Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB1669

LRB104 08213 JRC 18263 b

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1669

Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Christopher Belt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 705/35 new

Amends the Landlord Tenant Act to create a pet fee (any one-time non-refundable fee paid at the beginning of a tenancy to allow a pet to remain at the property for the duration of the tenancy) and "pet rent" (any recurring non-refundable fee paid alongside rent to allow a pet to remain at the property for the duration of the tenancy). Provides that a landlord may charge a tenant either a one-time pet fee or recurring pet rent, but not both. Provides that pet fees may not exceed $500 and pet rent may not exceed $25 for small animals and $50 for large animals per pet. Provides that a landlord may not charge a pet fee or pet rent for an assistance animal consistent with the Assistance Animal Integrity Act. Provides that nothing in the Act may be construed to require a landlord to charge either a pet fee or pet rent.

A BILL FOR

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 35 as follows:

(765 ILCS 705/35 new)

Sec. 35. Pet fees; pet rent.

(a) Definitions. As used in this Section:

"Pet fee" means any one-time non-refundable fee paid at the beginning of a tenancy to allow a pet to remain at the property for the duration of the tenancy.

"Pet rent" means any recurring non-refundable fee paid alongside rent to allow a pet to remain at the property for the duration of the tenancy.

"Small animal" means a pet that weighs 25 pounds or less and "large animal" means a pet that weighs more than 25 pounds.

(b) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, a landlord may charge a tenant either a one-time pet fee or recurring pet rent but not both.

(1) Pet fees may not exceed $500.

(2) Pet rent may not exceed $25 for small animals and $50 for large animals per pet.

(c) A landlord may not charge a pet fee or pet rent for an assistance animal consistent with the Assistance Animal Integrity Act.

(d) Nothing in this Section may be construed to require a landlord to charge either a pet fee or pet rent.