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Bill	INS CD-PROOF OF FIRE COVERAGE	Amends the Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act. Provides that if a property owner of an unprotected area refuses a request for annexation for fire protection, the State Fire Marshal shall assign the unprotected area coverage. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that in order to obtain property insurance for property located in an unincorporated area of a county, the owner of the property must submit verification that the property has fire protection coverage by a fire protection jurisdiction. Effective January 1, 2018.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2778	Illinois HB 2778 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	53	4	2017-02-08	2017-11-09	openstates	ocd-bill/cdb46073-9134-457b-9347-23989d257261	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2778&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104108&SessionID=91&GA=100	a9d0986d91370314be074dcff7da9ef4d58ddfc12c521528a792b394f58b9a76	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2778 (100th) — INS CD-PROOF OF FIRE COVERAGE

Amends the Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act. Provides that if a property owner of an unprotected area refuses a request for annexation for fire protection, the State Fire Marshal shall assign the unprotected area coverage. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that in order to obtain property insurance for property located in an unincorporated area of a county, the owner of the property must submit verification that the property has fire protection coverage by a fire protection jurisdiction. Effective January 1, 2018.

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

• Motion — 86–29 (fail) · lower
• Third Reading — 45–12 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 69–40 (pass) · lower
• Motion — 50–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Swanson filing
• 2017-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Fire & Emergency Services Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2017-03-24 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2017-03-24 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2017-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Fire & Emergency Services Committee
• 2017-03-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Fire & Emergency Services Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-03-30 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Fire & Emergency Services Committee; 003-001-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2017-04-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2017-04-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-040-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 27, 2017 reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2017-05-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-05 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-05-12 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
• 2017-05-17 Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-003 committee-passage
• 2017-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 18, 2017
• 2017-05-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2017-05-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 26, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 045-012-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Vetoed executive-veto
• 2017-10-12 Placed on Calendar Total Veto
• 2017-10-12 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2017-10-17 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2017-10-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2017-10-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2017-10-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2017-10-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2017-10-25 3/5 Vote Required
• 2017-10-25 Override Governor Veto - House Passed 086-029-000
• 2017-10-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2017-10-31 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2017-11-01 Placed Calendar Total Veto
• 2017-11-07 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2017-11-08 3/5 Vote Required
• 2017-11-08 Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 050-002-000
• 2017-11-08 Both Houses Override Total Veto veto-override-passage
• 2017-11-09 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-11-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0547 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cdb46073-9134-457b-9347-23989d257261. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).