---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION-ORDINANCES"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a fire protection district may enforce building code ordinances in unincorporated areas of a county, but only with the express approval of the county board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1508"
citation: "Illinois SB 1508 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff8da278-5e4a-450a-8cf9-84e088644e44"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1508&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29613&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "cd9281b65b98682c63a5992cbbd5c4ffa0de840c8b22d1f7d4ad0996ea44375f"
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 1508 (95th) — FIRE PROTECTION-ORDINANCES

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a fire protection district may enforce building code ordinances in unincorporated areas of a county, but only with the express approval of the county board.

## 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=09500SB1508&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29613&DocNum=1508&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1508eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29613&DocNum=1508&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1508enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29613&DocNum=1508&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Maggie Crotty — primary (person)
- Michael Tryon — cosponsor (person)
- Sidney H. Mathias — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `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`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- **2007-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2007-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
- **2007-03-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Crotty `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 30, 2007
- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-04-20** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2007-05-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2007-05-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2007-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **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 . . . . . . . . . 95-0512 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff8da278-5e4a-450a-8cf9-84e088644e44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).