---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE INVESTGATION ACT-PREMISES"
description: "Amends the Fire Investigation Act. Provides that an owner or occupier of a premises owes a reasonable duty of care to fire fighters to maintain the premises in accordance with applicable fire safety codes, regulations, ordinances, and generally applicable safety standards. Defines \"premises\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1194"
citation: "Illinois HB 1194 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-04"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/492b9b61-f50f-4e32-a932-09a42f196a99"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1194&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1759&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "b74c9ab68b2c09e0decf51fdb5a21a357146b818c8cc6383ce40ec542ab61700"
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 1194 (93rd) — FIRE INVESTGATION ACT-PREMISES

Amends the Fire Investigation Act. Provides that an owner or occupier of a premises owes a reasonable duty of care to fire fighters to maintain the premises in accordance with applicable fire safety codes, regulations, ordinances, and generally applicable safety standards. Defines "premises". 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=09300HB1194&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=1759&DocNum=1194&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1194eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=1759&DocNum=1194&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1194enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=1759&DocNum=1194&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Boland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Boland `filing`
- **2003-02-04** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2003-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-05** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-06** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2003-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2003-03-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-20** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Denny Jacobs
- **2003-03-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2003-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2003-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2003-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2003
- **2003-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0233 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/492b9b61-f50f-4e32-a932-09a42f196a99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).