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Bill	DISABILITY BENEFIT-FIREFIGHTER	Amends the Public Employee Disability Act. Provides that the term "eligible employee" as used in the Act includes firefighters employed as full-time paramedics or firefighters who perform paramedic duties.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 5221	Illinois HB 5221 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	45	4	2018-02-15	2018-11-30	openstates	ocd-bill/22e4f008-a543-47ef-9bcf-33f18d1c2ebb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5221&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110922&SessionID=91&GA=100	c47530155f65162e2ad16d694faf42bbdae418d641bc5b4a622f919bbe530a3e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5221 (100th) — DISABILITY BENEFIT-FIREFIGHTER

Amends the Public Employee Disability Act. Provides that the term "eligible employee" as used in the Act includes firefighters employed as full-time paramedics or firefighters who perform paramedic duties.

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 — 101–8 (pass) · lower
• Motion — 95–14 (fail) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–2 (pass) · upper
• Motion — 45–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathleen Willis — primary (person)
• Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis filing
• 2018-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-21 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 023-003-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2018-04-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
• 2018-04-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2018-04-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2018-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2018-04-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-008-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2018-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2018-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-05-01 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2018-05-02 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2018-05-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2018-05-09 Do Pass Labor; 011-003-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2018
• 2018-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2018
• 2018-05-22 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2018-05-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2018-05-24 Third Reading - Passed; 051-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-21 Governor Vetoed executive-veto
• 2018-11-13 Placed on Calendar Total Veto
• 2018-11-14 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2018-11-14 3/5 Vote Required
• 2018-11-14 Override Governor Veto - House Passed 095-014-000
• 2018-11-14 Placed Calendar Total Veto November 15, 2018
• 2018-11-15 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2018-11-28 3/5 Vote Required
• 2018-11-28 Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 045-005-001
• 2018-11-28 Both Houses Override Total Veto veto-override-passage
• 2018-11-30 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-11-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1143 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22e4f008-a543-47ef-9bcf-33f18d1c2ebb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).