HB 4896104th
bill
104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill
HB 4896
CIV PRO-TENANTS IN COMMON
Sent to Governor Last action June 26, 2026: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0506
Official bill page and text: ilga.gov
Sponsors 4
- Prime sponsors
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Robert F. Martwick
- Cosponsors (2)
- Dave Vella, Mary Beth Canty
Status
Sent to Governor as of June 26, 2026. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Judiciary: Civil (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 4
May 14, 2026State SenateThird ReadingPassed57-0
yes (57) Simmons, Joyce, Faraci, Anderson, Sims, Koehler, Feigenholtz, Aquino, Stadelman, Lewis, Fine, Syverson, Lightford, Fowler, Balkema, Tracy, Loughran Cappel, Glowiak Hilton, Belt, Turner, D., Martwick, Guzmán, Bryant, Turner, S., McClure, Halpin, Castro, Ventura, Morrison, Harris, N., Cervantes, Villa, Murphy, Harriss, E., Chesney, Villanueva, Peters, Hastings, Collins, Villivalam, Plummer, Hills, Cunningham, Walker, Porfirio, Holmes, Curran, Wilcox, Preston, Hunter, DeWitte, Rezin, Johnson, Edly-Allen, Rose, Jones, E., Ellman
not voting (2) Arellano, L., Harmon
April 16, 2026House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed105-0
yes (105) Mussman, Grasse, Ammons, Ness, Guerrero-Cuellar, Andrade, Niemerg, Guzzardi, Avelar, Olickal, Benton, Ortíz, Halbrook, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Hammond, Briel, Reick, Hanson, Buckner, Rita, Harper, Bunting, Hauter, Cabello, Hernandez, Barbara, Canty, Sanalitro, Hernandez, Lisa, Cassidy, Scherer, Hernandez, Norma, Chung, Schmidt, Hirschauer, Cochran, Schweizer, Hoffman, Coffey, Severin, Crawford, Sheehan, Jacobs, Crespo, Slaughter, Jiménez, Croke, Smith, Johnson, Davidsmeyer, Sosnowski, Jones, Davis, Jed, Katz Muhl, Davis, Lisa, Keicher, Davis, Will, Deering, Stuart, Kifowit, DeLaRosa, Swanson, La Ha, Delgado, Syed, LaPointe, DeLuca, Tarver, Lilly, Deuter, Mah, Didech, Ugaste, Manley, Du Buclet, Vella, Mason, Elik, Walsh, Mayfield, Evans, Weaver, McCombie, Faver Dias, Weber, McLaughlin, West, Meier, Friess, Meyers-Martin, Fritts, Williams, Ann, Miller, Gabel, Williams, Jawaharial, Moeller, Windhorst, Moore, Gong-Gershowitz, Yang Rohr, Morgan, González, Welch, Morris, Gordon-Booth
excused (11) Haas, Rosenthal, Ryan, Huynh, Spain, Stephens, Kelly, Tipsword, Ford, Gill, Grant
April 15, 2026House of RepresentativesDo Pass, Amendment 2Passed18-0
yes (18) Canty, Mary Beth, Avelar, Dagmara, Delgado, Eva-Dina, Davis, Jed, Friess, David, Didech, Daniel, Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer, Fritts, Bradley, Jiménez, Lilian, Hoffman, Jay, Katz Muhl, Tracy, Morgan, Bob, McLaughlin, Martin, Reick, Steven, Olickal, Kevin John, Vella, Dave, Ugaste, Dan, Weber, Tom
not voting (2) Jones, Thaddeus, Williams, Ann M
March 19, 2026House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed13-7
yes (13) Canty, Mary Beth, Didech, Daniel, Delgado, Eva-Dina, Guerrero-Cuellar, Angelica, Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer, Jiménez, Lilian, Hoffman, Jay, Mah, Theresa, Katz Muhl, Tracy, Morgan, Bob, Olickal, Kevin John, Vella, Dave, Williams, Ann M
no (7) Davis, Jed, Fritts, Bradley, Friess, David, McLaughlin, Martin, Reick, Steven, Ugaste, Dan, Weber, Tom
Timeline 36
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2026 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0506 |
| June 26, 2026 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2027 |
| June 26, 2026 | House | Governor Approved |
| June 12, 2026 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| May 14, 2026 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| May 14, 2026 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 |
| April 30, 2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2026 |
| April 30, 2026 | Senate | Second Reading |
| April 28, 2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2026 |
| April 28, 2026 | Senate | Approved for Consideration Assignments |
| April 22, 2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella |
| April 21, 2026 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| April 21, 2026 | Senate | First Reading |
| April 21, 2026 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick |
| April 21, 2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| April 21, 2026 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| April 17, 2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty |
| April 16, 2026 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 |
| April 16, 2026 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| April 16, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted |
| April 15, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 018-000-000 |
| April 14, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee |
| April 10, 2026 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| April 10, 2026 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| April 10, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| April 10, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| March 19, 2026 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| March 19, 2026 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000 |
| March 19, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote |
| March 18, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee |
| February 25, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| February 25, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| February 17, 2026 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee |
| February 6, 2026 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| February 6, 2026 | House | First Reading |
| February 3, 2026 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: ilga.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.