Norma Hernandez

Norma Hernandez has served the 77th District since January 2023.¹ A full-time legislator, she serves on the Triton College board and holds a bachelor's in social work and a master's in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.¹ Before her election, she was an urban planner at the Great Cities Institute at UIC; her campaign says she helped lead participatory budgeting research.²

She passed a bill regarding property taxes for new residential properties.³ She also passed legislation concerning developmental disability service rate sheets and higher education mental health action.¹ She proposed a bill to tax digital ad profits over $150 million.⁴ Other proposed bills relate to an AI task force and Medicaid nutritional therapy.¹