William Haine

William Haine

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Illinois State Senate District 56

Successor: Rachelle Aud Crowe

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Education

Bachelor's

St. Louis University, 1967

Law

St. Louis University, 1974

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1967 - 1969

Personal

Religion

Christian: Catholic

Profession

Attorney

Contact

Personal Facebook

William R. Haine was a Democratic member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 56. He was first appointed to the chamber in 2002, and he served until January 2019 as he did not file to run for re-election.

Biography

Haine earned a bachelor's degree and a J.D. from Saint Louis University in 1967 and 1974, respectively.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Haine served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Haine served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Haine served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Haine served on these committees:^[1]

Campaign themes

2012

Haine's website highlighted the following campaign themes:^[2]

• Jobs & Economic Development

Excerpt: "Haine voted to extend the Illinois Enterprise Zone Program; a move widely supported by business groups. In the Metro East, eenterprise (sic) zones have helped spur major local investment and job creation..."

• Fiscal Responsibility

Excerpt: "Senator Haine has voted to cut his own pay four years in a row and continues to refuse taxpayer funded per diem and travel reimbursements."

• Public Safety

Excerpt: "Senator Haine has supported numerous anti-drug measures, including laws making it illegal for those on parole to purchase ingredients used to make methamphetamine and cracks down on parents who expose their children to meth production."

• Our Universities

Excerpt: "Senator Haine has always supported SIU-E. He passed legislation creating the National Corn to Ethanol Research Center, and helped solve an issue of overcrowding by securing $79 million for a state of the art science lab and $4.1 million for a dentistry lab. Senator Haine supports other area colleges as well. He fought for over $16 million in capital construction dollars for upgrades and expansion at Lewis & Clark CC."

Gaming license

On December 1, 2010, the Illinois Senate voted 31-20 in favor of a plan that allows for five additional casinos and electronic gaming at horse track facilities, increasing the number of licenses for casinos in the state to 15.

Under the plan, new casinos would operate in Chicago, southern Cook County, Danville, Rockford and Waukegan.

"Is it a huge expansion? Yes, I'm not going to deny it. But we have a huge deficit in the state of Illinois, we have got huge problems in the state of Illinois, so you don't look at little things to fix it, you look at big things to fix it," said the bill's sponsor, Sen. Terry Link, D-Waukegan.

Lawmakers like Haine would prefer another way to increase revenue.

"It's not the best thing we could do. It's not good, but it's the only thing available for new * Revenue Committee, Illinois State Senate," said Sen. William Haine, D-Alton.^[3]

Protests

In May 2011, Senator A.J. Wilhelmi sponsored House Bill 180, which would require protesters to move an extra 100 feet away from grieving families at funeral services.

Senators unanimously approved House Bill 180 to keep protesters at a distance of 300 feet away from the funeral site. Protesters are not permitted to engage in “disorderly conduct,” such as loud singing, playing music and chanting, 30 minutes before and after the funeral or memorial service.

“I think the 300 feet will...expand the zone slightly so that families who are grieving will be less disrupted and will have the ability to mourn the loss of their loved ones, without this bill failing in court,” said state Sen (dead link). A.J. Wilhelmi.

Wilhelmi added that the bill still protects freedom of speech.

Sen. William Haine, who co-sponsored the bill, said the legislation helps provide respect to military families.

“It is certainly within the interest of this state to establish peace and order at a funeral site,” said Haine.^[4]

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2016

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Illinois State Senate were held in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was November 30, 2015.^[5]

Incumbent William Haine ran unopposed in the Illinois State Senate District 56 general election.^[6][7]

Illinois State Senate, District 56 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	William Haine Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

Incumbent William Haine ran unopposed in the Illinois State Senate District 56 Democratic primary.^[8][9]

Illinois State Senate, District 56 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	William Haine Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2012

Haine won re-election in the 2012 election for Illinois State Senate District 56. Haine was unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2012, and defeated Mike Babcock (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[10][11][12]

Illinois State Senate, District 56, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	William Haine Incumbent	58.8%	55,614
	Republican	Mike Babcock	41.2%	38,968
Total Votes				94,582

2008

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Democrat William Haine won re-election to the Illinois State Senate District 56 receiving 82,672 votes.^[13]

Illinois State Senate, District 56 (2008)
Candidates		Votes
William Haine (D)		82,672

Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

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2018

In 2018, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 31.

• Illinois Environmental Council

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.

• Illinois Parents of Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills that "help or hinder Illinois citizens with developmental disabilities access more included lives in their homes and communities."'

• Technology and Manufacturing Association

Legislators are scored on their votes on manufacturing issues.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

Personal

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Haine and his wife, Anna, have seven children.

See also

• Illinois State Senate
• Senate Committees
• Illinois State Legislature
• Illinois state legislative districts

External links

Suggest a link

• Search Google News for this topic
• Biography, bills and committees at the Illinois General Assembly
• Profile from Open States

• Summary, biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Profile at Wikipedia
• Campaign Website
• Sen. Haine on State Surge
• Campaign Contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002

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