---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE DIST-BOARD QUALIFY"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a person is not eligible to serve on the board of any fire protection district if that person has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or comparable laws of any other state or the United States or is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to a fire protection district. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5283"
citation: "Illinois HB 5283 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-03"
last_action: "2010-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b261ed52-39f0-4887-a7e5-31388dc1355e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5283&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50296&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "62a13b5c2001f1fd24c4888574e91a161b0bf2ca308bd36aff7347258742b46f"
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 5283 (96th) — FIRE DIST-BOARD QUALIFY

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a person is not eligible to serve on the board of any fire protection district if that person has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or comparable laws of any other state or the United States or is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to a fire protection district. 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=09600HB5283&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50296&DocNum=5283&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5283eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50296&DocNum=5283&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5283enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50296&DocNum=5283&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kay Hatcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher `filing`
- **2010-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-09** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
- **2010-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 10, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2010-03-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Local Government; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 054-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Effective Date July 2, 2010
- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0969 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b261ed52-39f0-4887-a7e5-31388dc1355e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).