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Motion: Third Reading
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DState Representative · District 53
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: Illinois House District 53
Nicolle Grasse is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from District 53, appointed in June 2024, and she is seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1] An ordained United Church of Christ minister and hospice chaplain, she is a former Arlington Heights village trustee.[1][2]
Nicolle Grasse graduated from Rhinelander High School, attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and received a bachelor's degree from Elmhurst University and a graduate degree from Chicago Theological Seminary.[1] She began serving as a village trustee in Arlington Heights, Illinois, in 2021, and her career experience includes serving as an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and as a hospice chaplain.[1]
Grasse was appointed to the Illinois House on June 5, 2024, to replace Mark Walker (D).[1] For 2025-2026 Ballotpedia lists her on the Agriculture & Conservation, Appropriations-Health and Human Services, Health Care Availability & Accessibility, House Human Services, Public Health, and State Government Administration committees.[1] In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey, she listed her key campaign messages as making health care more accessible and affordable, making housing, health care, property taxes and the cost of living more affordable, and protecting democracy while including the disenfranchised in the political process.[2] She named health care and human services as the areas of public policy she is most passionate about.[2] Ballotpedia lists Elizabeth Bauer (R) as the other candidate on the general election ballot.[1]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Nicolle Grasse is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Illinois House District 53 as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned
Most contested
Allows townships to use public aid funds to run food banks, food pantries and in-kind aid programs for people who are poor, homeless or in immediate need, regardless of General Assistance eligibility.
May 29, 2026 · Passed 73–35 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Allows the State Treasurer to invest State money in pooled investment trusts registered as open-end investment companies whose voting trustees are officers or employees of a national labor federation.
May 22, 2026 · Passed 73–26 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
May 28, 2026 · Passed 89–20 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
As introduced, creates a PFAS Wastewater Citizen Protection Committee to deliver a PFAS Action Plan within a year, update it annually and report, with technical help from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. The Act is repealed December 31, 2044.
Apr 9, 2025 · Passed 75–40 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Requires health professionals and institutions to report specified sexual and violent misconduct to the state professional regulation department, requires law enforcement to report investigations, arrests and charges and prosecutors convictions of licensees, and creates a Sexual Assault Survivors Fund.
Apr 10, 2025 · Passed 87–26 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION
May 27, 2026 · Passed 106–5 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Requires health professionals and institutions to report specified sexual and violent misconduct to the state professional regulation department, requires law enforcement to report investigations, arrests and charges and prosecutors convictions of licensees, and creates a Sexual Assault Survivors Fund.
Apr 10, 2025 · Passed 87–26 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
May 27, 2026 · Passed 102–3 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Apr 15, 2026 · Passed 76–32 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Changes the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act to require non-exempt local governments to hold a public hearing before adopting affordable housing plans and to name specific lands and deadlines, and raises the exemption threshold from 10% to 25% affordable housing units.
Apr 15, 2026 · Passed 74–37 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Voted with most of their party on all 11 party-divided votes on file.
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
With most of their party · Passed 75–40 · Yes 74–No 39 · Democrats 74–0, Republicans 0–39
Apr 9, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 74–37 · Yes 72–No 36 · Democrats 72–0, Republicans 0–36
Apr 15, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 73–35 · Yes 71–No 34 · Democrats 71–0, Republicans 0–34
May 29, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 76–32 · Yes 74–No 31 · Democrats 69–0, Republicans 5–31
Apr 15, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 77–30 · Yes 75–No 29 · Democrats 69–1, Republicans 6–28
May 29, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 79–27 · Yes 77–No 26 · Democrats 71–0, Republicans 6–26
May 27, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 73–26 · Yes 71–No 25 · Democrats 63–0, Republicans 8–25
May 22, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 87–26 · Yes 85–No 26 · Democrats 74–0, Republicans 11–26
Apr 10, 2025Official record ↗
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
Motion: Third Reading
Motion: Concurrence
As introduced, creates a PFAS Wastewater Citizen Protection Committee to deliver a PFAS Action Plan within a year, update it annually and report, with technical help from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. The Act is repealed December 31, 2044.
Motion: Concurrence, Amendment 4
As introduced, creates a PFAS Wastewater Citizen Protection Committee to deliver a PFAS Action Plan within a year, update it annually and report, with technical help from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. The Act is repealed December 31, 2044.
Motion: Third Reading
Motion: Third Reading
Allows townships to use public aid funds to run food banks, food pantries and in-kind aid programs for people who are poor, homeless or in immediate need, regardless of General Assistance eligibility.
Motion: Third Reading
Motion: Third Reading
Motion: Concurrence, Amendment 2
Motion: Third Reading
As introduced, allows the Village of Oak Park to use quick-take eminent domain for two years to acquire specified properties on Madison Street and Humphrey Avenue in Cook County for a public building and facility.
Motion: Third Reading
Showing 10 of 16 votes in this collection. Coverage may be incomplete; each entry links to the official record.