---
type: "Bill"
title: "INS-FIREMENS CONTINUANCE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires the Division of Insurance of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to enforce the provisions of a Section concerning the firemen's continuance privilege, including provisions relating to municipality self-insured benefit plans. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2375"
citation: "Illinois SB 2375 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-18"
last_action: "2006-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2001cf3d-a907-44be-af2c-7bb84f4d2eac"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2375&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23145&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "7250e005103c2c3790fa9b05d4de34a3f989e6c01e52cf5f913e86baa98a3485"
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 2375 (94th) — INS-FIREMENS CONTINUANCE

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires the Division of Insurance of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to enforce the provisions of a Section concerning the firemen's continuance privilege, including provisions relating to municipality self-insured benefit plans. 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=09400SB2375&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23145&DocNum=2375&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2375eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23145&DocNum=2375&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2375enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23145&DocNum=2375&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2006-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-14** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass Insurance; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2006
- **2006-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- **2006-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cheryl Axley
- **2006-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
- **2006-02-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 22, 2006
- **2006-02-22** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2006-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-13** Assigned to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-23** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2006-03-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino
- **2006-03-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-15** Effective Date June 15, 2006
- **2006-06-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0858 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2001cf3d-a907-44be-af2c-7bb84f4d2eac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).