Bill Text: IL HB4883 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

Illinois House Bill 4883 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a lessor may not require a security deposit in an amount greater than one month of the lessee's rent.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4883 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4883-Introduced.html

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4883

Introduced , by Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 705/20 new

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a lessor may not require a security deposit in an amount greater than one month of the lessee's rent.

LRB101 19745 LNS 69255 b

A BILL FOR

HB4883

LRB101 19745 LNS 69255 b

1 AN ACT concerning civil law.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by adding

5 Section 20 as follows:

6 (765 ILCS 705/20 new)

7 Sec. 20. Security deposit limitation. A lessor may not

8 require a security deposit in an amount greater than one month