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Senator Heather A. Steans (D) - Previous General Assembly (98th)
7th District

Photograph of Senator Heather A. Steans (D)

Springfield Office:

Senator 7th District

M120 Capitol Building

Springfield, IL 62706

(217) 782-8492

(217) 782-2115 FAX

District Office:

5533 North Broadway

Chicago, IL 60640

(773) 769-1717

(773) 769-6901 FAX

Years served: Appointed February 2008 - Present

Committee assignments: Appropriations I (Chair); Executive; Environment (Vice-Chair); Appropriations II; Public Health; Committee of the Whole; Subcommittee on Civil Rights (Sub-Chair); Sub on Mental Health Issues; Advisory Committee on Healthcare.

Biography: Born May 8, 1963, in Lake Forest; B.A. in urban studies from Princeton; M.A. in public policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government; former budget director, Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations and former strategic planner, Chicago Public Schools; married (husband, Leo Smith) with three children.

Associated Representative(s):	Greg Harris
	Kelly M. Cassidy

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