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Bill	EMS-TRANSPORTING POLICE DOGS	Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic may transport a police dog injured in the line of duty to a veterinary clinic or similar facility if there are no persons requiring medical attention or transport at that time. Defines "police dog".	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2661	Illinois HB 2661 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	45	2	2017-02-08	2017-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/dc212b90-8da7-4bc0-9083-d351c2b7e789	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2661&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103948&SessionID=91&GA=100	cd9883d14908a073431460036aa00c38144bb759a95ff38939546307b3bcf031	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2661 (100th) — EMS-TRANSPORTING POLICE DOGS

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that an EMR, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic may transport a police dog injured in the line of duty to a veterinary clinic or similar facility if there are no persons requiring medical attention or transport at that time. Defines "police dog".

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carol Sente — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol Sente filing
• 2017-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2017-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
• 2017-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
• 2017-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nick Sauer
• 2017-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Fire & Emergency Services Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
• 2017-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2017-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2017-03-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Fire & Emergency Services Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2017-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
• 2017-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2017 reading-1
• 2017-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger
• 2017-03-28 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2017-03-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2017
• 2017-05-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2017-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
• 2017-05-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2017-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0108 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc212b90-8da7-4bc0-9083-d351c2b7e789. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).