---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTION"
description: "Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. Modifies the definition of \"affected department\" for purposes of the Act to include a fire department operated by a municipality with a population over 1,000,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1707"
citation: "Illinois SB 1707 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar", "Willie Preston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/998dc8c1-db5a-42cc-967b-047ae48e03a1"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1707&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146498&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "62acd721cd2ece7c56fdafdbed8cf783f456de9fb61ba55d8b2ddc61778f6530"
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 1707 (103rd) — FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTION

Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. Modifies the definition of "affected department" for purposes of the Act to include a fire department operated by a municipality with a population over 1,000,000.

## 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/SB/PDF/10300SB1707.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1707eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1707enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Labor — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Police & Fire Committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — primary (person)
- Willie Preston — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas — cosponsor (person)
- Dan McConchie — cosponsor (person)
- Donald P. DeWitte — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Porfirio — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
- **2023-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Willie Preston `filing`
- **2023-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2023-03-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2023-03-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2023-03-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2023-03-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass Labor; 017-000-000
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2023-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2023-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2023-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2023
- **2023-03-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2023-03-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
- **2023-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2023-03-23** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2023-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2023-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
- **2023-03-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
- **2023-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2023-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2023-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2023-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2023-03-29** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2023-03-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 013-000-000
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0385 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/998dc8c1-db5a-42cc-967b-047ae48e03a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).