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Bill	FIRE PROTECTION DIST-REVENUE	Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a board of trustees of a fire protection district may levy a special tax, by referendum, for the purpose of providing funds to pay for the costs of emergency and rescue crews and equipment at a rate not to exceed 0.10% of the value of all taxable property within the district (rather than to increase the tax rate limit from 0.05% to 0.10%) and changes the wording of the proposition.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 743	Illinois HB 743 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2017-01-26	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/cff53675-a84e-47bc-ae48-45438ec217de	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=743&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=101082&SessionID=91&GA=100	100fbb65ef588a3d8d008ba2da74aebc334a8c4c520b198434a758435c106ee2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 743 (100th) — FIRE PROTECTION DIST-REVENUE

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a board of trustees of a fire protection district may levy a special tax, by referendum, for the purpose of providing funds to pay for the costs of emergency and rescue crews and equipment at a rate not to exceed 0.10% of the value of all taxable property within the district (rather than to increase the tax rate limit from 0.05% to 0.10%) and changes the wording of the proposition.

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 — 70–42 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mike Fortner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner filing
• 2017-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned to Fire & Emergency Services Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Fire & Emergency Services Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-02-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2017-02-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2017-02-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-042-001 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-23 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2017-02-28 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 1, 2017 reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2017-03-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Do Pass Revenue; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2017
• 2017-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-25 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0348 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cff53675-a84e-47bc-ae48-45438ec217de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).