---
type: "Bill"
title: "RENT CONTROL PROHIBITION"
description: "RENT CONTROL PROHIBITION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 531"
citation: "Illinois SB 531 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fbb26b8-9ebe-4932-b090-574c3c5ee5ad"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "4e79c5fbddd3c1fef96ccdadff17ec61447ac80023ab04e67edefd719ddeac14"
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 531 (90th) — RENT CONTROL PROHIBITION

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0531LV.html)

## Sponsors

- HARTKE — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOC GOV & ELE `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 006-002-000 SLGV
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-06
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED JACOBS
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-18
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 046-006-002 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR HARTKE
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOCAL GOVT `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** RE-ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 008-001-004 HEXC
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED STEPHENS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED STEPHENS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED STEPHENS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUEST-WITHDRAWN STEPHENS
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQST-WITHDRN STEPHENS
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN/STEPHENS
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** 3/5 VOTE REQUIRED
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS INTRODUCED IN
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** THE HOUSE.
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS INTRODUCED IN
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** THE HOUSE.
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS INTRODUCED IN
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** THE HOUSE.
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 096-018-002 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-10T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-01
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0313

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fbb26b8-9ebe-4932-b090-574c3c5ee5ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).