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+type: "Bill"
+title: "LANDLORD/TENANT ACT-COMMERCIAL"
+description: "Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that covenants in commercial leases exempting the lessor from liability for property damage are not void as against public policy. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 237"
+citation: "Illinois HB 237 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-01-14"
+last_action: "2005-08-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23cd7617-1b87-493f-80f9-c86fd3e91df4"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=237&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14456&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "ad7a358f6a678e6c9f76bae16cecacf0e5cf54ade63ecc8e3c063203010d1fa5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 237 (94th) — LANDLORD/TENANT ACT-COMMERCIAL
+
+Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that covenants in commercial leases exempting the lessor from liability for property damage are not void as against public policy. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0237&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14456&DocNum=237&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0237eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14456&DocNum=237&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0237enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14456&DocNum=237&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **106–2** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)
+- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-01-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `filing`
+- **2005-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2005-02-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2005-02-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-02-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-02-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-02-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-02-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2005-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 24, 2005 `reading-1`
+- **2005-03-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
+- **2005-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-03-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-20** Postponed - Housing & Community Affairs
+- **2005-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
+- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Housing & Community Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
+- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
+- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2005
+- **2005-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0601 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23cd7617-1b87-493f-80f9-c86fd3e91df4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+