---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORK COMP-OD-FIREFIGHTER-EMT"
description: "Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Restricts specific rebuttable presumptions to firefighters and emergency medical technicians or paramedics who are cross trained as firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1847"
citation: "Illinois SB 1847 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16fc585e-808d-4171-991a-1c46a789aece"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1847&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72771&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "718b584655df93bd89dac48d6502a5edcfd3d16b288428d79b2110f9a22c929d"
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 1847 (98th) — WORK COMP-OD-FIREFIGHTER-EMT

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Restricts specific rebuttable presumptions to firefighters and emergency medical technicians or paramedics who are cross trained as firefighters.

## 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=09800SB1847&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72771&DocNum=1847&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1847eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72771&DocNum=1847&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1847enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72771&DocNum=1847&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christine Radogno — primary (person)
- Dwight Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne M Ives — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `filing`
- **2013-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Postponed - Executive
- **2013-03-13** Postponed - Executive
- **2013-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013
- **2013-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1) - Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 24, 2013
- **2013-04-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 015-000-000
- **2013-04-25** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Radogno `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2013-04-25** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
- **2013-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
- **2013-05-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2013-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2013-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2013-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
- **2013-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
- **2013-05-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0291 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16fc585e-808d-4171-991a-1c46a789aece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).