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| Bill | LANDLORD/TENANT ACT-COMMERCIAL | Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that covenants in commercial leases exempting the lessor from liability for property damage are not void as against public policy. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | HB 237 | Illinois HB 237 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 29 | 2 | 2005-01-14 | 2005-08-16 | openstates | ocd-bill/23cd7617-1b87-493f-80f9-c86fd3e91df4 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=237&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14456&SessionID=50&GA=94 | ad7a358f6a678e6c9f76bae16cecacf0e5cf54ade63ecc8e3c063203010d1fa5 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 237 (94th) — LANDLORD/TENANT ACT-COMMERCIAL
Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that covenants in commercial leases exempting the lessor from liability for property damage are not void as against public policy. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 106–2 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-01-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz
filing - 2005-01-19 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-01-26 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
amendment-introduction - 2005-02-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2005-02-09 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-02-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-02-10 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-02-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-02-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-002-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-02-23 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2005-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 24, 2005
reading-1 - 2005-03-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- 2005-03-15 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-03-15 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-04-13 Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs
referral-committee - 2005-04-20 Postponed - Housing & Community Affairs
- 2005-04-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- 2005-05-04 Do Pass Housing & Community Affairs; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- 2005-05-11 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- 2005-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-17 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-08-16 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2005
- 2005-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0601
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23cd7617-1b87-493f-80f9-c86fd3e91df4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).