Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 2009
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Female
Family:
Birth date:
Birthplace:
Home City: IL
Religion: Christian

Education

BS, Business, Indiana University Attended, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Profession

Vice President, FGM Architects, present Owner/President, SRBL Architects, 1985-2011 Account Coordinator, Jordan Tamraz Caruso Advertising, 1983-1985

Committees

Aging
Environmental Health
Higher Education
Renewable Energy
State Government Administration
Veterans Affairs

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4083 Internet Dating Site Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5531 Limits Tuition Waivers for State University Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Amendment No. 4 Requires Physicians to Provide Information About Side Effects of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4083 Internet Dating Site Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5531 Limits Tuition Waivers for State University Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Amendment No. 4 Requires Physicians to Provide Information About Side Effects of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5531 Limits Tuition Waivers for State University Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4083 Internet Dating Site Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5789 Establishes State Park Fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 3944 Authorizing the Recording of Police
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 3810 Eliminates General Assembly Scholarships
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3944 Authorizing the Recording of Police
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 3810 Eliminates General Assembly Scholarships
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3944 Authorizing the Recording of Police
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 5099 Prohibits the Use of Cell Phones Near Emergency Scenes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1310 Authorizes Certain Businesses to Permit Smoking
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 400 Amends State Income Tax
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 397 Tax Code Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1883 Property Tax Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 965 Authorizing Speed Cameras in Certain Cities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 965 Authorizing Speed Cameras in Certain Cities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1701 Legal Immunity for Individuals Seeking Treatment for Drug Overdose
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 1652 Smart Grid Technology
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 1490 Regulating Full-Contact Martial Arts Events
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1698 Workers Comp Reform
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1723 Amending The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1698 Workers Comp Reform
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 744 Gambling and Gaming Bill
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 1652 Smart Grid Technology
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2185 Establishes the DREAM Fund Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1652 Smart Grid Technology
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 744 Gambling and Gaming Bill
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 145 Nursing Home Infection Control
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 2185 Establishes the DREAM Fund Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 145 Nursing Home Infection Control
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1091 Public-Private Transportation Partnership
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1600 Artificial Trans Fat Restriction Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 203 Limit on Sale of Firearms Within a Certain Time Period
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1600 Artificial Trans Fat Restriction Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3499 Firearm Waiting Period Exemptions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 161 Electronic Benefits Transfer Card Photograph Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2505 Amends Property Tax Code
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 3644 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3539 Abolishing the Death Penalty
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1381 Legalize Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 3976 Rules to Govern the Redistricting Process
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1716 Authorizing Civil Unions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 4927 Video Gaming Law Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 859 2010-2011 Budget
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 3660 Emergency Budget Act of Fiscal Year 2011
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3514 Amending State Pension Laws and Limiting Pension Appropriations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3660 Emergency Budget Act of Fiscal Year 2011
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3514 Amending State Pension Laws and Limiting Pension Appropriations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3739 Establishing a Foreclosure Prevention Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1118 Business Loan Interest Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 3739 Establishing a Foreclosure Prevention Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 3658 Temporary Sales Tax Holiday
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 642 Public University Borrowing
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 3658 Temporary Sales Tax Holiday
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 642 Public University Borrowing
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 3658 Temporary Sales Tax Holiday
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SJR 121 Redistricting Process Modifications
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 615 Local Food, Farms and Jobs Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5109 Prohibiting Public Funding of Portraits of Governors Removed From Office
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4886 Authorizing 4-Day School Week
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5428 Limiting Adoption Records Disclosure Restrictions for Adoptees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4685 Eliminating General Assembly Scholarship Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2360 Homeowner's Emergency Assistance Plan
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4685 Eliminating General Assembly Scholarship Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2360 Homeowner's Emergency Assistance Plan
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4654 Limiting Free Mass Transit for Seniors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1188 Increasing Cemetery Regulations
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 315 Teacher Evaluation Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

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