---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION DIST-BOARD"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that an elected or appointed 5-member board of trustees of a fire protection district may be decreased to an elected or appointed 3-member board by referendum. Sets forth the procedure for decreasing the size of the board. Specifies the terms of the board members. Provides that the terms of the 5 persons serving on the board at the time of the reduction of the number of members to 3 shall terminate upon certification of the election results, except that they shall continue to serve until the 3-member board is appointed and qualified or elected and qualified. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4846"
citation: "Illinois HB 4846 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2010-01-13"
last_action: "2010-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b37bce2-1645-4fe1-9380-d19ec0d0310a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4846&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49286&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "765e49a1868ef0f9381d3f26f279a0e6c48150dae362f22d91b65da16813fa8b"
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 4846 (96th) — FIRE PROTECTION DIST-BOARD

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that an elected or appointed 5-member board of trustees of a fire protection district may be decreased to an elected or appointed 3-member board by referendum. Sets forth the procedure for decreasing the size of the board. Specifies the terms of the board members. Provides that the terms of the 5 persons serving on the board at the time of the reduction of the number of members to 3 shall terminate upon certification of the election results, except that they shall continue to serve until the 3-member board is appointed and qualified or elected and qualified. 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=09600HB4846&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49286&DocNum=4846&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4846eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49286&DocNum=4846&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4846enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49286&DocNum=4846&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John E. Bradley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley `filing`
- **2010-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-17** Assigned to Fire Protection `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Fire Protection; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 12, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2010-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2010-04-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-04-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Postponed - Local Government
- **2010-04-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2010-04-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2010-04-21** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2010-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2010-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2010-05-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2010-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000
- **2010-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2010
- **2010-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1349 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b37bce2-1645-4fe1-9380-d19ec0d0310a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).