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


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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0840 [HB4926 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4926-Chaptered.html

Public Act 103-0840
HB4926 EnrolledLRB103 37133 JRC 67252 b
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:
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