Bill Text: IL SB0196 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Prohibits a landlord from imposing a rule, regulation, or lease provision, in any manner, that impairs any rights guaranteed to the tenant by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States or Section 4 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution, including the display of advertising pertaining to any political candidate or proposition.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Referred to Assignments [SB0196 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0196-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0196 Introduced 1/22/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
765 ILCS 745/12 from Ch. 80, par. 212
765 ILCS 745/14.4 new
Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Prohibits a landlord from imposing a rule, regulation, or lease provision, in any manner, that impairs any rights guaranteed to the tenant by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States or Section 4 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution, including the display of advertising pertaining to any political candidate or proposition.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act
is amended by changing Section 12 and by adding Section 14.4 as
follows:
(765 ILCS 745/12) (from Ch. 80, par. 212)
Sec. 12. Lease prohibitions. No lease hereafter executed
or currently existing between a park owner and tenant in a
mobile home park or manufactured home community in this State
shall contain any provision:
(a) Permitting the park owner to charge a penalty fee
for late payment of rent without allowing a tenant a
minimum of 5 days beyond the date the rent is due in which
to remit such payment;
(b) Permitting the park owner to charge an amount in
excess of one month's rent as a security deposit;
(c) Requiring the tenant to pay any fees not specified
in the lease;
(d) Permitting the park owner to transfer, or move, a
mobile home to a different lot, including a different lot
in the same mobile home park or manufactured home
community, during the term of the lease;

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(e) Waiving the homeowner's right to a trial by jury; .
(f) Impairing any rights guaranteed to the tenant by
the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United
States or Section 4 of Article I of the Illinois
Constitution.
If one provision of a lease is invalid, that does not
affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the lease.
(Source: P.A. 98-1062, eff. 1-1-15.)