Public Utilities Committee, Illinois House of Representatives

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The Public Utilities Committee is a standing committee of the Illinois House of Representatives.

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.

See rules: House Rules

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Public Utilities Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (14)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Lawrence Walsh, Jr. Michael Kelly Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar Jawaharial Williams Dave Vella Nabeela Syed Justin Slaughter Rita Mayfield Jay C. Hoffman Jaime Andrade Kimberly du Buclet Eva Dina Delgado Fred Crespo Harry Benton	Brad Halbrook Kyle Moore Norine Hammond Mike Coffey Jason Bunting C.D. Davidsmeyer Dan Ugaste

2023-2024 legislative session

Public Utilities Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (16)	Republican members (9)	Third-party members(0)
Eva Dina Delgado Vice Chairperson Lawrence Walsh, Jr. Chairperson Stephanie Kifowit Jawaharial Williams Maurice West II Dave Vella Justin Slaughter Lamont Robinson Jr. Martin J. Moylan Frances Ann Hurley Jay C. Hoffman LaToya Greenwood La Shawn Ford Fred Crespo Jonathan Carroll Lance Yednock	Keith Wheeler Republican Spokesperson David Welter Tony McCombie Mark Luft Jeff Keicher Norine Hammond David Friess C.D. Davidsmeyer Dan Caulkins

2021-2022 legislative session

Public Utilities Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (16)	Republican members (10)	Third-party members(0)
Lawrence Walsh, Jr. Chair Eva Dina Delgado Vice-Chair LaToya Greenwood Frances Ann Hurley La Shawn Ford Fred Crespo Lance Yednock Jawaharial Williams Maurice West II Dave Vella Justin Slaughter Lamont Robinson Jr. Martin J. Moylan Stephanie Kifowit Jonathan Carroll Jay C. Hoffman	Keith Wheeler Republican Spokesperson Norine Hammond David Friess C.D. Davidsmeyer Dan Caulkins David Welter Tony McCombie Mark Luft Jeff Keicher Tim Butler

2019-2020 legislative session

Public Utilities Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Lawrence Walsh, Jr. Chair Andre Thapedi Vice chair Ann M. Williams Robert Martwick Jay C. Hoffman La Shawn Ford Jehan Gordon-Booth Fred Crespo Luis Arroyo Carol Ammons	Grant Wehrli David Welter Ryan Spain C.D. Davidsmeyer Dan Caulkins Tim Butler Keith Wheeler

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

Arthur Turner II (D) left this committee on July 03, 2020.

2017 legislative session

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

Public Utilities Members, 2017
Democratic members (12)	Republican members (9)
• Brandon W. Phelps, Chair	• Chad D. Hays
• Andre Thapedi, Vice chair	• Peter Breen
• Luis Arroyo	• Tim Butler
• Daniel V. Beiser	• Michael P. McAuliffe
• Linda Chapa LaVia	• Bill Mitchell
• Fred Crespo	• Ryan Spain
• Jehan Gordon-Booth	• Grant Wehrli
• Jay C. Hoffman	• David Welter
• Thaddeus Jones	• Keith R. Wheeler
• Rita Mayfield
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• Lawrence Walsh, Jr.

2015 legislative session

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

Public Utilities Members, 2015
Democratic members (12)	Republican members (9)
• Brandon W. Phelps, Chair	• Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• Andre Thapedi, Vice chair	• Adam M. Brown
• Luis Arroyo	• John M. Cabello
• Linda Chapa LaVia	• David R. Leitch
• Fred Crespo	• Michael P. McAuliffe
• Jack D. Franks	• Bill Mitchell
• Esther Golar	• Ron Sandack
• Jehan Gordon-Booth	• Grant Wehrli
• Jay Hoffman	• Keith R. Wheeler
• Rita Mayfield
• Elaine Nekritz
• Patrick J. Verschoore

2013-2014

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

Public Utilities Members, 2013
Democratic members (12)	Republican members (9)
• Brandon W. Phelps, Chair	• Mike Bost
• Andre Thapedi, Vice chair	• Rich Brauer
• Luis Arroyo	• Adam Brown
• Fred Crespo	• John M. Cabello
• Keith Farnham	• Kay Hatcher
• Sara Feigenholtz	• Michael P. McAuliffe
• Jack D. Franks	• Dennis Reboletti
• Esther Golar	• Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• Jehan Gordon	• Jil Tracy
• Jay Hoffman
• Charles E. Jefferson
• Rita Mayfield

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

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

Public Utilities Members, 2009
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (5)
• Annazette Collins, Chair	• Mike Bost
• Thomas Holbrook, Vice chair	• Franco Coladipietro
• Luis Arroyo	• Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• Susana Mendoza	• Angelo Saviano
• Andre Thapedi	• Jim Durkin
• Fred Crespo
• Jack D. Franks
• Charles E. Jefferson

External links

• Illinois House Public Utilities 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 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

Terra Howard (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-Murray (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)