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Bill	LANDLORD-EVICT-LIMITED STAY	Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if an action is brought for possession of the residential premises of a tenant and the court finds that the tenant is more than 90 days in arrears on his or her rent, the court may order a stay of the enforcement of the judgment for no more than 10 days, or if the court finds that there is good cause for a longer stay, then the court may grant a stay in excess of 10 days, but in that event the court shall require that the tenant pay a pro rata amount of rent under terms established in the stay order.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1209	Illinois HB 1209 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2011-02-08	2011-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/44a2e3bf-9054-4d55-a594-7c96f926b45a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1209&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57166&SessionID=84&GA=97	404f6dc644212f9ba75787db70df94a5f5f26ce573414e1f14edd43d370e7e2e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1209 (97th) — LANDLORD-EVICT-LIMITED STAY

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if an action is brought for possession of the residential premises of a tenant and the court finds that the tenant is more than 90 days in arrears on his or her rent, the court may order a stay of the enforcement of the judgment for no more than 10 days, or if the court finds that there is good cause for a longer stay, then the court may grant a stay in excess of 10 days, but in that event the court shall require that the tenant pay a pro rata amount of rent under terms established in the stay order.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• La Shawn K. Ford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford filing
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-14 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
• 2011-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-09 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2011-04-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-04 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0247 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44a2e3bf-9054-4d55-a594-7c96f926b45a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).