---
type: "Bill"
title: "INS-FIREMEN'S CONTINUANCE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning firemen's continuance privilege, changes the definition of \"fireman\" and \"firemen\" to include any person who is not eligible to participate in a pension fund established under the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code and is employed on a full-time basis by a participating municipality or fire protection district to perform duties as a firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or advanced emergency medical technician."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 3769"
citation: "Illinois HB 3769 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Fowler", "Katie Stuart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3498f02-93bd-408e-aff9-d919b825ec2e"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3769&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=149027&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "dba10c6a44726485fb192ed73d80b00e8053878acc8c5b0cc981d54629171948"
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 3769 (103rd) — INS-FIREMEN'S CONTINUANCE

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning firemen's continuance privilege, changes the definition of "fireman" and "firemen" to include any person who is not eligible to participate in a pension fund established under the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code and is employed on a full-time basis by a participating municipality or fire protection district to perform duties as a firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or advanced emergency medical technician.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3769.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3769eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3769ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3769enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Police & Fire Committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Committee on Pensions — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Fowler — primary (person)
- Katie Stuart — primary (person)
- Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Michael W. Halpin — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart `filing`
- **2023-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 013-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
- **2023-03-22** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2023-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Senate Special Committee on Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2023-04-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2023-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2023-04-27** Do Pass Senate Special Committee on Pensions; 009-000-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2023
- **2023-05-04** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0052 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3498f02-93bd-408e-aff9-d919b825ec2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).