---
type: "Bill"
title: "AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIV/AIDS"
description: "Amends the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act. Provides that the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund shall provide resources for creating and maintaining at least one Black-led Center of Excellence HIV Biomedical Resource Hub for every $3,000,000 of available funding to improve Black health and eliminate Black HIV-related health disparities. Provides that a Center of Excellence may be developed on a stand-alone or a collaborative basis and may provide regional comprehensive HIV preventative care and essential support services. Removes language requiring the Fund to provide resources for creating and maintaining at least 17 one-stop shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. Provides that the provisions regarding the Fund are repealed on July 1, 2050 (rather than July 1, 2026) and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 5549"
citation: "Illinois HB 5549 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly A. Lightford", "Lamont J. Robinson, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38372d14-d926-46d3-a6d3-301c5b74dac9"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5549&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=140076&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "c1333dbbe450ac87fd1c085df7c7030cb8f0c6cf24ec6f0ac7bfa1fc9c858e77"
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 5549 (102nd) — AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIV/AIDS

Amends the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act. Provides that the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund shall provide resources for creating and maintaining at least one Black-led Center of Excellence HIV Biomedical Resource Hub for every $3,000,000 of available funding to improve Black health and eliminate Black HIV-related health disparities. Provides that a Center of Excellence may be developed on a stand-alone or a collaborative basis and may provide regional comprehensive HIV preventative care and essential support services. Removes language requiring the Fund to provide resources for creating and maintaining at least 17 one-stop shopping HIV/AIDS facilities across the State. Provides that the provisions regarding the Fund are repealed on July 1, 2050 (rather than July 1, 2026) and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5549.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5549eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5549ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5549enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. `filing`
- **2022-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2022-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Removed from Consent Calendar Status Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2022-03-01** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2022-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2022-03-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- **2022-03-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2022-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2022-03-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Healthcare Access and Availability `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Do Pass Healthcare Access and Availability; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-10** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-06-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1052 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38372d14-d926-46d3-a6d3-301c5b74dac9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).