---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION DIST-CONTRACTS"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a board of trustees may enter into contracts for supplies, materials, or work involving an expenditure in excess of $20,000 through participation in a joint governmental or nongovernmental purchasing program that requires as part of its selection procedure a competitive solicitation and procurement process. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2473"
citation: "Illinois HB 2473 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40ecd823-ded0-4a9b-b386-7d1c2744c2df"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2473&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118490&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "287212ded8d9f364cdc24f51c1ca184cc936ed4509fa9ccdf34386141826d7b2"
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 2473 (101st) — FIRE PROTECTION DIST-CONTRACTS

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a board of trustees may enter into contracts for supplies, materials, or work involving an expenditure in excess of $20,000 through participation in a joint governmental or nongovernmental purchasing program that requires as part of its selection procedure a competitive solicitation and procurement process. 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=10100HB2473&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118490&DocNum=2473&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2473eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118490&DocNum=2473&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2473enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118490&DocNum=2473&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony DeLuca — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Conroy — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel Chris Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Willis — primary (person)
- Linda Holmes — primary (person)
- Michael P. McAuliffe — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis `filing`
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2019-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2019-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2019-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
- **2019-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2019-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2019-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
- **2019-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2019-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2019-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-26** Effective Date July 26, 2019
- **2019-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0139 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40ecd823-ded0-4a9b-b386-7d1c2744c2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).