Your Illinois REALTORS® Governmental Affairs team supported, provided amendments and monitored to ensure no changes to several key bills just signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker. Those included measures to analyze climate-driven displacement, improvements to the process for changing provisions in restrictive covenants, and continuation of the condo ombudsperson program.

Illinois REALTORS® supported the legislation for extending the Condominium and Common Interest Community Ombudsperson Act, which was set to expire on January 1, 2026. The Act and the Program are extended until January 1, 2029.

Senator Sara Feigenholtz introduced SB 1383, which is now Public Act 104-0377, at the request of the Community Association of Illinois.

Senate Bill 1859 created a task force, set up membership and established duties for a new Climate Displacement Task Force. Introduced by new Senator Graciela Guzman (D, Chicago), the measure analyzes climate-driven displacement, assesses future needs, and develops policies with community input.
Your Illinois REALTORS® Governmental Affairs staff had to follow this bill closely because it was amended a few times throughout the process.

Introduced by Leader Marcus Evans (D, Chicago), House Bill 1575 improves the process of changing discriminatory provision in property documents or altering covenants that are no longer relevant.
Specifically, County Recorders are no longer allowed to charge a filing fee or a fee for making copies of a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawful restrictive covenant.
Your Illinois REALTORS® Governmental Affairs staff had to closely monitor this bill to guard against any harmful amendments.
The bill, now Public Act 104-0187, becomes effective on January 1, 2026.

Senate Bill 2466, introduced by Sen. Omar Aquino (Chicago), provides financial assistance for up to 100% for the acquisition of open space lands and capital development through the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development Act (OSLAD). Said projects must conform with the purposes of OSLAD that focuses on projects in distressed communities. It becomes effective on January 1, 2026 and now is Public Act 104-0423. 

As introduced, your Illinois REALTORS® opposed House Bill 3566, sponsored by Rep. Dagmara Avelar (D, Naperville) but after numerous negotiations throughout the session and a filed amendment, we were able to take a neutral position.
The bill amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure to seal an eviction file when a minor has been named. It requires dismissal of a complaint in its entirety against all defendants if the complaint names a defendant who is a minor at the time of filing. It also provides that when a minor was specifically named, the case shall be immediately sealed.
Nothing in the Act prohibits a party from filing an action against any defendants who otherwise may be properly named.
Illinois REALTORS® requested the amendment that was adopted and become part of the bill. It removed an automated process for defendants to recover court costs, attorney fees and punitive damages that were filed removed an automated process for defendants to recover court costs, attorney fees and punitive damages.
The bill becomes law on January 1, 2026.