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+type: "Bill"
+title: "EMS-TRANSPORTING POLICE DOGS"
+description: "Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic may transport a police dog injured in the line of duty to a veterinary clinic or similar facility if there are no persons requiring medical attention or transport at that time. Defines \"police dog\"."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "100th"
+identifier: "HB 2661"
+citation: "Illinois HB 2661 (100th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-08"
+last_action: "2017-08-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc212b90-8da7-4bc0-9083-d351c2b7e789"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2661&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103948&SessionID=91&GA=100"
+source_hash: "cd9883d14908a073431460036aa00c38144bb759a95ff38939546307b3bcf031"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 2661 (100th) — EMS-TRANSPORTING POLICE DOGS
+
+Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic may transport a police dog injured in the line of duty to a veterinary clinic or similar facility if there are no persons requiring medical attention or transport at that time. Defines "police dog".
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2661&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103948&DocNum=2661&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2661eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103948&DocNum=2661&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2661enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103948&DocNum=2661&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carol Sente — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol Sente `filing`
+- **2017-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
+- **2017-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
+- **2017-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
+- **2017-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nick Sauer
+- **2017-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
+- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Fire & Emergency Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
+- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
+- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
+- **2017-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Fire & Emergency Services Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
+- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
+- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
+- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
+- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
+- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
+- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
+- **2017-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
+- **2017-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2017-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
+- **2017-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2017-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2017 `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger
+- **2017-03-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
+- **2017-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-04** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2017
+- **2017-05-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
+- **2017-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
+- **2017-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
+- **2017-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-05-19** Passed Both Houses
+- **2017-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2017-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2018
+- **2017-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0108 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc212b90-8da7-4bc0-9083-d351c2b7e789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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