republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/sb-2471.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY WORKER"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 2471"
citation: "Illinois SB 2471 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60824ead-fc71-40bf-ac1a-d120ba71e8a0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2471&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=109172&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "4b37a2146555e97c028d263d457443defaecc25eed4e8de401881c51b712b4ac"
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 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.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2471&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109172&DocNum=2471&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2471eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109172&DocNum=2471&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2471enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109172&DocNum=2471&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60824ead-fc71-40bf-ac1a-d120ba71e8a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).