---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOUSING AUTHORITY-PARTNERSHIP"
description: "Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Provides that a Housing Authority in any municipality having a population in excess of 1,000,000 shall be authorized to participate as a partner or member of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or other form of a business arrangement with a for-profit developer and shall have all powers deemed necessary and appropriate to engage in the rehabilitation and development or ownership, or both development and ownership, of low-income and mixed-income rental and for-sale housing as a partner or member of a partnership, limited liability company, or joint venture. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 5238"
citation: "Illinois HB 5238 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62a7174c-5451-4c04-a103-ec24867f7758"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5238&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=36485&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "aae6c47b80689ad343a625ed99981b9c0fc1530467437e0547bd5503ac06c570"
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 5238 (95th) — HOUSING AUTHORITY-PARTNERSHIP

Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Provides that a Housing Authority in any municipality having a population in excess of 1,000,000 shall be authorized to participate as a partner or member of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or other form of a business arrangement with a for-profit developer and shall have all powers deemed necessary and appropriate to engage in the rehabilitation and development or ownership, or both development and ownership, of low-income and mixed-income rental and for-sale housing as a partner or member of a partnership, limited liability company, or joint venture. 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=09500HB5238&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=36485&DocNum=5238&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB5238eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=36485&DocNum=5238&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB5238enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=36485&DocNum=5238&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **78–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karen A. Yarbrough — primary (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough `filing`
- **2008-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-25** Assigned to Housing and Urban Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Housing and Urban Development Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-03-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-03-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2008-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2008-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2008-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2008-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2008-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2008-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2008-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
- **2008-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
- **2008-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2008-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2008-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2008-04-17** Removed from Short Debate Status
- **2008-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2008-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-035-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2008-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2008 `reading-1`
- **2008-04-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2008-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2008-04-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-30** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2008-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2008-05-08** Assigned to Housing and Community Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2008; Substantive House Bills Out of Committee
- **2008-05-21** Do Pass Housing and Community Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 22, 2008
- **2008-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2008-05-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-23** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2008 `reading-3`
- **2008-05-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2008-05-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2008-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-22** Effective Date August 22, 2008
- **2008-08-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0887 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62a7174c-5451-4c04-a103-ec24867f7758`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).