---
type: "Bill"
title: "ASSISTD LIVING-LICENSE RENEWAL"
description: "Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may renew a license under the Act for a 2-year period if a licensee has not committed a Type 1 or Type 2 violation within the preceding 24 months and has not had an inspection, review, or evaluation that resulted in a finding of 10 or more Type 3 violations in the preceding 24 months. Provides that if a licensee whose license has been renewed for 2 years fails to meet any of those conditions, then, in addition to any other sanctions that the Department may impose, the Department shall revoke the 2-year license and replace it with a one-year license until the licensee again meets all of those conditions. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1611"
citation: "Illinois HB 1611 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28b9e8f1-29cf-4054-b07a-9bf20240b818"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1611&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30420&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "744b668677ae4adbbd140dc9caf46a3bcef87823e96deb728a994ea4802ea783"
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 1611 (95th) — ASSISTD LIVING-LICENSE RENEWAL

Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may renew a license under the Act for a 2-year period if a licensee has not committed a Type 1 or Type 2 violation within the preceding 24 months and has not had an inspection, review, or evaluation that resulted in a finding of 10 or more Type 3 violations in the preceding 24 months. Provides that if a licensee whose license has been renewed for 2 years fails to meet any of those conditions, then, in addition to any other sanctions that the Department may impose, the Department shall revoke the 2-year license and replace it with a one-year license until the licensee again meets all of those conditions. 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=09500HB1611&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30420&DocNum=1611&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1611eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30420&DocNum=1611&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1611enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30420&DocNum=1611&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Rutherford — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen A. Ryg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg `filing`
- **2007-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2007-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Aging Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2007-03-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2007-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Aging Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2007-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2007-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Health
- **2007-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2007
- **2007-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
- **2007-05-22** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2007-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2007-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2007-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2007-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
- **2007-06-08** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 15, 2007
- **2007-06-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 102-000-000
- **2007-06-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-07-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-09-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-10** Effective Date September 10, 2007
- **2007-09-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0590 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28b9e8f1-29cf-4054-b07a-9bf20240b818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).