---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE DIST-COMPETITIVE BIDDING"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Changes the requirement for competitive bidding for fire protection district contracts to contracts over $30,000 (currently, over $20,000)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2879"
citation: "Illinois SB 2879 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael W. Halpin", "Natalie A. Manley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7130d3f5-2e61-4df4-a2b6-12a3b73a4763"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2879&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151768&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "af7d80b25e9a76b25e869cfeb9969ddbb5622d2bf3ea713f1c1181f30fbe5ad3"
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 2879 (103rd) — FIRE DIST-COMPETITIVE BIDDING

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Changes the requirement for competitive bidding for fire protection district contracts to contracts over $30,000 (currently, over $20,000).

## 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/10300SB2879.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2879eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2879sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2879enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Government, Amendment 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Police & Fire Committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael W. Halpin — primary (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — primary (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Cabello — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Halpin `filing`
- **2024-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Halpin `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2024-03-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 010-000-000
- **2024-04-11** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2024-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2024-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2024-04-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2024-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 013-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2024-05-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2024-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0634 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7130d3f5-2e61-4df4-a2b6-12a3b73a4763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).