---
type: "Bill"
title: "SEC DEPOSIT-DAMAGE STATEMENT"
description: "Amends the Security Deposit Return Act. Removes language that requires a lessor of residential real property who is restricted from withholding any part of a security deposit from a lessee without furnishing an itemized statement to the lessee to be a lessor of a residential real property containing 5 or more units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1741"
citation: "Illinois SB 1741 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Vella", "Steve Stadelman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1aae85a-5a94-40fb-9b5a-40148cb586ec"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1741&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146542&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "4d2abc6a773ca0d3872c783552091321561b536f3a198315e3ad93343a6d9f31"
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 1741 (103rd) — SEC DEPOSIT-DAMAGE STATEMENT

Amends the Security Deposit Return Act. Removes language that requires a lessor of residential real property who is restricted from withholding any part of a security deposit from a lessee without furnishing an itemized statement to the lessee to be a lessor of a residential real property containing 5 or more units.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1741.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1741eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1741sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1741enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–16** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary, Amendment 1 — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Housing — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **78–34** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Vella — primary (person)
- Steve Stadelman — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman `filing`
- **2023-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass Judiciary; 006-001-001
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 005-002-001
- **2023-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Stadelman `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 040-016-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2023-03-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2023-03-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2023-03-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Housing `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Housing; 011-003-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-034-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0224 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1aae85a-5a94-40fb-9b5a-40148cb586ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).