republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-5018.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COOK CTY HOUSING TRUST FUND"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the Cook County Treasurer shall maintain a special fund known as the Cook County Housing Trust Fund for which the Housing Authority of Cook County shall be the sole beneficiary. Provides that the Fund may receive moneys from appropriations from the State for use by the Housing Authority of Cook County, as well as loan repayments, cash distributions from equity investments, and similar cash payments generated by a funded project that may be redeposited into the Fund and used for additional projects. Specifies the use of moneys in the Fund. Requires the Cook County Treasurer, in consultation with the Housing Authority of Cook County, to make accounting annually to the Cook County Board of Commissioners through the County Clerk of the use of moneys maintained in the Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 5018"
citation: "Illinois HB 5018 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Fine", "Marcus C. Evans, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f59e518-e477-4340-af8f-3531893ea52f"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5018&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=139496&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "c2b81f167094d7d437dd1896fcdbd7d4dc8a3848b445093e997aae4bdba2a2dd"
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 5018 (102nd) — COOK CTY HOUSING TRUST FUND

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the Cook County Treasurer shall maintain a special fund known as the Cook County Housing Trust Fund for which the Housing Authority of Cook County shall be the sole beneficiary. Provides that the Fund may receive moneys from appropriations from the State for use by the Housing Authority of Cook County, as well as loan repayments, cash distributions from equity investments, and similar cash payments generated by a funded project that may be redeposited into the Fund and used for additional projects. Specifies the use of moneys in the Fund. Requires the Cook County Treasurer, in consultation with the Housing Authority of Cook County, to make accounting annually to the Cook County Board of Commissioners through the County Clerk of the use of moneys maintained in the Fund.

## 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/10200HB5018.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5018eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5018enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–16** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **71–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ann Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
- Thaddeus Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. `filing`
- **2022-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to Housing Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
- **2022-02-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Housing Committee; 014-008-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-02-18** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2022-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
- **2022-03-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
- **2022-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-039-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
- **2022-03-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2022-03-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Do Pass Local Government; 005-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2022-03-23** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2022-03-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
- **2022-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 039-016-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-03-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2022-04-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-05-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0793 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f59e518-e477-4340-af8f-3531893ea52f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).