Higher Education Committee, Illinois House of Representatives

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The Higher Education Committee is a standing committee of the Illinois House of Representatives.

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Per the House Rules, committees of the Illinois House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House and Minority Leader. The Speaker appoints the chair, vice-chair, and remaining majority members while the Minority Leader appoints the minority members. Committees are assigned at the start of each term. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. The Speaker is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.

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Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

House Higher Education Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (4)	Third-party members(0)
Katie Stuart Chair Sharon Chung Vice-Chair Carol Ammons Diane Blair-Sherlock Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz Barbara Hernandez Norma Hernandez Tracy Katz Muhl	Daniel Swanson David Friess Wayne Arthur Rosenthal Dan Ugaste

2023-2024 legislative session

House Higher Education Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (4)	Third-party members(0)
Katie Stuart Chairperson Maurice West II Vice Chairperson Carol Ammons Kambium Buckner Edgar Gonzalez Jr. Sue Scherer	Dan Brady Republican Spokesperson Norine Hammond Paul Jacobs Mike Marron

2021-2022 legislative session

House Higher Education Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (4)	Third-party members(0)
Katie Stuart Chair Maurice West II Vice-Chair Carol Ammons Kambium Buckner Edgar Gonzalez Jr. Sue Scherer	Dan Brady Republican Spokesperson Norine Hammond Paul Jacobs Mike Marron

2019-2020 legislative session

House Higher Education Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (8)	Third-party members(0)
Carol Ammons Chair Katie Stuart Vice chair Maurice West II Emanuel Welch Jay C. Hoffman Elizabeth Hernandez Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz Kelly M. Burke Kambium Buckner Monica Bristow	Terri Bryant Patrick Windhorst Dave Severin Tony McCombie Jeff Keicher Mike Marron Dan Brady Norine Hammond

Celina Villanueva (D) left this committee on January 07, 2019.

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Higher Education Members, 2017
Democratic members (11)	Republican members (8)
• Emanuel "Chris" Welch, Chair	• Norine Hammond
• Carol Ammons, Vice chair	• Thomas M. Bennett
• Deborah O'Keefe Conroy	• Dan Brady
• Mary E. Flowers	• Terri Bryant
• La Shawn K. Ford	• Tom Demmer
• Michael Halpin	• Reginald "Reggie" Phillips
• Elizabeth Hernandez	• Robert W. Pritchard
• Juliana Stratton	• Barbara Wheeler
• Katie Stuart
• Kathleen Willis
• Michael Zalewski

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Higher Education Members, 2015
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (7)
• Kelly M. Burke, Chair	• Norine Hammond
• Chris Welch, Vice chair	• Thomas M. Bennett
• Carol Ammons	• Dan Brady
• Deborah O'Keefe Conroy	• Tom Demmer
• Laura Fine	• Chad D. Hays
• Mary E. Flowers	• Robert W. Pritchard
• Elizabeth Hernandez	• Barbara Wheeler
• Elgie Sims
• Kathleen Willis

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Higher Education Members, 2013
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (6)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson, Chair	• Chad D. Hays
• Elizabeth Hernandez, Vice chair	• Mike Bost
• Deborah Conroy	• Dan Brady
• Scott Drury	• Tom Demmer
• Mary E. Flowers	• Norine Hammond
• Sue Scherer	• Robert W. Pritchard
• Silvana Tabares
• Chris Welch

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Higher Education Members, 2011
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (5)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson, Chair	• Robert W. Pritchard
• Carol Sente, Vice chair	• Chad D. Hays
• Mary E. Flowers	• Mike Bost
• La Shawn K. Ford	• Richard Morthland
• Charles E. Jefferson	• Jason Barickman
• Kevin A. McCarthy

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

Higher Education Members, 2009
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (3)
• Mike Boland, Chair	• Robert W. Pritchard
• Naomi D. Jakobsson, Vice chair	• Richard P. Myers
• Mary E. Flowers	• Mike Bost
• Kevin A. McCarthy

External links

• Illinois House Higher Education Committee

Footnotes

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Current members of the Illinois House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Emanuel Welch

Majority Leader:Robyn Gabel

Minority Leader:Tony McCombie

Representatives

District 1

Aaron Ortiz (D)

District 2

Elizabeth Hernandez (D)

District 3

Eva-Dina Delgado (D)

District 4

Lilian Jiménez (D)

District 5

Kimberly du Buclet (D)

District 6

Sonya Harper (D)

District 7

Emanuel Welch (D)

District 8

La Shawn Ford (D)

District 9

Yolonda Morris (D)

District 10

Jawaharial Williams (D)

District 11

Ann Williams (D)

District 12

Margaret Croke (D)

District 13

Hoan Huynh (D)

District 14

Kelly Cassidy (D)

District 15

Michael Kelly (D)

District 16

Kevin Olickal (D)

District 17

Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D)

District 18

Robyn Gabel (D)

District 19

Lindsey LaPointe (D)

District 20

Brad Stephens (R)

District 21

Abdelnasser Rashid (D)

District 22

Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar (D)

District 23

Edgar Gonzalez (D)

District 24

Theresa Mah (D)

District 25

Curtis Tarver (D)

District 26

Kambium Buckner (D)

District 27

Justin Slaughter (D)

District 28

Robert Rita (D)

District 29

Thaddeus Jones (D)

District 30

William Davis (D)

District 31

Michael Crawford (D)

District 32

Lisa Davis (D)

District 33

Marcus Evans (D)

District 34

Nicholas Smith (D)

District 35

Mary Gill (D)

District 36

Rick Ryan (D)

District 37

Patrick Sheehan (R)

District 38

Debbie Meyers-Martin (D)

District 39

Will Guzzardi (D)

District 40

Jaime Andrade (D)

District 41

Janet Yang Rohr (D)

District 42

Margaret DeLaRosa (D)

District 43

Anna Moeller (D)

District 44

Fred Crespo (D)

District 45

Martha Deuter (D)

District 46

Diane Blair-Sherlock (D)

District 47

Amy Grant (R)

District 48

Jennifer Sanalitro (R)

District 49

Maura Hirschauer (D)

District 50

Barbara Hernandez (D)

District 51

Nabeela Syed (D)

District 52

Martin McLaughlin (R)

District 53

Nicolle Grasse (D)

District 54

Mary Beth Canty (D)

District 55

Martin Moylan (D)

District 56

Michelle Mussman (D)

District 57

Tracy Katz Muhl (D)

District 58

Bob Morgan (D)

District 59

Daniel Didech (D)

District 60

Rita Mayfield (D)

District 61

Joyce Mason (D)

District 62

Laura Dias (D)

District 63

Steven Reick (R)

District 64

Tom Weber (R)

District 65

Dan Ugaste (R)

District 66

Suzanne Ness (D)

District 67

Maurice West (D)

District 68

Dave Vella (D)

District 69

Joe Sosnowski (R)

District 70

Jeff Keicher (R)

District 71

Daniel Swanson (R)

District 72

Gregg Johnson (D)

District 73

Ryan Spain (R)

District 74

Brad Fritts (R)

District 75

Jed Davis (R)

District 76

Amy Briel (D)

District 77

Norma Hernandez (D)

District 78

Camille Lilly (D)

District 79

Jackie Haas (R)

District 80

Anthony DeLuca (D)

District 81

Anne Stava (D)

District 82

Nicole La Ha (R)

District 83

Matt Hanson (D)

District 84

Stephanie Kifowit (D)

District 85

Dagmara Avelar (D)

District 86

Lawrence Walsh (D)

District 87

Bill Hauter (R)

District 88

Regan Deering (R)

District 89

Tony McCombie (R)

District 90

John Cabello (R)

District 91

Sharon Chung (D)

District 92

Jehan Gordon-Booth (D)

District 93

Travis Weaver (R)

District 94

Norine Hammond (R)

District 95

Mike Coffey (R)

District 96

Sue Scherer (D)

District 97

Harry Benton (D)

District 98

Natalie Manley (D)

District 99

Kyle Moore (R)

District 100

C.D. Davidsmeyer (R)

District 101

Chris Miller (R)

District 102

Adam Niemerg (R)

District 103

Carol Ammons (D)

District 104

Brandun Schweizer (R)

District 105

Dennis Tipsword (R)

District 106

Jason Bunting (R)

District 107

Brad Halbrook (R)

District 108

Wayne Rosenthal (R)

District 109

Charles Meier (R)

District 110

Blaine Wilhour (R)

District 111

Amy Elik (R)

District 112

Katie Stuart (D)

District 113

Jay Hoffman (D)

District 114

Kevin Schmidt (R)

District 115

David Friess (R)

District 116

Dave Severin (R)

District 117

Patrick Windhorst (R)

District 118

Paul Jacobs (R)

Democratic Party (78)

Republican Party (40)