---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION DIST-REVENUE"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a board of trustees of a fire protection district may levy a special tax, by referendum, for the purpose of providing funds to pay for the costs of emergency and rescue crews and equipment at a rate not to exceed 0.10% of the value of all taxable property within the district (rather than to increase the tax rate limit from 0.05% to 0.10%) and changes the wording of the proposition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 743"
citation: "Illinois HB 743 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff53675-a84e-47bc-ae48-45438ec217de"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=743&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=101082&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "100fbb65ef588a3d8d008ba2da74aebc334a8c4c520b198434a758435c106ee2"
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 743 (100th) — FIRE PROTECTION DIST-REVENUE

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a board of trustees of a fire protection district may levy a special tax, by referendum, for the purpose of providing funds to pay for the costs of emergency and rescue crews and equipment at a rate not to exceed 0.10% of the value of all taxable property within the district (rather than to increase the tax rate limit from 0.05% to 0.10%) and changes the wording of the proposition.

## 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=10000HB0743&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=101082&DocNum=743&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0743eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=101082&DocNum=743&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0743enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=101082&DocNum=743&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **70–42** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Fortner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner `filing`
- **2017-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to Fire & Emergency Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Fire & Emergency Services Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
- **2017-02-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2017-02-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-042-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
- **2017-02-28** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 1, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2017-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** Do Pass Revenue; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2017
- **2017-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-25** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0348 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cff53675-a84e-47bc-ae48-45438ec217de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).