Bill Text: IL HB1351 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Home Inspector License Act. In provisions concerning exemptions to licensing requirements, provides that licensing requirements do not apply to any person holding a professional degree from a program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board or the Canadian Architectural Certification Board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1351 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1351-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1351 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 441/5-5
Amends the Home Inspector License Act. In provisions concerning exemptions to licensing requirements, provides that licensing requirements do not apply to any person holding a professional degree from a program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board or the Canadian Architectural Certification Board.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Home Inspector License Act is amended by
changing Section 5-5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 441/5-5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 5-5. Necessity of license; use of title; exemptions.
(a) It is unlawful for any person, including any entity,
to act or assume to act as a home inspector, to engage in the
business of home inspection, to develop a home inspection
report, to practice as a home inspector, or to advertise or
hold oneself out to be a home inspector without a home
inspector license issued under this Act. A person who violates
this subsection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the
first offense and a Class 4 felony for the second and any
subsequent offenses.
(b) It is unlawful for any person, other than a person who
holds a valid home inspector license issued pursuant to this
Act, to use the title "home inspector" or any other title,
designation, or abbreviation likely to create the impression
that the person is licensed as a home inspector pursuant to
this Act. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a

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Class A misdemeanor.
(c) The licensing requirements of this Article do not
apply to:
(1) any person who is employed as a code enforcement
official by the State of Illinois or any unit of local
government, while acting within the scope of that
government employment;
(2) any person licensed in this State by any other law
who is engaging in the profession or occupation for which
the person is licensed; or
(3) any person engaged by the owner or lessor of
residential real property for the purpose of preparing a
bid or estimate as to the work necessary or the costs
associated with performing home construction, home
remodeling, or home repair work on the residential real
property, provided such person does not advertise or hold
oneself out as engaged in business as a home inspector;
or .
(4) any person holding a professional degree from a
program accredited by the National Architectural
Accrediting Board or the Canadian Architectural
Certification Board.
(d) The licensing of home inspector entities required
under this Act does not apply to an entity whose ownership
structure is one licensed home inspector operating a sole
proprietorship, a single member limited liability company, or

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a single shareholder corporation, and that home inspector is
the only licensed home inspector performing inspections on the
entity's behalf. The licensed home inspector who is the sole
proprietor, sole shareholder, or single member of the company
or entity shall comply with all other provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)