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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SAFE HOMES-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"
+description: "Amends the Safe Homes Act. In provisions authorizing tenants to request that a landlord change the locks if one or more of the tenants reasonably believes that one of the tenants or a member of tenant's household is under a credible imminent threat of domestic or sexual violence at the premises, deletes a requirement that the threat be from a person who is not a lessee under the lease. Requires a tenant requesting a change of locks because of a threat of violence from another lessee to include with the request a plenary order of protection or a plenary civil no contact order granting the tenant exclusive possession of the premises. Provides that a tenant who changes the locks shall make a good faith effort to give a key to the new locks to the landlord (instead of giving a key to the new locks to the landlord). Provides that \"if the landlord changes the locks, the landlord shall make a good faith effort to give a key to the new locks to the tenant as soon as possible or not more than 48 hours of the locks being changed\" and that a landlord who changes the locks and does not make a good faith effort to provide a copy of a key to the tenant within 48 hours of the landlord changing the locks is liable for any damages to the tenant incurred as a result of not having access to his or her unit. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "95th"
+identifier: "SB 534"
+citation: "Illinois SB 534 (95th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-02-08"
+last_action: "2007-08-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df452453-ec4f-4334-aa38-afc29c37ee6a"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=534&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28347&SessionID=51&GA=95"
+source_hash: "b378521ef63107eddd56004e5ef16942daf1cf54233de2508be65e58c1bea926"
+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 SB 534 (95th) — SAFE HOMES-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
+
+Amends the Safe Homes Act. In provisions authorizing tenants to request that a landlord change the locks if one or more of the tenants reasonably believes that one of the tenants or a member of tenant's household is under a credible imminent threat of domestic or sexual violence at the premises, deletes a requirement that the threat be from a person who is not a lessee under the lease. Requires a tenant requesting a change of locks because of a threat of violence from another lessee to include with the request a plenary order of protection or a plenary civil no contact order granting the tenant exclusive possession of the premises. Provides that a tenant who changes the locks shall make a good faith effort to give a key to the new locks to the landlord (instead of giving a key to the new locks to the landlord). Provides that "if the landlord changes the locks, the landlord shall make a good faith effort to give a key to the new locks to the tenant as soon as possible or not more than 48 hours of the locks being changed" and that a landlord who changes the locks and does not make a good faith effort to provide a copy of a key to the tenant within 48 hours of the landlord changing the locks is liable for any damages to the tenant incurred as a result of not having access to his or her unit. 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=09500SB0534&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28347&DocNum=534&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0534eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28347&DocNum=534&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0534enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28347&DocNum=534&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Arthur L. Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Harry Osterman — cosponsor (person)
+- Kwame Raoul — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul `filing`
+- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-01** Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
+- **2007-03-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
+- **2007-03-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2007-03-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
+- **2007-03-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
+- **2007-03-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
+- **2007-03-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
+- **2007-03-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
+- **2007-03-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
+- **2007-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-04-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
+- **2007-04-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
+- **2007-04-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
+- **2007-04-26** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
+- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
+- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
+- **2007-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
+- **2007-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2007-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2007-08-23** Effective Date August 23, 2007
+- **2007-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0378 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df452453-ec4f-4334-aa38-afc29c37ee6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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