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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5184

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Lilian Jiménez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 705/5

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that in any eviction
proceeding in which the trier of fact determines that the tenant has
complied with the terms of the last written and signed lease as to the
amount and timeliness of rent payments, the proceedings shall be sealed.
LRB104 18400 JRC 31842 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning civil law.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by
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changing Section 5 as follows:

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(765 ILCS 705/5)
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Sec. 5.
Class X felony by lessee or occupant.
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(a) If, after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
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1995, any lessee or occupant is charged during his or her lease
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or contract term with having committed an offense on the
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premises constituting a Class X felony under the laws of this
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State, upon a judicial finding of probable cause at a
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preliminary hearing or indictment by a grand jury, the lease
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or contract for letting the premises shall, at the option of
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the lessor or the lessor's assignee, become void, and the
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owner or the owner's assignee may notify the lessee or
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occupant by posting a written notice at the premises requiring
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the lessee or occupant to vacate the leased premises on or
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before a date 5 days after the giving of the notice. The notice
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shall state the basis for its issuance on forms provided by the
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circuit court clerk of the county in which the real property is
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located. The owner or owner's assignee may have the same
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remedy to recover possession of the premises as against a

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tenant holding over after the expiration of his or her term.
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The owner or lessor may bring an eviction action.
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(b) A person does not forfeit his or her security deposit
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or any part of the security deposit due solely to an eviction
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under the provisions of this Section.
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(c) If a lessor or the lessor's assignee voids a contract
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under the provisions of this Section, and a tenant or occupant
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has not vacated the premises within 5 days after receipt of a
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written notice to vacate the premises, the lessor or the
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lessor's assignee may seek relief under Article IX of the Code
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of Civil Procedure. Notwithstanding Sections 9-112, 9-113, and
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9-114 of the Code of Civil Procedure, judgment for costs
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against the plaintiff seeking eviction under this Section
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shall not be awarded to the defendant unless the action was
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brought by the plaintiff in bad faith. An eviction action
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under this Section shall not be deemed to be in bad faith if
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the plaintiff based his or her cause of action on information
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provided to him or her by a law enforcement agency or the
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State's Attorney.
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(d) The provisions of this Section are enforceable only if
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the lessee or occupant and the owner or owner's assignee have
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executed a lease addendum for drug free housing as promulgated
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by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
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Development or a substantially similar document.
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(e) In any eviction proceeding in which the trier of fact
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determines that the tenant has complied with the terms of the

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last written and signed lease as to the amount and timeliness
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of rent payments, the proceedings shall be sealed.

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(Source: P.A. 100-173, eff. 1-1-18
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