---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION-GRANT"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees of any fire protection district may establish a program to award grants to certain property owners who install and maintain sprinkler or other fire suppression systems. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 4687"
citation: "Illinois HB 4687 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-01-29"
last_action: "2008-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1d506d1-142e-479a-87f3-129d67195ff4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4687&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35392&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "cc5da6848dbdfab9dfc751c1a6ed1c1e33c71fcd39290ef4692d53e74a4a862f"
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 4687 (95th) — FIRE PROTECTION-GRANT

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees of any fire protection district may establish a program to award grants to certain property owners who install and maintain sprinkler or other fire suppression systems. 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=09500HB4687&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35392&DocNum=4687&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4687eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35392&DocNum=4687&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4687enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35392&DocNum=4687&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **42–15** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Boland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-01-29** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
- **2008-01-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2008-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-01-30** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-26** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mike Boland
- **2008-03-03** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2008 `reading-1`
- **2008-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2008-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
- **2008-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 042-015-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-12** Effective Date August 12, 2008
- **2008-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0800 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1d506d1-142e-479a-87f3-129d67195ff4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).