# Chicago City Council committees

Legislation introduced at City Council is referred to one of 22 committees and subcommittees, which hold hearings and recommend whether the full Council should pass it. Items that never get a committee vote stay "in committee". Backlog counts non-routine items introduced this term that are still waiting.

| Committee | Chair | Members | Waiting | Waiting over a year | Meetings held |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Aviation](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/aviation) | [Matthew J. O'Shea](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/19) | 20 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| [Budget and Government Operations](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/budget-and-government-operations) | [Jason C. Ervin](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/28) | 35 | 56 | 26 | 83 |
| [Committees and Rules](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/committees-and-rules) | [Michelle A. Harris](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/8) | 50 | 130 | 83 | 13 |
| [Contracting Oversight and Equity](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/contracting-oversight-and-equity) | [Emma Mitts](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/37) | 14 | 27 | 23 | 10 |
| [Economic, Capital and Technology Development](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/economic-capital-and-technology-development) | [Derrick G. Curtis](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/18) | 17 | 69 | 20 | 55 |
| [Education and Child Development](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/education-and-child-development) | [Jeanette B. Taylor](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/20) | 15 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| [Environmental Protection and Energy](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/environmental-protection-and-energy) | [Maria E. Hadden](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/49) | 15 | 23 | 17 | 17 |
| [Ethics and Government Oversight](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/ethics-and-government-oversight) | [Matthew J. Martin](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/47) | 13 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| [Finance](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/finance) | [Pat Dowell](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/3) | 35 | 76 | 35 | 83 |
| [Health and Human Relations](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/health-and-human-relations) | [Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/null) | 13 | 27 | 19 | 24 |
| [Housing and Real Estate](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/housing-and-real-estate) | [Byron Sigcho-Lopez](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/null) | 20 | 18 | 12 | 45 |
| [Immigrant and Refugee Rights](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/immigrant-and-refugee-rights) | [Andre Vasquez Jr.](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/40) | 14 | 15 | 12 | 18 |
| [License and Consumer Protection](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/license-and-consumer-protection) | [Debra L. Silverstein](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/50) | 18 | 95 | 35 | 35 |
| [Pedestrian and Traffic Safety](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/pedestrian-and-traffic-safety) | [Daniel La Spata](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/1) | 15 | 27 | 19 | 38 |
| [Police and Fire](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/police-and-fire) | [Chris Taliaferro](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/29) | 18 | 16 | 13 | 26 |
| [Public Safety](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/public-safety) | [Brian Hopkins](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/2) | 18 | 44 | 27 | 30 |
| [Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/special-events-cultural-affairs-and-recreation) | [Nicholas Sposato](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/38) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| [Transportation and Public Way](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/transportation-and-public-way) | [Gregory I. Mitchell](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/7) | 14 | 103 | 39 | 40 |
| [Workforce Development](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/workforce-development) | [Michael D. Rodriguez](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/22) | 15 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| [Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/zoning-landmarks-and-building-standards) | [Gilbert Villegas](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/36) | 20 | 112 | 46 | 42 |
| [Finance: Subcommittee on Revenue](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/finance-subcommittee-on-revenue) | [William E. Hall](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/6) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| [Workforce Development: Subcommittee on Youth Employment](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/workforce-development-subcommittee-on-youth-employment) | [Jessica L. Fuentes](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/26) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

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Source: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committees · Chicago Politics, an independent, nonpartisan tracker of the Chicago City Council. Guide for agents: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/llms.txt