---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOVT-FIRE AND POL DUTY"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a non-home rule municipality shall not assign a fireman to perform police duties or a policeman to perform firefighting duties. Prohibits a non-home rule municipality from administering fire and police department work assignments in a manner inconsistent with this requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1368"
citation: "Illinois HB 1368 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-09"
last_action: "2006-01-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f4d7eeb-4e26-4a44-b3c4-a70925efb2fa"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1368&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16138&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "74c70efc504383cf01b099a19710b1c455807463bb005ae90b7cac3e4d990b51"
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 1368 (94th) — LOCAL GOVT-FIRE AND POL DUTY

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a non-home rule municipality shall not assign a fireman to perform police duties or a policeman to perform firefighting duties. Prohibits a non-home rule municipality from administering fire and police department work assignments in a manner inconsistent with this requirement.

## 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=09400HB1368&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16138&DocNum=1368&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1368eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16138&DocNum=1368&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1368enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16138&DocNum=1368&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–17** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **73–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Larry McKeon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Larry McKeon `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`
- **2005-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Labor Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Labor Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor Committee; 012-006-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-24** Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-03-28** Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-04-05** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2005-04-05** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-04-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
- **2005-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-035-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2005-05-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-05-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-10-19** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005 `reading-3`
- **2005-10-19** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2005-10-25** Do Pass Labor; 006-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-10-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading October 26, 2005
- **2005-11-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-11-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 4, 2005
- **2005-11-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2005-11-04** Third Reading - Passed; 038-017-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-11-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-11-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-01-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-01-06** Effective Date January 6, 2006
- **2006-01-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0720 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f4d7eeb-4e26-4a44-b3c4-a70925efb2fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).