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type: "Bill"
title: "RESCUE SQUAD DISTRICTS-REVENUE"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 2297"
citation: "Illinois SB 2297 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efdb9f9b-e480-43b3-8868-216bf82324d7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2297&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=108608&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "c8db99f5cd811b710e143311425dfe743965b9beb834f050c69d17ded3357383"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2297&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=108608&DocNum=2297&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2297eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=108608&DocNum=2297&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2297enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=108608&DocNum=2297&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Motion — **9810** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **929** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **421** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **512** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efdb9f9b-e480-43b3-8868-216bf82324d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).