Illinois · House Bill 3687 · 104th General Assembly

LANDLORD/TENANT-VARIOUS

HB 3687 Sponsored by Lilian Jiménez In committee

  1. Introduced Feb 7, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 18, 2025
  3. Passed the House Next
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Creates the Let the People Lift the Ban Act. Includes legislative findings and purpose. Defines terms. Excludes specified types of residences and occupancies from the Act. Includes provisions relating to rental agreements, tenant and landlord rights and obligations, tenant and landlord remedies, security deposits, retaliatory conduct, lockouts, and conflict with other provisions of law. Amends the Rent Control…

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Creates the Let the People Lift the Ban Act. Includes legislative findings and purpose. Defines terms. Excludes specified types of residences and occupancies from the Act. Includes provisions relating to rental agreements, tenant and landlord rights and obligations, tenant and landlord remedies, security deposits, retaliatory conduct, lockouts, and conflict with other provisions of law. Amends the Rent Control Preemption Act. Provides that a prohibition on a unit of local government enacting, maintaining, or enforcing an ordinance or resolution that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential or commercial property does not apply if the voters of the unit of local government have approved a referendum allowing rent control. Adds provisions about local rent control regulation, including regulation within a district, precinct, ward, or other similar subdivision of a unit of local government. Changes the home rule preemption of the Act to concurrent exercise of home rule powers by a unit rather than exclusive exercise by the State. Repeals the Retaliatory Eviction Act. Effective immediately.

Every action

15 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 7 earlier steps
  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Lilian Jiménez
  2. HouseFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
  7. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
  1. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
  2. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
  3. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
  7. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
  8. HouseRemoved Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 10 cosponsors: 10 Democrats.

All 10 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.