---
type: "Bill"
title: "LANDLORD/TENANT-ADDITIONAL FEE"
description: "Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that if a landlord uses a third-party payment portal to collect rental payments from tenants and if a transaction fee or other charge is imposed through the portal on rental payments made by e-check or other means, then the landlord shall allow the tenant to make rental payments by delivering a paper check to the landlord or the landlord's business office or by means that do not require the tenant to pay the transaction fee or other charge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4206"
citation: "Illinois HB 4206 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hoan Huynh", "Rachel Ventura"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-10-26"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d10bd0d7-ca25-4288-9ef6-fa54bff8e5b6"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4206&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=150847&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "e8e7b44352b86b36afe14722a4286f063323d9b5b2071526596a703b7076181e"
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 4206 (103rd) — LANDLORD/TENANT-ADDITIONAL FEE

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that if a landlord uses a third-party payment portal to collect rental payments from tenants and if a transaction fee or other charge is imposed through the portal on rental payments made by e-check or other means, then the landlord shall allow the tenant to make rental payments by delivering a paper check to the landlord or the landlord's business office or by means that do not require the tenant to pay the transaction fee or other charge.

## 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/HB/PDF/10300HB4206.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4206eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4206ham001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4206sam001.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4206enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Housing — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **70–36** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **64–39** (pass) · lower
- Housing — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–12** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoan Huynh — primary (person)
- Rachel Ventura — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones and III — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Hoan Huynh `filing`
- **2023-11-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-11-01** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-12** Assigned to Housing `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Hoan Huynh `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2024-04-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Housing
- **2024-04-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Housing; 012-002-000
- **2024-04-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 064-039-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2024-04-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2024-04-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2024-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2024-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 007-000-001
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2024-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 043-012-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2024-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2024-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Housing
- **2024-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Housing; 011-002-000
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2024-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2024-05-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 070-036-000
- **2024-05-25** House Concurs
- **2024-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0809 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d10bd0d7-ca25-4288-9ef6-fa54bff8e5b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).