Legislators who don’t take part:
1. Rep. William Black (R-104 Danville)
2. Rep. James Brosnahan (D-36 Evergreen Park)
3. Sen. Dan Duffy (R-26 Barrington)
4. Rep. Lisa Dugan (D-79 Bradley)
5. Rep. Keith Farnham (D-43 Elgin)
6. Rep. Robert Flider (D-101 Mt. Zion)
7. Rep. Paul Froehlich (D-56 Schaumburg)
8. Rep. Jehan Gordon (D-92 Peoria)
9. Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-112 Collinsville)
10. Rep. Naomi Jakobsson (D-103 Urbana)
11. Rep. Emily McAsey (D-85 Lockport)
12. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (D-37 Orland Park)
13. Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg (D-9 Evanston)
14. Rep. Mark L. Walker (D-66 Arlington Heights)
Fifty-seven of 59 members of the Illinois Senate hand out legislators scholarships, while 106 of 118 representatives participate in the century-old program.
Participating representatives:
1. Edward Acevedo (D-2 Chicago)
2. Luis Arroyo (D-3 Chicago)
3. Suzanne Bassi (R-54 Palatine)
4. Mark Beaubien (R- 52 Barrington)
5. Daniel Beiser (D-111 Alton)
6. Patricia Bellock (R-47 Hinsdale)
7. Maria Berrios (D-39 Chicago)
8. Bob Biggins (R-41 Elmhurst)
9. Michael Boland (D-71 East Moline)
10. Mike Bost (R-115 Murphysboro)
11. John Bradley (D-117 Marion)
12. Dan Brady (R-88 Bloomington)
13. Rich Brauer (R-100 Petersburg)
14. Daniel Burke (D-23 Chicago)
15. William Burns (D-26 Chicago)
16. John Cavaletto (R-107 Salem)
17. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-83 Aurora)
18. Franco Coladipietro (R-45 Bloomingdale)
19. Sandy Cole (R-62 Grayslake)
20. Annazette Collins (D-10 Chicago)
21. Marlow Colvin (D-33 Chicago)
22. Michael Connelly (R-48 Lisle)
23. Elizabeth Coulson (R-17 Glenview)
24. Fred Crespo (D-44 Hoffman Estates)
25. Tom Cross (R-84 Oswego)
26. Shane Cultra (R-105 Onarga)
27. Barbara Flynn Currie (D-25 Chicago)
28. John D’Amico (D-15 Chicago)
29. Monique Davis (D-27 Chicago)
30. William Davis (D-30 Homewood)
31. Anthony DeLuca (D-80 Chicago Heights)
32. Kenneth Dunkin (D-5 Chicago)
33. Jim Durkin (R-82 Western Springs)
34. Roger Eddy (R-109 Hutsonville)
35. Sara Feigenholtz (D-12 Chicago)
36. Mary Flowers (D-31 Chicago)
37. LaShawn Ford (D-8 Chicago)
38. Mike Fortner (R-95 West Chicago)
39. Jack Franks (D-63 Woodstock)
40. John Fritchey (D-11 Chicago)
41. Esther Golar (D-6 Chicago)
42. Careen Gordon (D-75 Coal City)
43. Deborah Graham (D-78 Chicago)
44. Julie Hamos (D-18 Evanston)
45. Betsy Hannig (D-98 Litchfield)
46. Greg Harris (D-13 Chicago)
47. Kay Hatcher (R-50 Yorkville)
48. Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24 Cicero)
49. Thomas Holbrook (D-113 Belleville)
50. Constance Howard (D-34 Chicago)
51. Eddie Lee Jackson Sr. (D-114 East St. Louis)
52. Charles Jefferson (D-67 Rockford)
53. Kevin Joyce (D-35 Chicago)
54. Renée Kosel (R-81 New Lenox)
55. Lou Lang (D-16 Skokie)
56. David R. Leitch (R-73 Peoria)
57. Joseph M. Lyons (D-19 Chicago)
58. Michael J. Madigan (D-22 Chicago)
59. Sidney H. Mathias (R-53 Buffalo Grove)
60. Frank J. Mautino (D-76 Spring Valley)
61. Karen May (D-58 Highland Park)
62. Michael McAuliffe (R-20 Chicago)
63. Jack McGuire (D-86 Joliet)
64. Deborah Mell (D-40 Chicago)
65. Susana A. Mendoza (D-1 Chicago)
66. David E. Miller (D-29 Calumet City)
67. Bill Mitchell (R-87 Forsyth)
68. Jerry Mitchell (R-90 Sterling)
69. Donald Moffitt (R-74 Gilson)
70. Rosemary Mulligan (R-65 Des Plaines)
71. Richard Myers (R-94 Colchester)
72. Elaine Nekritz (D-57 Northbrook)
73. JoAnn Osmond (R-61 Antioch)
74. Harry Osterman (D-14 Chicago)
75. Brandon Phelps (D-118 Harrisburg)
76. Sandra Pihos (R-42 Glen Ellyn)
77. Raymond Poe (R-99 Springfield)
78. Robert Pritchard (R-70 Hinckley)
79. Randy Ramey Jr. (R-55 Carol Stream)
80. Dennis Reboletti (R-46 Elmhurst)
81. David Reis (R-108 Willow Hill)
82. Dan Reitz (D-116 Steeleville)
83. Al Riley (D-38 Olympia Fields)
84. Robert Rita (D-28 Blue Island)
85. Chapin Rose (R-110 Mahomet)
86. Jim Sacia (R-89 Pecatonica)
87. Angelo “Skip” Saviano (R-77 Elmwood)
88. Timothy L. Schmitz (R-49 Batavia)
89. Darlene J. Senger (R-96 Naperville)
90. Carol A. Sente (D-59 Vernon Hills)
91. Michael K. Smith (D-91 Canton)
92. Keith P. Sommer (R-106 Mackinaw)
93. Cynthia Soto (D-4 Chicago)
94. Ron Stephens (R-102 Highland)
95. Ed Sullivan, Jr. (R-51 Mundelein)
96. Andre M. Thapedi (D-32 Chicago)
97. Jil Tracy (R-93 Mt. Sterling)
98. Michael W. Tryon (R-64 Crystal Lake)
99. Arthur Turner (D-9 Chicago)
100. Patrick Verschoore (D-72 Rock Island)
101. Ronald A. Wait (R-69 Belvidere)
102. Eddie Washington (D-60 Waukegan)
103. Jim Watson (R-97 Jacksonville)
104. Dave Winters (R-68 Shirland)
105. Karen Yarbrough (D-7 Maywood)
106. Michael Zalewski (D-21 Chicago)
Participating senators:
1. Pamela Althoff (R-32 McHenry)
2. Tim Bivins (R-45 Dixon)
3. Larry Bomke (R-50 Springfield)
4. Michael Bond (D-31 Grayslake)
5. Bill Brady (R-44 Bloomington)
6. J Bradley Burzynski (R-35 Rochelle)
7. James Clayborne Jr. (D-57 Belleville)
8. Jacqueline Collins (D-16 Chicago)
9. Dan Cronin (R-21 Elmhurst)
10. M. Maggie Crotty (D-19 Oak Forest)
11. John Cullerton (D-6 Chicago)
12. Gary Dahl (R-38 Granville)
13. James DeLeo (D-10 Chicago)
14. William Delgado (D-2 Chicago)
15. Deanna Demuzio (D-49 Carlinville)
16. Kirk Dillard (R-24 Hinsdale)
17. Gary Forby (D-59 Benton)
18. Michael Frerichs (D-52 Gifford)
19. Susan Garrett (D-29 Lake Forest)
20. William Haine (D-56 Alton)
21. Don Harmon (D-39 Oak Park)
22. Rickey Hendon (D-5 Chicago)
23. Linda Holmes (D-42 Plainfield)
24. Randall Hultgren (R-48 Winfield)
25. Mattie Hunter (D-3 Chicago)
26. Toi Hutchinson (D-40 Olympia Fields)
27. Mike Jacobs (D-36 East Moline)
28. Emil Jones III (D-14 Chicago)
29. John O. Jones (R-54 Mt. Vernon)
30. David Koehler (D-46 Peoria)
31. Dan Kotowski (D-33 Park Ridge)
32. Chris Lauzen (R-25 Aurora)
33. Kimberly A. Lightford (D-4 Maywood)
34. Terry Link (D-30 Vernon Hills)
35. David Luechtefeld (R-58 Okawville)
36. Edward D. Maloney (D-18 Chicago)
37. Iris Y. Martinez (D-20 Chicago)
38. Kyle McCarter (R-51 Lebanon)
39. James T. Meeks (D-15 Calumet City)
40. John J. Millner (R-28 Carol Stream)
41. Antonio Munoz (D-1 Chicago)
42. Matt Murphy (R-27 Palatine)
43. Michael Noland (D-22 Elgin)
44. Carole Pankau (R-23 Itasca)
45. Christine Radogno (R-41 LaGrange)
46. Kwame Raoul (D-13 Chicgao)
47. Dale Righter (R-55 Charleston)
48. Dale Risinger (R-37 Peoria)
49. Dan Rutherford (R-53 Chenoa)
50. Martin Sandoval (D-12 Chicago)
51. Ira Silverstein (D-8 Chicago)
52. Heather Steans (D-7 Chicago)
53. John Sullivan (D-47 Rushville)
54. Dave Syverson (R-34 Rockford)
55. Donne Trotter (D-17 Chicago)
56. Louis Viverito (D-11 Burbank)
57. A.J.Wilhelmi (D-43 Joliet)
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