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Bill	DHS-HOMELESS PREVENTION GRANT	Amends the Homelessness Prevention Act. Provides that assistance offered to households by grantees under the Act shall include payment of a mortgage arrearage in an amount established as necessary to defeat a foreclosure. Provides that program staff shall determine whether the household has remained in the residence in which they were residing at the time assistance was provided, and determine whether the living situation of the household is stable, after the end of each State fiscal year and as determined by the Department of Human Services (instead of 6 months after assistance was provided). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2653	Illinois HB 2653 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	57	2	2009-02-20	2009-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/14b93176-61dd-420c-8601-356c9da370fb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2653&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=45389&SessionID=76&GA=96	c7bb442df720b03e2b8c0b606ab4949b5ddc767a1af29dd604609b956a873280	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2653 (96th) — DHS-HOMELESS PREVENTION GRANT

Amends the Homelessness Prevention Act. Provides that assistance offered to households by grantees under the Act shall include payment of a mortgage arrearage in an amount established as necessary to defeat a foreclosure. Provides that program staff shall determine whether the household has remained in the residence in which they were residing at the time assistance was provided, and determine whether the living situation of the household is stable, after the end of each State fiscal year and as determined by the Department of Human Services (instead of 6 months after assistance was provided). Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 113–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
• Esther Golar — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar filing
• 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2009-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2009-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2009-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2009-03-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2009-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2009-05-14 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2009
• 2009-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0291 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14b93176-61dd-420c-8601-356c9da370fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).