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Bill	APPOINTMENT OF FIRE CHIEFS	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a person shall not be appointed as the chief, the acting chief, the department head, or a position, by whatever title, that is responsible for day-to-day operations of a fire department or fire protection district for greater than 180 days unless he or she possesses: (1) Office of the State Fire Marshal Firefighter Basic Certification or Firefighter II Certification; Office of the State Fire Marshal Fire Officer I and II Certifications; and an associate degree in fire science or a bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college; or (2) a minimum of 10 years' experience as a firefighter at the fire department, or fire protection district, in the jurisdiction making the appointment. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 1304	Illinois SB 1304 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	62	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/55e94166-9521-4c3a-b614-40d45938e4cc	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1304&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=103592&SessionID=91&GA=100	7f32cc60ea5d5af05e9b816bbf7822ea74741dfdfa8b68b90cd2c9ed04774bd2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1304 (100th) — APPOINTMENT OF FIRE CHIEFS

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a person shall not be appointed as the chief, the acting chief, the department head, or a position, by whatever title, that is responsible for day-to-day operations of a fire department or fire protection district for greater than 180 days unless he or she possesses: (1) Office of the State Fire Marshal Firefighter Basic Certification or Firefighter II Certification; Office of the State Fire Marshal Fire Officer I and II Certifications; and an associate degree in fire science or a bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college; or (2) a minimum of 10 years' experience as a firefighter at the fire department, or fire protection district, in the jurisdiction making the appointment. Effective immediately.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 85–25 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brandon W. Phelps — cosponsor (person)
• Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel J. Burke — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Emanuel Chris Welch — cosponsor (person)
• Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Conyears-Ervin — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
• Neil Anderson — primary (person)
• Robert Martwick — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Yingling — cosponsor (person)
• Silvana Tabares — cosponsor (person)
• Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)
• William Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2017-03-17 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
• 2017-03-29 Postponed - Local Government
• 2017-03-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Local Government
• 2017-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-04-05 Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-04-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2017
• 2017-04-05 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2017-04-05 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2017-04-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2017-04-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000
• 2017-04-26 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-04-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Anderson amendment-passage
• 2017-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2017
• 2017-04-27 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2017-04-28 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-04 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-05 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-05-05 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2017-05-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-15 Assigned to Fire & Emergency Services Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-19 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Fire & Emergency Services Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-26 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2017
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
• 2017-05-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 085-025-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
• 2017-05-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2017-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2017
• 2017-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0425 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55e94166-9521-4c3a-b614-40d45938e4cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).