First tenure in the Illinois House of Representatives (2011–2013)
Du Buclet represented the 26th District in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013.[1] She was appointed to her seat in May 2011 after former incumbent William D. Burns stepped down as District 26 representative to become Chicago's 4th Ward alderman. She did not run for a full term in the 2012 election.[2][3]
du Buclet worked on sentencing reform legislation that was later finalized in 2012 in the State Senate as Senate Bill 3349. The bill reduced the minimum lengths required for supervised release (parole) that are imposed for certain felonies.[4]
During her first stint in the State House,du Buclet's committee assignments included Health Care Availability Access,Small Business Empowerment &Workforce,Higher Education,Appropriations-Human Services,Health &Healthcare Disparities,and Tourism &Conventions.[1]
MWRD Board of Commissioners (2018–2023)
In 2018,du Buclet won a special election to finish the remaining two years of an unexpired term on the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.[5] The seat had been vacated by Cynthia Santos,and had been held by interim appointee David Walsh prior to Neely's assumption of office.[6] In 2020,du Buclet won the Democratic primary on March 17,2020 for reelection to a full-term on the board in an election to fill the three seats on the board with expiring terms.[7] She was reelected,winning the most votes of any candidate in the general election.[5] On January 5,2023,she was elected by the board of commissioners to serve as its vice president.[8] Her tenure ended after she was appointed on May 13,2023 to again serve in the Illinois House of Representatives.[9]
In 2023,while serving on the board Du Buclet was appointed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to its 24-member Local Government Advisory Committee.[9]
Second tenure in the Illinois House of Representatives (2023–present)
On May 13,2023,du Buclet was appointed to fill the 5th district seat in the Illinois House of Representatives that was vacated after her predecessor Lamont Robinson became a Chicago alderman.[10] Per Illinois law,since Robinson was elected as a Democrat her appointment was decided by the Democratic committeepeople representing areas overlapping with the district.[11]
du Buclet introduced legislation that aimed to hold corporations accountable for their emissions. She also introduced legislation to create a state holiday memorializing Emmett Till.[4]
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