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| Bill | FIRE DPT-APPRENTICE PREFERENCE | Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Creates a hiring preference of up to 20 points for a person who has performed fire suppression service for a department as a firefighter apprentice and otherwise meets the qualifications for original appointment as a firefighter. Requires the firefighter to have completed a minimum of 600 hours of specified fire suppression work in order to be considered for the preference. Provides that the Joint Apprenticeship Committee shall evaluate the merit of the applicant's performance and determine the preference points to be awarded. Modifies how preferences are computed after addition of the apprentice preference. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 101st | HB 2854 | Illinois HB 2854 (101st) |
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enacted | 3 | 43 | 3 | 2019-02-14 | 2019-08-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/8588032a-ee41-4f1b-8e2d-6ebdb55ad46e | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2854&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119154&SessionID=108&GA=101 | 821eb24e410610f4c5152379cbc14e5a594b722a0db215920787dfa593c85426 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2854 (101st) — FIRE DPT-APPRENTICE PREFERENCE
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Creates a hiring preference of up to 20 points for a person who has performed fire suppression service for a department as a firefighter apprentice and otherwise meets the qualifications for original appointment as a firefighter. Requires the firefighter to have completed a minimum of 600 hours of specified fire suppression work in order to be considered for the preference. Provides that the Joint Apprenticeship Committee shall evaluate the merit of the applicant's performance and determine the preference points to be awarded. Modifies how preferences are computed after addition of the apprentice preference. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 100–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — 116–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Mike Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel
filing - 2019-02-14 First Reading
reading-1 - 2019-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2019-02-26 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee
referral-committee - 2019-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel
amendment-introduction - 2019-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2019-03-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
- 2019-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2019-03-19 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 014-000-000
committee-passage - 2019-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- 2019-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- 2019-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2019-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2019-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2019-03-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy
- 2019-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2019-04-03 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2019-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- 2019-04-03 First Reading
reading-1 - 2019-04-03 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2019-04-24 Assigned to Local Government
referral-committee - 2019-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine
amendment-introduction - 2019-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2019-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- 2019-05-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2019-05-01 Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2019-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- 2019-05-14 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2019-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- 2019-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2019-05-21 Arrived in House
introduction - 2019-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- 2019-05-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Robyn Gabel
- 2019-05-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2019-05-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- 2019-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
- 2019-05-30 House Concurs
- 2019-05-30 Passed Both Houses
- 2019-06-28 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-08-23 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2019-08-23 Effective Date August 23, 2019
- 2019-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0489
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8588032a-ee41-4f1b-8e2d-6ebdb55ad46e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).