---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE DPT PROMOTION-ASSESSORS"
description: "Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. With respect to subjective evaluation of candidates for promotion, sets up a procedure for the parties to select impartial qualified professionals as promotional assessors from a roster established by the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Makes technical corrections. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2070"
citation: "Illinois SB 2070 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41a1c215-977f-4a40-ba8f-0a31fb8a25d0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2070&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=35661&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "f12b27d71658c516759c85885c4d44a0c08d5c0e192e55c4a5859d71e4fd513b"
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 2070 (95th) — FIRE DPT PROMOTION-ASSESSORS

Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. With respect to subjective evaluation of candidates for promotion, sets up a procedure for the parties to select impartial qualified professionals as promotional assessors from a roster established by the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Makes technical corrections. 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=09500SB2070&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35661&DocNum=2070&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2070eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35661&DocNum=2070&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2070enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35661&DocNum=2070&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2008-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-20** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-28** Do Pass Labor; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2008
- **2008-03-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2008
- **2008-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2008-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-19** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- **2008-05-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2008-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2008-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2008-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
- **2008-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-29** Effective Date August 29, 2008
- **2008-08-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0956 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41a1c215-977f-4a40-ba8f-0a31fb8a25d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).