---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION-RESPONSE TIMES"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, before a fire protection district may close a fire station or dissolve the district, a response-time study must be conducted that shows, at a minimum, estimated response times to the territory currently served by the fire station or district and estimated response times to that territory after closure of the fire station or district. Requires a response-time study before any territory may be involuntarily disconnected or consolidated with another fire protection district or municipal fire department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3763"
citation: "Illinois HB 3763 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Swanson", "Neil Anderson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef580a38-41bc-4e59-8941-52e94931d3b2"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3763&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132825&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "1775b35bc6dee63e73ce590bb0fc9bb44518aec36e2d6803fa3d45884ea1242a"
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 3763 (102nd) — FIRE PROTECTION-RESPONSE TIMES

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, before a fire protection district may close a fire station or dissolve the district, a response-time study must be conducted that shows, at a minimum, estimated response times to the territory currently served by the fire station or district and estimated response times to that territory after closure of the fire station or district. Requires a response-time study before any territory may be involuntarily disconnected or consolidated with another fire protection district or municipal fire department.

## 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/10200HB3763.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3763eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3763enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Swanson — primary (person)
- Neil Anderson — primary (person)
- Amy Grant — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Luft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Swanson `filing`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
- **2021-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Luft
- **2021-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
- **2021-03-25** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Police & Fire Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2021-04-16** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 099-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2021-05-19** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
- **2021-05-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
- **2021-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-24** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0574 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef580a38-41bc-4e59-8941-52e94931d3b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).