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Bill	VOL FIREFIGHTER JOB PROTECTION	Creates the Volunteer Firefighter Job Protection Act. Provides that no public or private employer may terminate an employee who is a volunteer firefighter because the employee, when acting as a volunteer firefighter, is absent from or late to his or her employment in order to respond to an emergency prior to the time the employee is to report to his or her place of employment. Provides that an employee who is terminated in violation of the Act may bring a civil action against his or her employer for reinstatement to the employee's former position, payment of back wages, reinstatement of fringe benefits, and reinstatement of seniority rights. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 4851	Illinois HB 4851 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	45	3	2004-02-04	2004-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/ff03694a-9c8e-45d6-9c9d-5928c0d5758f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4851&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=9506&SessionID=3&GA=93	cc87b54dd137c6e64804ac57ccd12afcb84b0c6b3d3cc33d7f923c2891493fd3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4851 (93rd) — VOL FIREFIGHTER JOB PROTECTION

Creates the Volunteer Firefighter Job Protection Act. Provides that no public or private employer may terminate an employee who is a volunteer firefighter because the employee, when acting as a volunteer firefighter, is absent from or late to his or her employment in order to respond to an emergency prior to the time the employee is to report to his or her place of employment. Provides that an employee who is terminated in violation of the Act may bring a civil action against his or her employer for reinstatement to the employee's former position, payment of back wages, reinstatement of fringe benefits, and reinstatement of seniority rights. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately.

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

• Concurrence — 94–18 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–6 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 98–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mike Boland — primary (person)
• Patrick Welch — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Boland filing
• 2004-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-18 Assigned to Labor Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Larry McKeon
• 2004-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen Gordon
• 2004-03-17 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2004-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mike Boland amendment-introduction
• 2004-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2004-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2004-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-016-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-30 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2004-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 31, 2004 reading-1
• 2004-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2004-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-04-15 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-21 Assigned to Labor & Commerce referral-committee
• 2004-04-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby amendment-introduction
• 2004-04-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce
• 2004-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2004-04-29 Do Pass as Amended Labor & Commerce; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2004
• 2004-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2004
• 2004-05-04 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch
• 2004-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 050-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2004-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mike Boland
• 2004-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
• 2004-05-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
• 2004-05-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2004-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 094-018-005
• 2004-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2004
• 2004-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1027 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff03694a-9c8e-45d6-9c9d-5928c0d5758f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).