---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROT DIST-SERIOUS INJURY"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a petition to disconnect territory from a fire protection district that would cause serious injury to a fire protection district shall be dismissed. Defines serious injury. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 6041"
citation: "Illinois HB 6041 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e32b7f9-c6e5-41a6-89fd-490d52826030"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6041&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95562&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "e3e4438f558c069af3ab20b542cd749ca11e188e490484ce94d4c3030fb3c71f"
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 6041 (99th) — FIRE PROT DIST-SERIOUS INJURY

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a petition to disconnect territory from a fire protection district that would cause serious injury to a fire protection district shall be dismissed. Defines serious injury. 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=09900HB6041&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95562&DocNum=6041&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6041eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95562&DocNum=6041&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6041enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95562&DocNum=6041&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
- **2016-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-20** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2016-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
- **2016-04-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2016-04-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
- **2016-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2016 `reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2016-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2016-05-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
- **2016-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2016
- **2016-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2016-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2016-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2016-05-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000
- **2016-05-31** House Concurs
- **2016-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-05** Effective Date August 5, 2016
- **2016-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0715 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e32b7f9-c6e5-41a6-89fd-490d52826030`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).