Illinois Senate · District 49
Meg Loughran Cappel
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Meg Loughran Cappel's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Meg Loughran Cappel.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Meg Loughran Cappel.
Bills
The bills Meg Loughran Cappel sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 43 |
| Passed both chambers | 10 |
| Became law | 10 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 14 of 59 in the Senate (tied with 4 others) · 14 of 40 Democrats (tied with 4 others)
A bill's sponsor is its chief sponsor in the chamber where it was filed; co-sponsors aren't counted. Resolutions aren't counted.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| SB 3321 LOC GOV-CREDIT CARD AGREEMENTS |
Became law | May 31, 2026 |
| SB 712 REGULATION-TECH |
Became law | May 21, 2026 |
| SB 3688 MENOPAUSE THERAPY & EDUCATION |
Became law | May 21, 2026 |
| SB 3597 LAW ENFORCEMENT-VARIOUS |
Became law | May 21, 2026 |
| SB 2914 SCH CD-REMOVE/DISMISS TEACHERS |
Became law | May 21, 2026 |
| SB 2773 PARAPROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR |
Became law | May 21, 2026 |
| SB 1947 SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSURE-MISC |
Became law | May 31, 2025 |
| SB 1555 SCH CD-SPEC ED ADVIS COUNCIL |
Became law | May 23, 2025 |
| SB 2002 ISP FUND CONSOLIDATION |
Became law | May 22, 2025 |
| SB 1231 SCH ED-SPECIAL ED FACILITIES |
Became law | May 22, 2025 |
Budget projects
Illinois's budget acts don't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Illinois legislators.
Contested votes where they split
9 against the Senate President; 9 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate President | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | SB 3019: FINANCE-AGRICULTURAL BORROWER Concurrence |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Oct. 30, 2025 | SB 1950: SANITARY FOOD PREPARATION Concurrence |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Oct. 30, 2025 | SB 1698: LAND TRANSFER-WILL COUNTY Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Oct. 29, 2025 | HB 1836: EAVESDROP-STATEWIDE GRAND JURY Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 31, 2025 | HB 2755: REVENUE-VARIOUS Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 30, 2025 | SB 1531: DISPOSABLE FOOD CONTAINER ACT Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 30, 2025 | SB 248: CRIM PRO-POST-CONVICT PETITION Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 10, 2025 | SB 19: PRB-ADMIN CHANGES Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 10, 2025 | SB 42: VEH CD-CANNABIS IN VEHICLE Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Meg Loughran Cappel voted on each of the 1,233 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate President | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- www.ilga.gov
- info@senatorloughrancappel.com
- Capitol office
- Room 623, Capitol Building, Springfield, IL 62706
217-782-0052 - District office
- 20660 Caton Farm Road Unit D, Crest Hill, IL 60403
815-267-6119
Committees
- Education Chair
- Agriculture
- Appropriations-Education
- Behavioral and Mental Health
- Labor
- State Government
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Illinois General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Illinois General Assembly's roll-call records, Jan. 8, 2025 to May 31, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections