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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1669 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Christopher Belt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | 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. |
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| | SB1669 | | LRB104 08213 JRC 18263 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 35 as follows:
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| 6 | | (765 ILCS 705/35 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 35. Pet fees; pet rent. |
| 8 | | (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: |
| 9 | | "Pet fee" means any one-time non-refundable fee paid at |
| 10 | | the beginning of a tenancy to allow a pet to remain at the |
| 11 | | property for the duration of the tenancy. |
| 12 | | "Pet rent" means any recurring non-refundable fee paid |
| 13 | | alongside rent to allow a pet to remain at the property for the |
| 14 | | duration of the tenancy. |
| 15 | | "Small animal" means a pet that weighs 25 pounds or less |
| 16 | | and "large animal" means a pet that weighs more than 25 pounds. |
| 17 | | (b) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
| 18 | | 104th General Assembly, a landlord may charge a tenant either |
| 19 | | a one-time pet fee or recurring pet rent but not both. |
| 20 | | (1) Pet fees may not exceed $500. |
| 21 | | (2) Pet rent may not exceed $25 for small animals and |
| 22 | | $50 for large animals per pet. |
| 23 | | (c) A landlord may not charge a pet fee or pet rent for an |