Illinois Smoke Alarm Law

All Illinois homes are required to have smoke alarms with a self-contained, non-removable, long term (10-year lithium) battery, effective Jan. 1st, 2023.

  • Any existing non-hardwired, battery-powered smoke alarm must be replaced with a 10-year sealed battery smoke alarm if any of the following is true:

    • The unit is 10 years older than the date of manufacture (or if there is no manufactured date on the device)

    • The unit is no longer operation or fails to respond to operability testing

    • A new device is being installed

  • Illinois General Assembly, Public Act 100-0200, (passed in 2017)

    • Refer to (e) for exceptions, (IFSA simplifies these in the link below)

    • Refer to 425 ILCS 60/4 (c) for violation information, (bottom of Public Act)

Code Officials, time to notify and educate your local residents and update staff, (rental housing program)!

Additional Resources:

Northwest BOCA