101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4883

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
765 ILCS 705/20 new

    Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a lessor may not require a security deposit in an amount greater than one month of the lessee's rent.


LRB101 19745 LNS 69255 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4883LRB101 19745 LNS 69255 b

1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by adding
5Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 705/20 new)
7    Sec. 20. Security deposit limitation. A lessor may not
8require a security deposit in an amount greater than one month
9of the lessee's rent.