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| Bill | VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY WORKER | Amends the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Provides that "volunteer emergency worker" means a person who serves as a member of a fire department of a fire protection district, municipality, or other unit of government on other than a full-time career basis and who meets the requirements for volunteer status under the Code of Federal Regulations and Opinion Letters from the United States Department of Labor. Provides that "volunteer emergency worker" also means, including, but not limited to, a person who serves on a volunteer basis and is licensed under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)(First Responder), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate (EMT-I), Advanced Emergency Medical Responder (A-EMT), or Paramedic (EMT-P), or a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant, and the person does not work in one of these capacities for another fire department, fire protection district, or governmental entity on a full-time career basis. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 100th | SB 2471 | Illinois SB 2471 (100th) |
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enacted | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2018-01-30 | 2018-08-19 | openstates | ocd-bill/60824ead-fc71-40bf-ac1a-d120ba71e8a0 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2471&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=109172&SessionID=91&GA=100 | 4b37a2146555e97c028d263d457443defaecc25eed4e8de401881c51b712b4ac | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 2471 (100th) — VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY WORKER
Amends the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Provides that "volunteer emergency worker" means a person who serves as a member of a fire department of a fire protection district, municipality, or other unit of government on other than a full-time career basis and who meets the requirements for volunteer status under the Code of Federal Regulations and Opinion Letters from the United States Department of Labor. Provides that "volunteer emergency worker" also means, including, but not limited to, a person who serves on a volunteer basis and is licensed under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)(First Responder), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate (EMT-I), Advanced Emergency Medical Responder (A-EMT), or Paramedic (EMT-P), or a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant, and the person does not work in one of these capacities for another fire department, fire protection district, or governmental entity on a full-time career basis. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 106–1 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Linda Holmes — primary (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-30 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes
filing - 2018-01-30 First Reading
reading-1 - 2018-01-30 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2018-02-07 Assigned to Labor
referral-committee - 2018-02-28 Do Pass Labor; 015-000-000
committee-passage - 2018-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2018
- 2018-04-17 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2018-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 18, 2018
- 2018-04-19 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2018-04-19 Arrived in House
introduction - 2018-04-24 Chief House Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
- 2018-04-24 First Reading
reading-1 - 2018-04-24 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2018-05-07 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2018-05-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 022-000-000
committee-passage - 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2018-05-23 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2018-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2018-05-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-001-000
reading-3, passage - 2018-05-24 Passed Both Houses
- 2018-05-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- 2018-06-22 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-08-19 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2018-08-19 Effective Date August 19, 2018
- 2018-08-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0973
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60824ead-fc71-40bf-ac1a-d120ba71e8a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).