---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE DIST-COMPETITIVE BIDDING"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that any procurement by a board of trustees involving the acquisition, by direct or beneficial ownership, of improvements to real estate by a fire protection district which results in an expenditure of district funds in excess of $20,000 must be competitively bid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Illinois SB 85 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Elik", "Win Stoller"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cbf87dc-777f-4dd5-9bf0-621d9b1662fc"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=85&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=128379&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "df3974874f5a3c1a86c56e0c6f01bcc66fe427522daf15c64b86afc4ad83e22e"
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 85 (102nd) — FIRE DIST-COMPETITIVE BIDDING

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that any procurement by a board of trustees involving the acquisition, by direct or beneficial ownership, of improvements to real estate by a fire protection district which results in an expenditure of district funds in excess of $20,000 must be competitively bid.

## 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/SB/PDF/10200SB0085.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0085eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0085enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy Elik — primary (person)
- Win Stoller — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Win Stoller `filing`
- **2021-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2021
- **2021-03-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2021-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 16, 2021
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Police & Fire Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-12** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2021-05-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0138 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cbf87dc-777f-4dd5-9bf0-621d9b1662fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).