HB5513 Summary

• Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act by adding Section 32 to address identity theft related to building permits.

• Makes it illegal for a person to knowingly provide a fire sprinkler contractor's license number on a building permit application when they do not intend to have that contractor perform the fire sprinkler work.

• Classifies the offense as identity theft under paragraph (8) of Section 16G-15 of the Criminal Code of 1961, making it a Class 4 felony.

• Provides an affirmative defense if the building permit applicant promptly informs the local government of any change in the fire sprinkler contractor.

• Takes effect upon becoming law.