Update 3/20/25, 6:04 PM: at a last-minute scheduled meeting of the Illinois House housing committee this afternoon, HB 1813 and HB 1814 were passed. The next steps are that they will likely be amended and in a few weeks will be voted on by the House.

Illinoisans who want housing abundance…it’s time to submit “witness slips” (they’re kind of like petitions and they’re seen by Illinois State Representatives and Senators. This whole process will take less than 5 minutes, including the time it takes to watch this video tutorial I made.

I summarized the bills on the Chicago Cityscape blog.

Tutorial

Here are the steps to create witness slips for pro-housing bills in the Illinois General Assembly

  1. Register for “My ILGA”, which expedites filling out witness slips.
  2. Open the list of bills on the Illinois House’s housing committee agenda.
  3. Select the “Create Witness Slips” buttons next to both of Rep. Buckner’s bills or select the links below:
    • HB 3288, affordable communities act
    • HB 3552, local accessory dwelling units act
  4. Fill out the witness slips! Because you pre-registered your contact information will already be filled in. If you’re representing yourself, enter “self” in the three fields (firm, title, and groups represented in this appearance). Then select the “create slip” button. (See annotated screenshot below.)
  5. Repeat the process for all of the witness slips you want to support (or oppose).

You’re done!

Screenshot showing the witness slip form (which is prefilled because I have a My ILGA account); the checkboxes are annotated to show which ones to select.