---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROT DIST-MEDICAL SERVICE"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, for purposes of a tax levied by a fire protection district to provide an ambulance service, \"ambulance service\" includes pre-hospital medical services. Provides that the amendatory changes are declarative of existing law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1244"
citation: "Illinois SB 1244 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bae6a49-c1ea-4355-93da-929b8e6a637f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1244&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29329&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "efffbd52e3a6dc6abcca43890097a5caebdd92573d36580d21524e0e5d5491e5"
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 1244 (95th) — FIRE PROT DIST-MEDICAL SERVICE

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, for purposes of a tax levied by a fire protection district to provide an ambulance service, "ambulance service" includes pre-hospital medical services. Provides that the amendatory changes are declarative of existing law.

## 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=09500SB1244&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29329&DocNum=1244&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1244eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29329&DocNum=1244&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1244enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29329&DocNum=1244&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **102–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2007-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2007
- **2007-03-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2007
- **2007-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2007-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Fire Protection `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Fire Protection `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Fire Protection; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Fire Protection; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-013-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2007-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2007-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2007-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
- **2007-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-28** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0497 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bae6a49-c1ea-4355-93da-929b8e6a637f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).