---
type: "Bill"
title: "JLMC-FIREFIGHTER APPOINTMENTS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. In Sections relating to establishing a program for placing persons eligible for placement on a master register of candidates for full-time firefighter placement, provides that nothing in the listed Sections requires the Joint Labor and Management Committee to establish, or operate a community outreach program or master register of eligibles or to contract with a testing agency to establish or operate such program or register, unless the Committee chooses to do so."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 809"
citation: "Illinois HB 809 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Hoffman", "Karina Villa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/157f3199-8fe5-4e50-909a-7eac81b6e220"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=809&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129371&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "304408a7f80cde73ac61e9f88381a0b2c3c37fdf6df1c04c85ebcb09ab19a388"
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 809 (102nd) — JLMC-FIREFIGHTER APPOINTMENTS

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. In Sections relating to establishing a program for placing persons eligible for placement on a master register of candidates for full-time firefighter placement, provides that nothing in the listed Sections requires the Joint Labor and Management Committee to establish, or operate a community outreach program or master register of eligibles or to contract with a testing agency to establish or operate such program or register, unless the Committee chooses to do so.

## 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/10200HB0809.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0809eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0809enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
- Karina Villa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
- **2021-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Police & Fire Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 117-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2021-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2021
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-30** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0188 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/157f3199-8fe5-4e50-909a-7eac81b6e220`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).