Both the House and Senate were in session this week. Illinois REALTORS® has worked hard over the last few months to defeat a plethora of bad legislation so there was only one bill posted for committee this week that we opposed, which was Amendment 1 of Senate Bill 343. The bill amends the Illinois Antitrust Act to make it unlawful for competing landlords to control rental prices, coordinate rental fees and coordinate other residential leases. The language in this amendment comes from RealPage, the private software company that provides algorithmic rental information for rental property. REALTORS® oppose this amendment as it shifts liability for antitrust violations onto end users who use the software. With embedded AI now a part of many of these software platforms, most end users wouldn’t even know if algorithms used in the software were engaging in price fixing, yet the end user could potentially be held in violation of the Illinois Antitrust Act just for using or subscribing to a software platform. The amendment was passed by the Senate Executive Committee and is waiting for Senate floor action, however your statehouse team is currently working with the bill sponsor to remove the language that implicates end users. We are also working to defeat the bill in the House should it pass the Senate.