The Chamber

Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Karin; 2 Children: Elliot and Theodore
Birth date: 08/27/1977
Birthplace: Akron, OH
Home City: Evanston IL
Religion: Jewish

Education

PhD, Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002 BA, Mathematics, Harvard University, 1998

Profession

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Chicago, 2005-2008 L.E. Dickson Instructor of Mathematics, University of Chicago, 2002-2005

Committees

Appropriations for Elementary and Secondary Education
Appropriations for Higher Education
Bio-Technology
Consumer Protection
International Trade and Commerce
Personnel and Pensions
Small Business Empowerment and Workforce Development

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4083 Internet Dating Site Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 5531 Limits Tuition Waivers for State University Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Amendment No. 4 Requires Physicians to Provide Information About Side Effects of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4083 Internet Dating Site Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 5531 Limits Tuition Waivers for State University Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Amendment No. 4 Requires Physicians to Provide Information About Side Effects of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 5531 Limits Tuition Waivers for State University Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 3782 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Internet Login Information
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 4083 Internet Dating Site Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 5789 Establishes State Park Fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3944 Authorizing the Recording of Police
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 3810 Eliminates General Assembly Scholarships
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 3944 Authorizing the Recording of Police
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 3810 Eliminates General Assembly Scholarships
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 3944 Authorizing the Recording of Police
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 5099 Prohibits the Use of Cell Phones Near Emergency Scenes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1310 Authorizes Certain Businesses to Permit Smoking
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 400 Amends State Income Tax
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 397 Tax Code Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1883 Property Tax Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 965 Authorizing Speed Cameras in Certain Cities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2147 Paying Regional Superintendents
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 965 Authorizing Speed Cameras in Certain Cities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1701 Legal Immunity for Individuals Seeking Treatment for Drug Overdose
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1652 Smart Grid Technology
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 1490 Regulating Full-Contact Martial Arts Events
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1698 Workers Comp Reform
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1723 Amending The Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1698 Workers Comp Reform
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 744 Gambling and Gaming Bill
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 1652 Smart Grid Technology
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2185 Establishes the DREAM Fund Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1652 Smart Grid Technology
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 744 Gambling and Gaming Bill
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 145 Nursing Home Infection Control
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 2185 Establishes the DREAM Fund Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 145 Nursing Home Infection Control
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1091 Public-Private Transportation Partnership
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1600 Artificial Trans Fat Restriction Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 203 Limit on Sale of Firearms Within a Certain Time Period
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1600 Artificial Trans Fat Restriction Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3499 Firearm Waiting Period Exemptions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 161 Electronic Benefits Transfer Card Photograph Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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