Date	Chamber	Action
3/21/2025	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

55 ILCS 5/5-12024 new

55 ILCS 5/5-1005.10 rep.

65 ILCS 5/11-13-30 new

65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-5 rep.

310 ILCS 10/8.25 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not adopt, enforce, or implement an ordinance, resolution, policy, program, or other regulation affecting a tenancy that (1) imposes or threatens to impose a penalty against a resident, property owner, tenant, landlord, or other person solely as a consequence of contact with a law enforcement agency or other emergency service, (2) requires or promotes a property owner or landlord to do, or imposes a penalty on a property owner or landlord for the failure to do, specified things, (3) defines as a nuisance, any contact with a law enforcement agency or other emergency service by a tenant or any request by a tenant, landlord, resident, or property owner for emergency assistance, (4) requires a tenant to obtain a certificate of occupancy as a condition of tenancy or turning on utilities, or (5) establishes, maintains, or promotes a registry of tenants for the purposes of discouraging or excluding a tenant on the registry from rental housing within the county or municipality. Allows an aggrieved party to file an action in circuit court, including for injunctive relief, monetary relief, attorney's fees, and costs, against a county or municipality to enforce the provisions. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall be construed to allow an aggrieved party to file or sustain an action against a landlord, owner, management company, leasing agent, or real estate agent or any other person or entity other than the county or municipality. Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Adds similar provisions concerning housing authorities. Defines terms. Repeals existing provisions about ordinances penalizing tenants who contact police or other emergency services in the Illinois Municipal Code and Counties Code. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/6/2025	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
2/18/2025	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
2/18/2025	House	First Reading
2/18/2025	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/4/2025	House	Assigned to Housing Committee
3/21/2025	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/25/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

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