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+type: "Bill"
+title: "FIRE PROTECT DIST-INCENTIVES"
+description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, to encourage continued service with the district, the board of trustees of a fire protection district has the express power to award monetary incentives, not to exceed $240 per year, to volunteer firefighters of the district. Provides that to be eligible for the incentives, the volunteer firefighters must have at least 5 years of service with the district. Provides that the amount of the incentives may not be greater than 2% of the annual levy amount when all incentive awards are combined."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "93rd"
+identifier: "SB 524"
+citation: "Illinois SB 524 (93rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2003-02-18"
+last_action: "2003-08-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0931284-f795-4258-8993-391ca5bda45b"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=524&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3156&SessionID=3&GA=93"
+source_hash: "05945677126d68aa8d9db1cea716324204b955f2f460ad42eb39dd2370063713"
+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 SB 524 (93rd) — FIRE PROTECT DIST-INCENTIVES
+
+Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, to encourage continued service with the district, the board of trustees of a fire protection district has the express power to award monetary incentives, not to exceed $240 per year, to volunteer firefighters of the district. Provides that to be eligible for the incentives, the volunteer firefighters must have at least 5 years of service with the district. Provides that the amount of the incentives may not be greater than 2% of the annual levy amount when all incentive awards are combined.
+
+## 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=09300SB0524&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3156&DocNum=524&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0524eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3156&DocNum=524&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0524enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3156&DocNum=524&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
+- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brandon W. Phelps — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin A. McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
+- Lawrence M. Walsh — primary (person)
+- Patrick Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Holbrook — cosponsor (person)
+- William J. Grunloh — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh `filing`
+- **2003-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2003-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2003-02-19** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2003-02-26** Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2003-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2003
+- **2003-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
+- **2003-03-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
+- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2003-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2003-03-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
+- **2003-03-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
+- **2003-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2003-03-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
+- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
+- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
+- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
+- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
+- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
+- **2003-04-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
+- **2003-04-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Forby
+- **2003-05-02** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
+- **2003-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2003-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2003-05-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook `amendment-introduction`
+- **2003-05-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2003-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government Committee
+- **2003-05-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Local Government Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh
+- **2003-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2003-05-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2003-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2003-05-21** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
+- **2003-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 22, 2003.
+- **2003-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh `filing`
+- **2003-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Local Government; 006-000-000
+- **2003-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 059-000-000
+- **2003-05-29** Passed Both Houses
+- **2003-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2003-08-25** Effective Date January 1, 2004
+- **2003-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0589 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0931284-f795-4258-8993-391ca5bda45b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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