---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION DIST-PUBLISH"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that all proposals to award contracts involving amounts in excess of $20,000 shall be published at least 10 days in advance of the date announced for the receiving of bids, in a secular English language newspaper (rather than a secular English language daily newspaper) of general circulation throughout the district. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 271"
citation: "Illinois HB 271 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56e3bac9-58b1-4f0b-a560-586bf7b56f7a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=271&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=114391&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "1a38d7c2ec53c5d1dbcdb99753e34ac0827b5efffbaee83b9db8578e869f0d86"
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 271 (101st) — FIRE PROTECTION DIST-PUBLISH

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that all proposals to award contracts involving amounts in excess of $20,000 shall be published at least 10 days in advance of the date announced for the receiving of bids, in a secular English language newspaper (rather than a secular English language daily newspaper) of general circulation throughout the district. Effective immediately.

## 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=10100HB0271&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=114391&DocNum=271&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0271eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=114391&DocNum=271&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0271enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=114391&DocNum=271&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Willis — primary (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Anderson — primary (person)
- Randy E. Frese — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis `filing`
- **2019-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy
- **2019-02-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
- **2019-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
- **2019-03-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2019-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Effective Date July 12, 2019
- **2019-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0041 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56e3bac9-58b1-4f0b-a560-586bf7b56f7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).