Bill Text: IL HB4926 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Prohibits a landlord from charging a prospective tenant an application screening fee if the prospective tenant provides a reusable tenant screening report that meets the following criteria: (i) the report was prepared within the previous 30 days by a consumer credit reporting agency at the request and expense of a prospective tenant; (ii) the report is made directly available to a landlord for use in the rental application process or is provided through a third-party website that regularly engages in the business of providing a reusable tenant screening report and complies with all state and federal laws pertaining to use and disclosure of information contained in a consumer report by a consumer credit reporting agency; and (iii) the report is available to the landlord at no cost to access or use.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Referred to Assignments [HB4926 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4926-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by
adding Section 25 as follows:
(765 ILCS 705/25 new)
Sec. 25. Reusable tenant screening report.
(a) Definitions. In this Section:
"Application screening fee" means a request by a landlord
for a fee to cover the costs of obtaining information about a
prospective tenant.
"Consumer report" has the same meaning as defined in
Section 1681a of Title 15 of the United States Code.
"Consumer credit reporting agency" means a person which,
for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis,
regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of
assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other
information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing
consumer reports to third parties and that uses any means or
facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing
or furnishing consumer reports.
"Reusable tenant screening report" means a report that
prominently states the date through which the information

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contained in the report is current and includes all of the
following information regarding a prospective tenant:
(A) the name of the prospective tenant;
(B) the contact information for the prospective
tenant;
(C) a verification of employment of the
prospective tenant;
(D) the last known address of the prospective
tenant; and
(E) the results of an eviction history check of
the prospective tenant in a manner and for a period of
time consistent with applicable law related to the
consideration of eviction history in housing.
(b) Providing a reusable tenant screening report.
(1) If a prospective tenant provides a reusable tenant
screening report that meets the following criteria, the
landlord may not charge the prospective tenant a fee to
access the report or an application screening fee. Those
criteria include the following:
(A) the report was prepared within the previous 30
days by a consumer credit reporting agency at the
request and expense of a prospective tenant;
(B) the report is made directly available to a
landlord for use in the rental application process or
is provided through a third-party website that
regularly engages in the business of providing a

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