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HB 3110

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Paul Evans

HB3110 bars counties, cities, and housing authorities from enforcing crime-free housing policies that punish tenants or owners for police or emergency calls, shielding tenants.

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · HB 3110

Summary — HB 3110 (104th General Assembly, 2025–2026)

Status: In committee upon adjournment (last action: 2025-06-28)
Introduced: Feb 2025 (filed by Rep. Jennifer Gong‑Gershowitz; chief co‑sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II; co‑sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias)
Companion: SB 1498

Purpose / Intent

HB 3110 prohibits counties, municipalities, and housing authorities from adopting or enforcing local “crime‑free housing” style ordinances, policies, programs, or regulations that penalize tenants or property owners based on contact with law enforcement or emergency services. The bill seeks to limit local rules that require landlords to evict or otherwise punish tenants for arrests, police calls, or other interactions with emergency responders.

Key provisions

  • Adds new sections to:
    • Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/5-12024),
    • Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-13-30),
    • Housing Authorities Act (310 ILCS 10/8.25 new — adds similar provisions concerning housing authorities).
  • Repeals prior relevant County/Municipal Code provisions (55 ILCS 5/5-1005.10 and 65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-5 as noted).
  • Definitions:
    • “Contact with a law enforcement agency or other emergency service” broadly covers interactions including calls for service, stops, arrests, detention, charges, convictions, etc.
    • “Penalty against a landlord” includes actions such as revoking, suspending, or refusing required permits/licenses for leasing if a landlord fails to implement an ordinance or policy.
  • Prohibitions on local tenancy regulations that:
    1. Impose or threaten penalties on residents, tenants, landlords, property owners, or others solely because of contact with law enforcement or emergency services.
    2. Require or pressure landlords to evict or penalize tenants because of a tenant’s alleged criminal conduct, association with someone who had law‑enforcement contact, or criminal history — or penalize landlords for not doing so.
    3. Define tenant contact with police/emergency services (or requests for emergency assistance) as a “nuisance.”
    4. Require a tenant to obtain a certificate of occupancy as a condition of tenancy or as a condition for turning on utilities.
    5. Establish, maintain, or promote registries of tenants intended to discourage or exclude tenants from rental housing.
  • Clarifies that landlords may voluntarily conduct criminal background checks; the bill does not prohibit voluntary landlord practices.
  • Enforcement/Remedies:
    • An aggrieved party may sue a county, municipality, or housing authority in circuit court for injunctive relief, monetary relief, attorney’s fees, and costs to enforce these provisions.
    • The bill explicitly bars suits against private landlords, owners, management companies, leasing agents, or other private entities under these new sections — enforcement actions are directed at the local government entity only.
  • Home‑rule limitation: A home‑rule county may not adopt tenancy regulations inconsistent with this State law; the Section is framed as a State limitation on concurrent home‑rule powers.

Who is affected

  • Directly restricts counties, municipalities, and housing authorities from enacting or enforcing specific tenancy regulations described above.
  • Indirectly protects tenants from local penalties tied to contacting police or emergency services and shields landlords from being compelled by local governments to evict or blacklist tenants for such contacts.
  • Does not create new private causes of action against landlords; remedies are against the local government only.

Legislative / Procedural timeline (selected)

  • Filed: Feb 6, 2025 (first reading Feb 18, 2025)
  • Referred to various committees (Rules, Housing, Criminal Jurisprudence)
  • Public hearings: Feb 6, 2025; considered in public hearing Apr 22, 2025 (left pending)
  • Status as of 2025‑06‑28: In committee upon adjournment

Potential impacts to note

  • Limits local governments’ ability to use “crime‑free” or nuisance‑based rental regulations to address crime or repeated police calls.
  • Protects tenants who request emergency assistance from local penalties and prevents creation of tenant registries by local governments.
  • Could prompt litigation by individuals or organizations against municipalities seeking enforcement or injunctive relief.
  • Leaves voluntary landlord screening and private eviction actions unaffected by these State prohibitions.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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