---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE DIST-BD OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that under either of the following circumstances, a trustee of a fire protection district may hold a position on the board of a not-for-profit corporation that is interested in a contract, work, or business of the fire protection district: (1) if the trustee is appointed by the governing body of the fire protection district to represent the interests of the district on a not-for-profit corporation's board, then the trustee may actively vote on matters involving either that board or the district, at any time, so long as the membership on the not-for-profit board is not a paid position, except that the trustee may be reimbursed by the not-for-profit board for expenses incurred as the result of membership on the not-for-profit board; or (2) if the trustee is not appointed to the governing body of a not-for-profit corporation by the governing body of the fire protection district, then the trustee may continue to serve; however, the trustee shall abstain from voting on any proposition before the governing body of the district directly involving the not-for-profit corporation and, for those matters, shall not be counted as present for the purposes of a quorum of the governing body of the district. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4868"
citation: "Illinois HB 4868 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-13"
last_action: "2010-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9f07138-3a4a-4242-a0e9-32b0e4bd8d41"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4868&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49327&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "c1c3f9ef35193878798793ffb6ab0a9eef6591a2f9ab8713150fbf1fd2a05625"
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 4868 (96th) — FIRE DIST-BD OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that under either of the following circumstances, a trustee of a fire protection district may hold a position on the board of a not-for-profit corporation that is interested in a contract, work, or business of the fire protection district: (1) if the trustee is appointed by the governing body of the fire protection district to represent the interests of the district on a not-for-profit corporation's board, then the trustee may actively vote on matters involving either that board or the district, at any time, so long as the membership on the not-for-profit board is not a paid position, except that the trustee may be reimbursed by the not-for-profit board for expenses incurred as the result of membership on the not-for-profit board; or (2) if the trustee is not appointed to the governing body of a not-for-profit corporation by the governing body of the fire protection district, then the trustee may continue to serve; however, the trustee shall abstain from voting on any proposition before the governing body of the district directly involving the not-for-profit corporation and, for those matters, shall not be counted as present for the purposes of a quorum of the governing body of the district. 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=09600HB4868&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49327&DocNum=4868&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4868eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49327&DocNum=4868&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4868enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49327&DocNum=4868&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **95–15** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisa M. Dugan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan `filing`
- **2010-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Fire Protection `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Fire Protection; 005-000-000 `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
- **2010-03-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-015-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2010-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 10, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2010-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 046-004-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2010
- **2010-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1039 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9f07138-3a4a-4242-a0e9-32b0e4bd8d41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).