---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIREMENS DISCIPLINARY ACT"
description: "Amends the Firemen's Disciplinary Act. With respect to certain periods of suspension, changes references to \"24 duty hours\" (now, \"72 hours\"). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1402"
citation: "Illinois HB 1402 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-09"
last_action: "2005-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccfa4f66-8e8a-4e8b-aedf-8d508513c5fd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1402&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16176&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "7d22901e9d2c7da5636b387a1c9f1330f86472dd1120e86c2087bfd87a2fc366"
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 1402 (94th) — FIREMENS DISCIPLINARY ACT

Amends the Firemen's Disciplinary Act. With respect to certain periods of suspension, changes references to "24 duty hours" (now, "72 hours"). Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1402&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16176&DocNum=1402&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1402eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16176&DocNum=1402&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1402enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16176&DocNum=1402&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael K. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael K. Smith `filing`
- **2005-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2005-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 16, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Do Pass Labor; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Effective Date July 12, 2005
- **2005-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0188 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccfa4f66-8e8a-4e8b-aedf-8d508513c5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).