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HB 2849

Schools; School Predator Reporting Act of 2025; effective date.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Toni Hasenbeck

It prohibits mobile home park owners from charging tenants for shared or common-area utility costs and caps charges at 80% when not separately metered, with annual calculation disc

Second Reading referred to Rules
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Bill Summary · HB 2849

Summary — HB 2849 / Public Act 104‑0064 (Mobile Home — Utilities)

Status: Enacted (Public Act 104‑0064). Governor approved Aug 1, 2025. Effective date: January 1, 2026. Introduced: Feb 2025. Chief sponsor: Rep. Oscar De Los Santos.

Purpose

To limit mobile‑home park owners from shifting charges for public utility services that serve common areas or multiple units onto individual tenants, and to increase transparency about how utility charges assessed to tenants are calculated.

Key provisions (adds Section 6.2 to the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act, 765 ILCS 745)

  • Prohibition on passing through common‑area utility costs:
    • A park owner may not require a tenant to pay for utility services (examples: water, sewer, trash) when the public utility bill includes service to common areas, other mobile homes, areas used by persons other than the individual tenant, or occupants of the same mobile home other than the billed tenant.
  • Cap where common‑area usage is not separately metered:
    • If common‑area usage is not separately measured (for example, no separate water meter for common areas), the park owner may not charge tenants more than 80% of the total public utility charges for which the park owner was billed.
  • Transparency and documentation:
    • Annually, the park owner must provide tenants a written explanation of how the tenant’s share of any utility charge was calculated.
    • Upon a tenant’s request, the park owner must provide copies of the park’s monthly utility bills for any utility charge that is separately billed under this Section.

Who is affected

  • Mobile home park owners/operators in Illinois (obligations and limitations on billing).
  • Tenants (residents) of mobile home parks — protections against being charged for common‑area utility usage beyond the limits and entitled to explanations and billing records.

Practical impact

  • Limits the ability of park owners to pass through full public utility bills that include common‑area service to individual tenants.
  • Requires recordkeeping and disclosure practices (annual calculation explanations; bill copies on request).
  • May reduce tenants’ utility cost exposure where utilities serve both private lots and shared/common facilities and are not separately metered.

Notes on legislative history

  • The bill passed both chambers in May 2025 and was sent to the Governor June 17, 2025; approved Aug 1, 2025.
  • Earlier draft language circulating during committee stages included additional provisions on meter billing changes, 90‑day notice requirements, and contractual voiding/remedies; the enacted Public Act as published focuses on the prohibitions, the 80% cap where no separate measurement exists, and the transparency/records requirements above.

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

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