---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOUSING SUPPORT-INCOME LEVELS"
description: "Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. In a provision requiring the Illinois Housing Development Authority to adopt rules concerning grants awarded to local administering agencies to fund rent subsidies for low-income families, provides that the rules must limit eligibility for tenancy in the subsidized rental units to households with gross income that is at or below 40% (rather than 30%) of the family median income for the area in which the grant will be made. In a provision concerning rules on grants awarded to entities for the development of affordable rental housing, provides that the rules must require 50% of the units that are supported by any grant to be set aside for households whose income is at or below 25% (rather than 15%) of the median family income for the area in which the grant will be made."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 648"
citation: "Illinois HB 648 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denyse Wang Stoneback", "Mike Simmons"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ddaab12-70d7-43f1-a3a9-0b3f4780a09a"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=648&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129136&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "68f2bd662d2a94385339fa55092ed180b36ddd33ba242bfeaa733dfd2c5a9e14"
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 648 (102nd) — HOUSING SUPPORT-INCOME LEVELS

Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. In a provision requiring the Illinois Housing Development Authority to adopt rules concerning grants awarded to local administering agencies to fund rent subsidies for low-income families, provides that the rules must limit eligibility for tenancy in the subsidized rental units to households with gross income that is at or below 40% (rather than 30%) of the family median income for the area in which the grant will be made. In a provision concerning rules on grants awarded to entities for the development of affordable rental housing, provides that the rules must require 50% of the units that are supported by any grant to be set aside for households whose income is at or below 25% (rather than 15%) of the median family income for the area in which the grant will be made.

## 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/10200HB0648.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0648eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0648ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0648enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Denyse Wang Stoneback — primary (person)
- Mike Simmons — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Delia C. Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel Chris Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback `filing`
- **2021-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Housing Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2021-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
- **2021-03-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Housing Committee
- **2021-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Housing Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Housing Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2021-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2021-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2021-05-06** Do Pass Revenue; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2021
- **2021-05-06** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2021-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2021-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2021-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2021-05-31** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-06** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0270 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ddaab12-70d7-43f1-a3a9-0b3f4780a09a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).