---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION-TECH RESCUE"
description: "Amends the Township Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a township, municipality, or fire protection district may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees for technical rescue services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2749"
citation: "Illinois SB 2749 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0451af02-1a3f-41f5-a796-2dc069597373"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2749&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=37270&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "d72fecbbb987408f485e8505912f1c7b3441004006d9583fa84dc1bb2632e9a8"
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 2749 (95th) — FIRE PROTECTION-TECH RESCUE

Amends the Township Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a township, municipality, or fire protection district may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees for technical rescue services.

## 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=09500SB2749&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37270&DocNum=2749&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2749eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37270&DocNum=2749&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2749enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37270&DocNum=2749&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **95–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `filing`
- **2008-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-28** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Peterson
- **2008-03-06** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2008
- **2008-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2008
- **2008-04-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2008-04-01** Sponsor Removed Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2008-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William E. Peterson `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2008-04-16** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson
- **2008-04-17** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2008-04-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2008-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-06** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-09** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 007-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2008-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2008-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2008-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
- **2008-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-19** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0867 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0451af02-1a3f-41f5-a796-2dc069597373`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).