---
type: "Bill"
title: "LANDLORD-TENANT CREDIT REPORT"
description: "Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Prohibits a landlord from charging a prospective tenant an application screening fee if the prospective tenant provides a reusable tenant screening report that meets the following criteria: (i) the report was prepared within the previous 30 days by a consumer credit reporting agency at the request and expense of a prospective tenant; (ii) the report is made directly available to a landlord for use in the rental application process or is provided through a third-party website that regularly engages in the business of providing a reusable tenant screening report and complies with all state and federal laws pertaining to use and disclosure of information contained in a consumer report by a consumer credit reporting agency; and (iii) the report is available to the landlord at no cost to access or use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4926"
citation: "Illinois HB 4926 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna Moeller", "Sara Feigenholtz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/083de3ec-9c6e-450d-8651-58b82942868c"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4926&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=152817&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "65206e552863e9031f716bcc90eddf9456bc7aa896ceb8e7e5701dffe0ca506b"
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 4926 (103rd) — LANDLORD-TENANT CREDIT REPORT

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Prohibits a landlord from charging a prospective tenant an application screening fee if the prospective tenant provides a reusable tenant screening report that meets the following criteria: (i) the report was prepared within the previous 30 days by a consumer credit reporting agency at the request and expense of a prospective tenant; (ii) the report is made directly available to a landlord for use in the rental application process or is provided through a third-party website that regularly engages in the business of providing a reusable tenant screening report and complies with all state and federal laws pertaining to use and disclosure of information contained in a consumer report by a consumer credit reporting agency; and (iii) the report is available to the landlord at no cost to access or use.

## 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/10300HB4926.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4926eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4926sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4926enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **69–43** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **70–38** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–17** (pass) · lower
- Housing — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Housing — **12–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna Moeller — primary (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller `filing`
- **2024-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-05** Assigned to Housing `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Housing; 012-005-000
- **2024-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-043-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2024 `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **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
- **2024-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-03** 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; 006-002-001
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-17** Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 040-017-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2024-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2024-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Housing
- **2024-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Housing; 011-004-000
- **2024-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 070-038-000
- **2024-05-28** House Concurs
- **2024-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2024-06-26** 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 . . . . . . . . . 103-0840 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/083de3ec-9c6e-450d-8651-58b82942868c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).