Ben DeSmidt

AB617 Election Integrity (passed 53 to 44 on 11/19/2025). Would change election law to include automatic absentee ballot text-message notifications, election-night reporting requirements, and the canvassing of electronic ballots at local polling places.

AB308 Prohibiting Healthcare Funds to Illegal Aliens (passed 51 to 44 on 9/11/2025). Would have prohibited public funding of healthcare services for any person who is not lawfully present in the United States.

AB43 Pharmaceutical Abortions (passed 87 to 10 on 5/13/2025). Would permit a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense “self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives.”

AB140 Increasing Property Taxes for AI "Data Centers" (passed 91 to 6 on 5/13/2025). Creates a “data center” exception to the 12% maximum property-value rule for certain Tax Incremental Districts (TIDs).

AB165 Ban on "Guaranteed Income" Programs (passed 53 to 42 on 4/22/2025). Would have banned political subdivisions from making “regular periodic cash payments that are unearned” to individuals under a “guaranteed income program.”

AB85 Denying Parole to Repeat Offenders (passed 53 to 43 on 3/13/2025). Would have required the Department of Corrections to recommend revoking a person's extended supervision, parole, or probation if the person is charged with a crime while on release.