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lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 9, 2019<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2019-Jan-09</span>)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sam_McCann" title="Sam McCann">Sam McCann</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1984-03-08</span>) </span>March 8, 1984<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 40)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State University</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A</a>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Springfield" title="University of Illinois Springfield">University of Illinois</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_University_School_of_Law" title="Valparaiso University School of Law">Valparaiso University</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Juris_doctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Juris doctor">J.D.</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Attorney</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://senatormcclure.com">https://senatormcclure.com</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Steve McClure</b> (born March 8, 1984) is an American <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> politician who is currently a member of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a>. He represents the 54th district and serves as the Floor Leader and as an Assistant Leader for the Senate Republican Caucus.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 54th district, located in <a href="/wiki/Central_Illinois" title="Central Illinois">Central Illinois</a>, includes all or parts of <a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Illinois" title="Christian County, Illinois">Christian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Illinois" title="Cumberland County, Illinois">Cumberland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Effingham_County,_Illinois" title="Effingham County, Illinois">Effingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Illinois" title="Macon County, Illinois">Macon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macoupin_County,_Illinois" title="Macoupin County, Illinois">Macoupin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Illinois" title="Menard County, Illinois">Menard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Illinois" title="Montgomery County, Illinois">Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moultrie_County,_Illinois" title="Moultrie County, Illinois">Moultrie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Illinois" title="Shelby County, Illinois">Shelby</a> counties.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before his election to the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois State Senate">Illinois State Senate</a>, McClure was a prosecutor for nearly six years in the <a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon County</a> State's Attorney's Office in <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield, Illinois</a>, where he was chief of the Juvenile Division, and later served in the Felony Division.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_McClure_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McClure was born on March 8, 1984, in <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield, Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Steve McClure Sr., was Director of Commerce for the state of Illinois under Governor <a href="/wiki/James_R._Thompson" class="mw-redirect" title="James R. Thompson">James R. Thompson</a> and his mother, Tammy McClure, was the Director of Personnel for Governor <a href="/wiki/Jim_Edgar" title="Jim Edgar">Jim Edgar</a> when he was <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Secretary_of_State" title="Illinois Secretary of State">Illinois Secretary of State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has an older sister, Katie, and a younger brother, Matt.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McClure went to <a href="/wiki/Springfield_High_School_(Illinois)" title="Springfield High School (Illinois)">Springfield High School</a> where he was co-captain of the wrestling team, and had a record of 26-4 as a senior.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State University</a> with degrees in political science and history, and was vice chair of the <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> <a href="/wiki/College_Republicans" title="College Republicans">College Republicans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After college, McClure worked on the Illinois Senate Republican appropriations staff.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While working for the Senate Republicans, he earned a master's degree in political studies from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Springfield" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Springfield">University of Illinois at Springfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to attend <a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_University_School_of_Law" title="Valparaiso University School of Law">Valparaiso University School of Law</a> where he graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> and served as president of the Valparaiso Law School Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After law school, McClure served as a prosecutor for nearly six years in the Sangamon County State's Attorney's Office in Springfield, Illinois where he was chief of the Juvenile Division, and later served in the Felony Division.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_McClure_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018">2018</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_McClure_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon County</a> Republicans endorsed McClure for <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a> in the 50th district for the 2018 Republican primary, instead of incumbent state Senator <a href="/wiki/Sam_McCann" title="Sam McCann">Sam McCann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was a change from the previous Republican primary, when the <a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon County</a> Republicans supported <a href="/wiki/Sam_McCann" title="Sam McCann">Sam McCann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In that 2016 election, McCann won a primary by just over five points despite being opposed by sitting Republican Governor <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Rauner" title="Bruce Rauner">Bruce Rauner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 50th district, located in <a href="/wiki/Central_Illinois" title="Central Illinois">Central Illinois</a>, included all of <a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Illinois" title="Calhoun County, Illinois">Calhoun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Illinois" title="Greene County, Illinois">Greene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Illinois" title="Morgan County, Illinois">Morgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Illinois" title="Pike County, Illinois">Pike</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Illinois" title="Scott County, Illinois">Scott</a> counties as well as portions of <a href="/wiki/Macoupin_County,_Illinois" title="Macoupin County, Illinois">Macoupin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Illinois" title="Madison County, Illinois">Madison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jersey_County,_Illinois" title="Jersey County, Illinois">Jersey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon</a> counties.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017, McClure resigned his position as an assistant state's attorney and officially launched his campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2017, Senator McCann announced that he would not seek reelection as a Republican.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McClure then won the Republican nomination without opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2018, <a href="/wiki/Sam_McCann" title="Sam McCann">Sam McCann</a> announced his candidacy for governor as a third-party candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McClure was elected to the state senate without opposition in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2021, <a href="/wiki/Sam_McCann" title="Sam McCann">Sam McCann</a> was indicted by a federal grand jury for charges related to his alleged misuse of campaign money for personal expenses.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022">2022</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_McClure_(politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2021, McClure announced his candidacy for reelection in the newly drawn 54th Legislative District, which was mostly new territory for him.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 54th district contains all or parts of <a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Illinois" title="Christian County, Illinois">Christian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Illinois" title="Cumberland County, Illinois">Cumberland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Effingham_County,_Illinois" title="Effingham County, Illinois">Effingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Illinois" title="Macon County, Illinois">Macon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macoupin_County,_Illinois" title="Macoupin County, Illinois">Macoupin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Illinois" title="Menard County, Illinois">Menard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Illinois" title="Montgomery County, Illinois">Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Illinois" title="Shelby County, Illinois">Shelby</a> counties.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McClure was challenged in the Republican primary by Donald Debolt, who spent $200,000 of his own money on the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, Debolt was endorsed by state Senator <a href="/wiki/Darren_Bailey" title="Darren Bailey">Darren Bailey</a>, who became the Republican nominee for governor that year.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McClure defeated Debolt by nearly 20 points.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McClure was unopposed in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Illinois_Senate">Illinois Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_McClure_(politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Illinois Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="101st_General_Assembly">101st General Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_McClure_(politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 101st General Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McClure was sworn into the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a> on January 9, 2019, to represent the 50th district.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first bill that became law was legislation that allowed for special license plates to raise awareness and funds for pediatric cancer research.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill was filed in honor of Jonny Wade, a resident of Jerseyville, who passed away from cancer at the age of 8.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, McClure and state Representative <a href="/wiki/Avery_Bourne" title="Avery Bourne">Avery Bourne</a> passed legislation that made it illegal to post unauthorized private compromising images of another person online and created a court process to allow for a victim to have the images taken down with an emergency order and to recover damages.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Committee Assignments</dt></dl> <p>Committee of the Whole; Agriculture; Criminal Law; Energy and Public Utilities; Higher Education (Minority Spokesperson); Local Government; Public Health; State Government; Supplier Diversity, Special Com. On; Pension Investments Special Com. On; Sub. on Utility Rate Regulations; Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance; Subcommittee on Prisons; Public Safety Spec. Committee On.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="102nd_General_Assembly">102nd General Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_McClure_(politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 102nd General Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2021, McClure became a member of Senate Republican leadership when he was appointed Assistant Republican Leader and Assistant Floor Leader for the Senate Republican Caucus.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 2021, McClure introduced and passed legislation to address the <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> public school teacher shortage and COVID-19 student learning gap.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also passed legislation with state Representative <a href="/wiki/C.D._Davidsmeyer" class="mw-redirect" title="C.D. Davidsmeyer">C.D. Davidsmeyer</a> to make it easier for veterans to get seasonal work at the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Department_of_Transportation" title="Illinois Department of Transportation">Illinois Department of Transportation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, McClure and Davidsmeyer passed legislation to help schools hire bus drivers.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>DCFS legislation</dt></dl> <p>In January 2022, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Department_of_Children_and_Family_Services" title="Illinois Department of Children and Family Services">Illinois Department of Children and Family Services</a> investigator Deidre Silas was stabbed to death while she was visiting a home in rural <a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon County</a> to check on the safety of children.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of her murder, DCFS investigators were not allowed to carry any defensive tools with them, including pepper spray.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, DCFS investigator Pamela Knight was murdered by a man who pushed her to the ground and kicked her in the head while she was attempting to take a child into protective custody.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to these murders, McClure filed legislation to allow DCFS frontline workers to carry pepper spray and establish a new self-defense training course that would include instruction on the proper use of pepper spray in emergency situations.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill was signed into law by Governor <a href="/wiki/J._B._Pritzker" title="J. B. Pritzker">J. B. Pritzker</a> on May 27, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Senator McClure took part in the course in the spring of 2023, which also included getting sprayed with pepper spray.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Prisoner Review Board</dt></dl> <p>During Governor <a href="/wiki/J._B._Pritzker" title="J. B. Pritzker">J. B. Pritzker</a>'s first years in office, the <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> Prisoner Review Board, a 15-person body appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the State Senate, began voting to release very controversial inmates on parole.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, nine members of the Prisoner Review Board were never voted on or confirmed by the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois Constitution">Illinois Constitution</a> required these nine appointments to be confirmed by the Senate after 60 session days.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Governor Pritzker was allowing them to serve for up to 59 days, withdrawing their appointments, and then reappointing them days later, which reset the clock and circumvented the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Senate, made up of a super majority of members of Governor Pritzker's party, chose not to call any of the appointments to be confirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of the controversial inmates that the Prisoner Review Board voted to release during this period include the Starved Rock Killer,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> child murderer and rapist Ray Larson (originally sentenced to 100–300 years in prison), double murderer and rapist Paul Bryant (originally sentenced to 500 to 1,500 years in prison), and Johnny Veal who murdered two police officers (originally sentenced to 100 to 199 years in prison).<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> Prisoner Review Board began making these controversial releases of prisoners, McClure, along with Senators <a href="/wiki/Jason_Plummer_(politician)" title="Jason Plummer (politician)">Jason Plummer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terri_Bryant" title="Terri Bryant">Terri Bryant</a>, led the efforts to have unconfirmed members of the board receive a vote in the State Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McClure, Plummer, and Bryant, who were the only Republicans on the Senate Executive Appointments Committee tasked with vetting all gubernatorial appointments, held a press conference in May 2021 to demand that Governor Pritzker's Prisoner Review Board appointments face a vote in that committee.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of Governor Pritzker's more recent appointments to the Board at the time of the press conference was Max Cerda, a community activist who was also a convicted double murderer.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite numerous attempts to force the Prisoner Review Board appointments to receive a vote in the Senate, the Democratic majority refused to call the appointments for a vote.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The controversy came to a head when McClure had the chance to question the chair of the Prisoner Review Board in an unrelated appropriations committee hearing in March 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McClure asked several times if the convicted double murderer (Max Cerda) serving unconfirmed on the Prisoner Review Board had been voting to release people that he served time with in the Department of Corrections, among other questions.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The day after McClure's questions in committee, Governor Pritzker removed Max Cerda from the Prisoner Review Board.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the two weeks that followed, other unconfirmed members of the Prisoner Review Board were finally called before the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a contentious Senate Executive Appointments Committee hearing in which several Prisoner Review Board appointments faced scrutiny for the first time, one member of the Board resigned, two members were confirmed, and two others were rejected by the full Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Prisoner Review Board member Eleanor Wilson, the final Prisoner Review Board member to be rejected by the Senate, was voted on, she only received 15 confirmation votes out of 59 senators.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During McClure's floor speech advocating for Wilson to be rejected, he stated that, "We need to protect the public. And we need to stick up for victims and their families, no matter where they are in this state.”<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Senate did confirm two new members of the Board in the final hours of session so that the Board would have a quorum.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Prisoner Review Board Controversy Aftermath</dt> <dd>According to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a>, since the controversy, the board has "tightened up on approving parole."<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon analyzing the board's votes, the Tribune reported that for extremely serious crimes that involved lengthy prison sentences, the board went from granting release for more than 40% of the cases in 2021, to granting release for less than 15% of the cases.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "People often ask what Republicans do in the Capitol when you don't have many numbers," McClure is quoted as saying in the Tribune story, "[but] this is probably our biggest accomplishment as Republicans was turning around the PRB."<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Committee Assignments</dt></dl> <p>Criminal Law (Minority Spokesperson); Agriculture; Energy and Public Utilities; Executive Appointments; Local Government; Transportation; App- Criminal Justice (Sub-Minority Spokesperson); App-Health; Redistricting; Redistricting- Chicago South; Redistricting- Southwestern IL; Redistricting- West Central IL (Sub-Minority Spokesperson); Criminal Law- Juvenile Court; Problem- Solving Courts.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="103rd_General_Assembly">103rd General Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_McClure_(politician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 103rd General Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McClure began representing the 54th district in the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a> in January 2023, and continued serving in leadership as Assistant Leader.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, Senator McClure was appointed Floor Leader for the Senate Republican Caucus.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the spring 2023 session, McClure filed and passed Senate Bill 188 to restore parental rights for special needs parents so that they can access medical records for their children without having to go to court.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill was sponsored by Rep. <a href="/wiki/C.D._Davidsmeyer" class="mw-redirect" title="C.D. Davidsmeyer">C.D. Davidsmeyer</a> in the House and was signed into law in August 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Senator McClure also passed HB 2077 which requires dental offices to notify their patients in advance of a closure and ensures that if a dental facility closes, patients can still access their records.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill passed both chambers unanimously and was signed into law in August 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Committee Assignments</dt></dl> <p>Approp- Health and Human; Behavioral and Mental Health; Environment and Conservation; Executive Appointments; Licensed Activities (Minority Spokesperson); S. C. on Crim Law & Public Safety; Sub Com. Special Issues.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_McClure_(politician)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2018 Illinois State Senate District 50 General Election<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Republican_Party" title="Illinois Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Steve McClure </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>72,429 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>72,429 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption>2022 Illinois State Senate District 54 Republican Primary Election<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col">Votes </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;">Steve McClure </td> <td style="text-align: right;font-weight:bold;">18,041 </td> <td style="text-align: right;font-weight:bold;">59.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Donald Debolt </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,095 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">40.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>30,136 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2022 Illinois State Senate District 54 General Election<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Republican_Party" title="Illinois Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Steve McClure </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>76,814 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>76,814 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_McClure_(politician)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards and 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