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IL HB 4896

enacted

CIV PRO-TENANTS IN COMMON

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IL HB 4896 pass?

Yes. IL HB 4896 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-26): Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0506

What is IL HB 4896 about?

IL HB 4896 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “CIV PRO-TENANTS IN COMMON”.

Who sponsors IL HB 4896?

Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Robert F. Martwick are the primary sponsors of IL HB 4896, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-02-25
Latest action
2026-06-26 — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0506
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jennifer Gong-Gershowitzprimary
  • Robert F. Martwickprimary
  • Mary Beth Cantycosponsor
  • Dave Vellacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-26

    Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0506

    became-law

  2. 2026-06-26

    Effective Date January 1, 2027

  3. 2026-06-26

    Governor Approved

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-06-12

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-05-14

    Passed Both Houses

  6. 2026-05-14

    Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

    passage,reading-3

  7. 2026-04-30

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2026

  8. 2026-04-30

    Second Reading

    reading-2

  9. 2026-04-28

    Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2026

    reading-2

  10. 2026-04-28

    Approved for Consideration Assignments

  11. 2026-04-22

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella

  12. 2026-04-21

    Referred to Assignments

  13. 2026-04-21

    First Reading

    reading-1

  14. 2026-04-21

    Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick

  15. 2026-04-21

    Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

    reading-1

  16. 2026-04-21

    Arrive in Senate

    introduction

  17. 2026-04-17

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty

  18. 2026-04-16

    Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000

    passage,reading-3

  19. 2026-04-16

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  20. 2026-04-16

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  21. 2026-04-15

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 018-000-000

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2026-04-14

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee

  23. 2026-04-10

    Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

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  24. 2026-04-10

    Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  25. 2026-04-10

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  26. 2026-04-10

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

    amendment-introduction

  27. 2026-03-19

    Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  28. 2026-03-19

    Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000

  29. 2026-03-19

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote

    amendment-passage

  30. 2026-03-18

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee

  31. 2026-02-25

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  32. 2026-02-25

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

    amendment-introduction

  33. 2026-02-17

    Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee

    referral-committee

  34. 2026-02-06

    Referred to Rules Committee

  35. 2026-02-06

    First Reading

    reading-1

  36. 2026-02-03

    Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Third Reading

    2026-03-19 · pass · 13-7

    Member-level votes (20)
    • Canty, Mary Beth: yes
    • Didech, Daniel: yes
    • Delgado, Eva-Dina: yes
    • Guerrero-Cuellar, Angelica: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
    • Jiménez, Lilian: yes
    • Hoffman, Jay: yes
    • Mah, Theresa: yes
    • Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
    • Morgan, Bob: yes
    • Olickal, Kevin John: yes
    • Vella, Dave: yes
    • Williams, Ann M: yes
    • Davis, Jed: no
    • Fritts, Bradley: no
    • Friess, David: no
    • McLaughlin, Martin: no
    • Reick, Steven: no
    • Ugaste, Dan: no
    • Weber, Tom: no
  • Third Reading, Amendment 2

    2026-04-15 · pass · 18-0

    Member-level votes (20)
    • Canty, Mary Beth: yes
    • Avelar, Dagmara: yes
    • Delgado, Eva-Dina: yes
    • Davis, Jed: yes
    • Friess, David: yes
    • Didech, Daniel: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
    • Fritts, Bradley: yes
    • Jiménez, Lilian: yes
    • Hoffman, Jay: yes
    • Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
    • Morgan, Bob: yes
    • McLaughlin, Martin: yes
    • Reick, Steven: yes
    • Olickal, Kevin John: yes
    • Vella, Dave: yes
    • Ugaste, Dan: yes
    • Weber, Tom: yes
    • Jones, Thaddeus: not voting
    • Williams, Ann M: not voting
  • Third Reading

    2026-04-16 · pass · 105-0

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Mussman: yes
    • Grasse: yes
    • Ammons: yes
    • Ness: yes
    • Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Niemerg: yes
    • Guzzardi: yes
    • Avelar: yes
    • Olickal: yes
    • Benton: yes
    • Ortíz: yes
    • Halbrook: yes
    • Blair-Sherlock: yes
    • Rashid: yes
    • Hammond: yes
    • Briel: yes
    • Reick: yes
    • Hanson: yes
    • Buckner: yes
    • Rita: yes
    • Harper: yes
    • Bunting: yes
    • Hauter: yes
    • Cabello: yes
    • Hernandez, Barbara: yes
    • Canty: yes
    • Sanalitro: yes
    • Hernandez, Lisa: yes
    • Cassidy: yes
    • Scherer: yes
    • Hernandez, Norma: yes
    • Chung: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Hirschauer: yes
    • Cochran: yes
    • Schweizer: yes
    • Hoffman: yes
    • Coffey: yes
    • Severin: yes
    • Crawford: yes
    • Sheehan: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Crespo: yes
    • Slaughter: yes
    • Jiménez: yes
    • Croke: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Davidsmeyer: yes
    • Sosnowski: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Davis, Jed: yes
    • Katz Muhl: yes
    • Davis, Lisa: yes
    • Keicher: yes
    • Davis, Will: yes
    • Deering: yes
    • Stuart: yes
    • Kifowit: yes
    • DeLaRosa: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • La Ha: yes
    • Delgado: yes
    • Syed: yes
    • LaPointe: yes
    • DeLuca: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Lilly: yes
    • Deuter: yes
    • Mah: yes
    • Didech: yes
    • Ugaste: yes
    • Manley: yes
    • Du Buclet: yes
    • Vella: yes
    • Mason: yes
    • Elik: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Weaver: yes
    • McCombie: yes
    • Faver Dias: yes
    • Weber: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • West: yes
    • Meier: yes
    • Friess: yes
    • Meyers-Martin: yes
    • Fritts: yes
    • Williams, Ann: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Gabel: yes
    • Williams, Jawaharial: yes
    • Moeller: yes
    • Windhorst: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz: yes
    • Yang Rohr: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • González: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Gordon-Booth: yes
    • Haas: excused
    • Rosenthal: excused
    • Ryan: excused
    • Huynh: excused
    • Spain: excused
    • Stephens: excused
    • Kelly: excused
    • Tipsword: excused
    • Ford: excused
    • Gill: excused
    • Grant: excused
    • Stava: not voting
    • Wilhour: not voting
  • Third Reading

    2026-05-14 · pass · 57-0

    Member-level votes (58)
    • Simmons: yes
    • Joyce: yes
    • Faraci: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Sims: yes
    • Koehler: yes
    • Feigenholtz: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • Stadelman: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Fine: yes
    • Syverson: yes
    • Lightford: yes
    • Fowler: yes
    • Balkema: yes
    • Tracy: yes
    • Loughran Cappel: yes
    • Glowiak Hilton: yes
    • Belt: yes
    • Turner, D.: yes
    • Martwick: yes
    • Guzmán: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Turner, S.: yes
    • McClure: yes
    • Halpin: yes
    • Castro: yes
    • Ventura: yes
    • Morrison: yes
    • Harris, N.: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Villa: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Harriss, E.: yes
    • Chesney: yes
    • Villanueva: yes
    • Peters: yes
    • Hastings: yes
    • Collins: yes
    • Villivalam: yes
    • Plummer: yes
    • Hills: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Walker: yes
    • Porfirio: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Curran: yes
    • Wilcox: yes
    • Preston: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • DeWitte: yes
    • Rezin: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Edly-Allen: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Jones, E.: yes
    • Ellman: yes
    • Arellano, L.: not voting

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