---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED LIVING"
description: "Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Removes language requiring the Department of Human Services to adopt a State plan for the distribution of community-integrated living arrangements throughout the State and makes related changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5537"
citation: "Illinois HB 5537 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a486cc1-c3b0-4769-b167-99dca3e77af0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5537&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=111501&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "410248a3902dcd776e952eade1d0261fa734f10b464e78a7d6a9698b838b9fec"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 5537 (100th) — COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED LIVING

Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Removes language requiring the Department of Human Services to adopt a State plan for the distribution of community-integrated living arrangements throughout the State and makes related changes. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5537&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111501&DocNum=5537&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5537eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111501&DocNum=5537&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5537enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111501&DocNum=5537&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sheri Jesiel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sheri Jesiel `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 23, 2018 `reading-1`
- **2018-05-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
- **2018-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2018-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2018
- **2018-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2018
- **2018-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 048-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-13** Effective Date July 13, 2018
- **2018-07-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0602 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a486cc1-c3b0-4769-b167-99dca3e77af0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).