauter missed 15% of 1,468 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Illinois House (average 92.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.01), from 144 donors and 482 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 85% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 96.3% (96.7%). 30 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 90. 43.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 64 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 896: CONGRATS-DEER CREEK-MACKINAW (passed one chamber, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR896/
- HB 5764: END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS CHANGES (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5764/
- HJR 56: CONGRATS-NEIL ALEXANDER (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR56/
- HB 4930: UNREGULATED SUBSTANCE BAN (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4930/
- HB 4655: PHARMACY-REFUSAL TO DISPENSE (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4655/
- HB 4482: GENDER REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4482/
- HB 4314: EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN STAFFING (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4314/
- HJR 43: CONGRATS-NESTLE USA, MORTON (passed one chamber, 2025-10-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR43/
- HB 3547: LEGISLATIVE MAIL-DISCLAIMER (in committee, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB3547/
- SB 2372: FARMLAND TRANSITION (became law, 2025-08-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB2372/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $55.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 93% 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=3238
- Campaign site: https://rephauter.com/ https://www.hauterforrep.com/
- X: https://x.com/WilliamHauter
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HauterforStateRep/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whauter
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wehauter/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb6cc95a-0c98-41e3-a481-8d5dc51d6c54