---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECT DIST-ANNEXATION"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Deletes a provision requiring referendum approval of a district's annexation of surrounded unincorporated territory under 60 acres."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1267"
citation: "Illinois HB 1267 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d6238d5-64f9-4508-af10-44cf9ed96c4c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1267&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1964&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "f91806086953113989c16dfeb6510d2c069af09a564e3536579d76e8ab057d09"
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 1267 (93rd) — FIRE PROTECT DIST-ANNEXATION

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Deletes a provision requiring referendum approval of a district's annexation of surrounded unincorporated territory under 60 acres.

## 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=09300HB1267&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=1964&DocNum=1267&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1267eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=1964&DocNum=1267&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1267enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=1964&DocNum=1267&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **79–39** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. McCarthy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy `filing`
- **2003-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 016-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Renee Kosel
- **2003-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Steve Davis
- **2003-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
- **2003-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- **2003-03-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-039-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-13** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
- **2003-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 051-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-24** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0364 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d6238d5-64f9-4508-af10-44cf9ed96c4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).