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Bill	RESCUE SQUAD DISTRICTS-REVENUE	Amends the Rescue Squad Districts Act. Provides that a rescue squad district's board of trustees may certify a question to the voters of the district requesting to levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for the purpose of providing an ambulance service or supporting an existing ambulance service.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 2297	Illinois SB 2297 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	35	4	2018-01-10	2018-11-29	openstates	ocd-bill/efdb9f9b-e480-43b3-8868-216bf82324d7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2297&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=108608&SessionID=91&GA=100	c8db99f5cd811b710e143311425dfe743965b9beb834f050c69d17ded3357383	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2297 (100th) — RESCUE SQUAD DISTRICTS-REVENUE

Amends the Rescue Squad Districts Act. Provides that a rescue squad district's board of trustees may certify a question to the voters of the district requesting to levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for the purpose of providing an ambulance service or supporting an existing ambulance service.

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 — 98–10 (fail) · lower
• Third Reading — 92–9 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 42–1 (pass) · upper
• Motion — 51–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Toi W. Hutchinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff filing
• 2018-01-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-01-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Do Pass Revenue; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-02-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2018-02-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 21, 2018
• 2018-02-21 Third Reading - Passed; 042-001-001 reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-02-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
• 2018-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 Assigned to Fire & Emergency Services Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Fire & Emergency Services Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 092-009-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-14 Governor Amendatory Veto executive-veto
• 2018-09-10 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2018-11-13 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto November 14, 2018
• 2018-11-13 Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2018-11-14 3/5 Vote Required
• 2018-11-14 Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 051-002-000
• 2018-11-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-11-15 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto
• 2018-11-15 Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Steven Reick
• 2018-11-27 3/5 Vote Required
• 2018-11-27 Override Governor Veto - House Passed 098-010-000
• 2018-11-27 Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
• 2018-11-29 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-11-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1120 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efdb9f9b-e480-43b3-8868-216bf82324d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).