Illinois Republicans have warned for years that their greatest weakness isn’t always Democrats – it’s the lack of courage within their own caucus. And few episodes illustrate that better than what happened on October 30, 2025, when freshman State Sen. Darby Hills, R-Barrington Hills, walked off the Senate floor and hid during the most consequential immigration vote of the year.
Multiple lawmakers, staffers, and lobbyists share the same story: as debate closed on House Bill 1312 – the Safety and Liberation Together (SALT) Act – Hills abruptly left the Senate chamber. Witnesses say she ducked into the bathroom. Others say she fled down the hallway. But the outcome is undeniable: when the vote was called, she was gone.
While every single Republican senator voted NO, Darby Hills alone was recorded as “NV” – No Vote. She was the only GOP legislator who failed to stand against the largest sanctuary expansion in Illinois history.
Hills returned to the Senate floor only after the clock had stopped and voting had officially ended. She missed the vote – yet reappeared just moments too late to be held publicly accountable.
That is how she earned the nickname now spreading around Springfield: “Hiding Hills.”
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Because she is not a Republican
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