---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUB LABOR-FIRE DISTRICTS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Removes the Act's application to fire protection districts that employ fewer than 5 people and are required to appoint boards of fire commissioners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1313"
citation: "Illinois HB 1313 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-09"
last_action: "2005-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca44163a-9bb2-41f2-9113-9016c261658f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1313&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16067&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "61a595d6b25f2711d227bf4ea790cd4d4076c8063c3d26f0d6ad1b2585841abe"
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 1313 (94th) — PUB LABOR-FIRE DISTRICTS

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Removes the Act's application to fire protection districts that employ fewer than 5 people and are required to appoint boards of fire commissioners.

## 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=09400HB1313&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16067&DocNum=1313&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1313eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16067&DocNum=1313&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1313enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16067&DocNum=1313&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **79–38** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon W. Phelps — primary (person)
- Mike Jacobs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps `filing`
- **2005-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-10** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 011-009-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-038-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 17, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2005-04-21** Do Pass Labor; 006-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 039-015-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-22** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-06-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0067 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca44163a-9bb2-41f2-9113-9016c261658f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).