---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI CD-FOREIGN FIRE INS BOARD"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a payment that is required to be made by every out-of-state corporation, company, and association which is engaged in effecting fire insurance in a municipality must be paid to the foreign fire insurance board (instead of the municipality). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 4931"
citation: "Illinois HB 4931 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-13"
last_action: "2008-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a296776-a779-491a-b54e-5a350f59850a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4931&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35856&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "fc1b7144619250052fe99c3d306524a60f488698f7938ec4a4adbabcee940471"
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 4931 (95th) — MUNI CD-FOREIGN FIRE INS BOARD

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a payment that is required to be made by every out-of-state corporation, company, and association which is engaged in effecting fire insurance in a municipality must be paid to the foreign fire insurance board (instead of the municipality). 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=09500HB4931&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35856&DocNum=4931&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4931eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35856&DocNum=4931&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4931enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35856&DocNum=4931&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon W. Phelps — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps `filing`
- **2008-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2008-04-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
- **2008-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2008-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** 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; 057-000-000 `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 . . . . . . . . . 95-0807 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a296776-a779-491a-b54e-5a350f59850a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).