republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-5551.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED LIVING"
description: "Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that for community-integrated living arrangements licensed under the Act, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide the necessary fire inspection to comply with licensing requirements. Provides that the Office of the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement with another State agency to conduct this inspection if qualified personnel are employed by that agency. Removes language providing that code enforcement inspection of the facility by the local authority may occur if the local authority having jurisdiction enforces code requirements that are equal to those enforced by the State Fire Marshal. Provides that nothing in provisions concerning fire inspections shall limit a local authority with jurisdiction from conducting local code inspection and enforcement or (rather than shall prohibit a local fire authority) from conducting fire incident planning activities. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5551"
citation: "Illinois HB 5551 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a5e1a84-35d0-4e00-9275-5d79b2d05bb9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5551&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=111518&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "df0750da087cdd70e206666805d1b3ca9243fd0839726e6f0de09fdf0f9d86e4"
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 5551 (100th) — COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED LIVING

Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that for community-integrated living arrangements licensed under the Act, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide the necessary fire inspection to comply with licensing requirements. Provides that the Office of the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement with another State agency to conduct this inspection if qualified personnel are employed by that agency. Removes language providing that code enforcement inspection of the facility by the local authority may occur if the local authority having jurisdiction enforces code requirements that are equal to those enforced by the State Fire Marshal. Provides that nothing in provisions concerning fire inspections shall limit a local authority with jurisdiction from conducting local code inspection and enforcement or (rather than shall prohibit a local fire authority) from conducting fire incident planning activities. 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=10000HB5551&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111518&DocNum=5551&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5551eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111518&DocNum=5551&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5551enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111518&DocNum=5551&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-25** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-26** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2018-04-26** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2018-04-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2018-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-01** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 2, 2018 `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2018-05-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2018-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2018
- **2018-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2018
- **2018-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-22** Effective Date June 22, 2018
- **2018-06-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0593 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a5e1a84-35d0-4e00-9275-5d79b2d05bb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).