Sen. Chris Balkema
Republican · Illinois District 53 · Senate · IL
Voting record
- Participation: shows up to vote 100% of the time.
- Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 100.0% of the time.
- Alignment with the district's political lean: 71.6%.
Recent votes by Sen. Chris Balkema
- Voted Yea on Blocks continuing education credit for prohibited services — IDFPR-CONTINUING EDUCATION
- Voted Yea on Raises death benefits for municipal retirees to $8,000 — Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases, except for persons who first retired prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act, the amount of the death benefit from $3,000 to $8,000. Makes conforming changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
- Voted Yea on Bans hidden fees in hotels, restaurants, retail — CONSUMER FRAUD-FEE DISCLOSURE
- Voted Yea on Requires insurers to cover biomarker testing transparently — INS CD-BIOMARKER TESTING
- Voted Yea on Lets courts order case management for substance users — SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICE
- Voted Yea on Medical examiners, coroners get free health coverage — Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that county medical examiners and coroners are first responders for the purposes of provisions requiring a county to provide health insurance coverage for its employees who are first responders without imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement.
- Voted Yea on Eliminates environmental lab certification committee — Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In provisions regarding environmental laboratory certification assessment, repeals provisions establishing the Environmental Laboratory Certification Committee and deletes references to the Committee.
- Voted Nay on Protects right to wear medical equipment publicly — PROTECTIVE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
- Voted Yea on Requires age verification for social media users — DIGITAL AGE ASSURANCE
- Voted Yea on Strengthens protections for sexual assault and crime victims — CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS
- Voted Yea on Adds Global Scholar Certification to student diplomas — Amends the School Code. Provides that if the provider of the micro-credential or digital badge determines and can demonstrate that a student meets all of the criteria required to earn State Global Scholar Certification, then the school district or nonpublic school shall designate that the student has earned State Global Scholar Certification on the student's diploma and transcript.
- Voted Yea on Requires consent before entering beekeeping properties — BEES/APIARIES-CONSENT
- Voted Yea on Requires mental health checkups for nursing home residents — NURSING HOME-MENTAL ILLNESS
- Voted Yea on Transfers day care criminal background checks to early childhood department — DEC-DAY CARE CRIMINAL CHECKS
- Voted Yea on Lets special districts dissolve with local government approval — DISSOLVE SPECIAL DISTRICTS ACT
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