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Bill	LANDLORD/TENANT-FLOOD DISCLOSE	Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Requires every landlord to clearly disclose to each of the landlord's tenants in writing prior to signing the lease for the rental property that a rental property is located in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Special Flood Hazard Area and if the landlord has actual knowledge that the rental property or any portion of the parking areas of the real property containing the rental property has been subjected to flooding and the frequency of such flooding. Provides that if a landlord fails to comply with such provision and the tenant subsequently becomes aware that the property is located in the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area the tenant may terminate the lease by giving written notice of termination to the landlord no later than the 30th day after the flood occurred, and the landlord shall return all rent and fees paid in advance no later than the 15th day after the tenant gave notice. Requires every landlord who leases a lower-level unit to clearly disclose to each of the landlord's lower-level unit tenants in writing prior to the signing of the lease for the lower-level unit if the lower-level unit or any portion of the real property containing the lower-level unit has experienced flooding in the last 10 years and shall disclose the frequency of such flooding. Provides that if a landlord fails to comply with either of the above provisions and flooding occurs that results in damage to the tenant's personal property, affects the habitability of the leased property, or affects the tenant's access to the leased property, the tenant may: (1) terminate the lease by giving written notice to the landlord no later than the 30th day after the flood occurred and the landlord shall return all rent and fees paid in advance no later than the 15th day after the tenant gave notice; and (2) bring an action against the landlord of the property to recover damages for personal property lost or damaged as a result of flooding. Provides a sample written disclosure.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 2601	Illinois SB 2601 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Abdelnasser Rashid Mike Porfirio	4	33	5	2023-10-18	2024-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/49180117-cc15-4642-8f5b-be16ee2b3ba9	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2601&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=150586&SessionID=112	294270766a23ef42b609bb6f71b2197f64e994ae2de9aafe3d7881756e4c298d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2601 (103rd) — LANDLORD/TENANT-FLOOD DISCLOSE

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Requires every landlord to clearly disclose to each of the landlord's tenants in writing prior to signing the lease for the rental property that a rental property is located in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Special Flood Hazard Area and if the landlord has actual knowledge that the rental property or any portion of the parking areas of the real property containing the rental property has been subjected to flooding and the frequency of such flooding. Provides that if a landlord fails to comply with such provision and the tenant subsequently becomes aware that the property is located in the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area the tenant may terminate the lease by giving written notice of termination to the landlord no later than the 30th day after the flood occurred, and the landlord shall return all rent and fees paid in advance no later than the 15th day after the tenant gave notice. Requires every landlord who leases a lower-level unit to clearly disclose to each of the landlord's lower-level unit tenants in writing prior to the signing of the lease for the lower-level unit if the lower-level unit or any portion of the real property containing the lower-level unit has experienced flooding in the last 10 years and shall disclose the frequency of such flooding. Provides that if a landlord fails to comply with either of the above provisions and flooding occurs that results in damage to the tenant's personal property, affects the habitability of the leased property, or affects the tenant's access to the leased property, the tenant may: (1) terminate the lease by giving written notice to the landlord no later than the 30th day after the flood occurred and the landlord shall return all rent and fees paid in advance no later than the 15th day after the tenant gave notice; and (2) bring an action against the landlord of the property to recover damages for personal property lost or damaged as a result of flooding. Provides a sample written disclosure.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Judiciary — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 70–39 (pass) · lower
• Housing — 11–6 (pass) · lower
• Judiciary — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Abdelnasser Rashid — primary (person)
• Mike Porfirio — primary (person)
• Edgar González and Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-10-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio filing
• 2023-10-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-10-18 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-01-24 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-03-06 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2024-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2024-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-03-13 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 007-000-000
• 2024-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
• 2024-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 057-001-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2024-04-10 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
• 2024-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
• 2024-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Housing referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Housing; 011-006-000
• 2024-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
• 2024-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
• 2024-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-039-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-14 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
• 2024-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-08-02 Effective Date January 1, 2025
• 2024-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0754 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49180117-cc15-4642-8f5b-be16ee2b3ba9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).