Rep. Michael J. Kelly
Filed: 3/5/2025
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2953

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2953 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Capital Development Board Act is amended 
5by adding Section 10.20 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3105/10.20 new)
7    Sec. 10.20. Database of non-sprinklered residential 
8high-rise buildings.
9    (a) Each municipality and county shall provide to the 
10Board a list of each residential high-rise building located in 
11the jurisdiction of the respective municipality or county 
12that: 
13        (1) was not subject to a requirement to include a 
14    sprinkler system at the time the building was constructed; 
15        (2) does not have a sprinkler system or has only a 
16    partial sprinkler system that does not cover all areas of 
 
 
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1    the building including living units; or 
2        (3) has not been retrofitted with a sprinkler system 
3    that covers all areas of the building including living 
4    units. 
5    (b) Each municipality or county shall provide the 
6information required under subsection (a) no later than June 
730, 2027 and by June 30 every 5 years thereafter. 
8    (c) The Board shall create an electronic database 
9containing the information provided under subsection (a) and 
10shall make that database publicly available, including, but 
11not limited to, by a link on the Board's website. The database 
12shall include, at a minimum, the following information for 
13each residential high-rise building: the property 
14identification number; the number of floors; the street 
15address; and the building height. 
16    (d) As used in this Section:
17    "Fire sprinkler system" shall have the meaning given to 
18that term in Section 10 of the Fire Sprinkler Contractor 
19Licensing Act. 
20    "Residential high-rise building" means any residential 
21building used for human occupancy that is 75 feet or more above 
22the lowest level of fire department vehicle access or is 7 or 
23more stories in height.".