---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION DIST-AUDITS"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Requires a fire protection district receiving revenues of less than $850,000 (rather than appropriating less than $200,000) for the fiscal year to prepare the financial report required by Section 3 of the Governmental Account Audit Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "Illinois HB 544 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-31"
last_action: "2003-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2248486d-52a3-4e8a-a13d-d5cdf5b9c931"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=544&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=983&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "5bd3f24ed339ee5abbeef1e4934d8d4b80572f551abce547152deba507d50169"
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 544 (93rd) — FIRE PROTECTION DIST-AUDITS

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Requires a fire protection district receiving revenues of less than $850,000 (rather than appropriating less than $200,000) for the fiscal year to prepare the financial report required by Section 3 of the Governmental Account Audit Act.

## 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=09300HB0544&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=983&DocNum=544&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0544eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=983&DocNum=544&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0544enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=983&DocNum=544&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary Hannig — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-01-31** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Gary Hannig `filing`
- **2003-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-31** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-05** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-11** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2003-02-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 022-000-000 `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
- **2003-03-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2003-03-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 12, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Vince Demuzio
- **2003-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0126 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2248486d-52a3-4e8a-a13d-d5cdf5b9c931`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).