---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOUSNG AUTHORITY-TENANT INCOME"
description: "Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Provides for additional items of a tenant's income to be excluded for the purpose of determining rent, including income received from participation in an economic self-sufficiency or other job training program or income earned after receiving TANF assistance for 6 months. Provides for a 12-month exclusion of all of an increase in income, followed by a 12-month exclusion of 50% of the increase, within a maximum period of 48 months. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1529"
citation: "Illinois HB 1529 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aa3b3fc-abee-4e43-a541-0bf3e85b7e9d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1529&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2301&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "c3b55c12ca86fddd17eba129472d28f543b8eae9b4e076072e9d1f54c996660c"
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 1529 (93rd) — HOUSNG AUTHORITY-TENANT INCOME

Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Provides for additional items of a tenant's income to be excluded for the purpose of determining rent, including income received from participation in an economic self-sufficiency or other job training program or income earned after receiving TANF assistance for 6 months. Provides for a 12-month exclusion of all of an increase in income, followed by a 12-month exclusion of 50% of the increase, within a maximum period of 48 months. 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=09300HB1529&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2301&DocNum=1529&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1529eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2301&DocNum=1529&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1529enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2301&DocNum=1529&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovana Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lovana Jones `filing`
- **2003-02-06** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2003-02-06** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- **2003-02-06** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2003-02-06** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2003-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-11** Assigned to Housing and Urban Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
- **2003-02-26** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2003-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Housing and Urban Development Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Housing and Urban Development Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-05** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Housing and Urban Development Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles G. Morrow, III
- **2003-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
- **2003-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
- **2003-05-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2003
- **2003-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0242 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aa3b3fc-abee-4e43-a541-0bf3e85b7e9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).