---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-DNST FIRE-INJURY REPORT"
description: "Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the fire chief of a secondary employer to report any injury, illness, or exposure incurred by a secondary employee during his or her employment to the Department of Insurance. Requires secondary employers to transmit to the Department of Insurance a certified copy of its report accounting for all hours worked by secondary employees. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 351"
citation: "Illinois HB 351 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lance Yednock", "Melinda Bush"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ccfaac2-c85e-4be3-aed9-63464f7d0671"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=351&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=128255&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "313a9782c3b0803bf58e0f42c8d74db836bad6702d92fd4333d6d856401f4f35"
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 351 (102nd) — PEN CD-DNST FIRE-INJURY REPORT

Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the fire chief of a secondary employer to report any injury, illness, or exposure incurred by a secondary employee during his or her employment to the Department of Insurance. Requires secondary employers to transmit to the Department of Insurance a certified copy of its report accounting for all hours worked by secondary employees. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0351.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0351eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0351enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **92–22** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lance Yednock — primary (person)
- Melinda Bush — primary (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lance Yednock `filing`
- **2021-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 005-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 092-022-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2021-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2021-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2021-05-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2021-05-06** Do Pass Pensions; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2021
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Effective Date July 9, 2021
- **2021-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0059 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ccfaac2-c85e-4be3-aed9-63464f7d0671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).