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Bill	FIRE PROTECT DIST-INCENTIVES	Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, to encourage continued service with the district, the board of trustees of a fire protection district has the express power to award monetary incentives, not to exceed $240 per year, to volunteer firefighters of the district. Provides that to be eligible for the incentives, the volunteer firefighters must have at least 5 years of service with the district. Provides that the amount of the incentives may not be greater than 2% of the annual levy amount when all incentive awards are combined.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 524	Illinois SB 524 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	49	3	2003-02-18	2003-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/b0931284-f795-4258-8993-391ca5bda45b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=524&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3156&SessionID=3&GA=93	05945677126d68aa8d9db1cea716324204b955f2f460ad42eb39dd2370063713	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 524 (93rd) — FIRE PROTECT DIST-INCENTIVES

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, to encourage continued service with the district, the board of trustees of a fire protection district has the express power to award monetary incentives, not to exceed $240 per year, to volunteer firefighters of the district. Provides that to be eligible for the incentives, the volunteer firefighters must have at least 5 years of service with the district. Provides that the amount of the incentives may not be greater than 2% of the annual levy amount when all incentive awards are combined.

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

• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brandon W. Phelps — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin A. McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence M. Walsh — primary (person)
• Patrick Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Holbrook — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Grunloh — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh filing
• 2003-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-18 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-19 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2003
• 2003-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
• 2003-03-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2003-03-20 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2003-03-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2003-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2003-04-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
• 2003-04-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Forby
• 2003-05-02 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
• 2003-05-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook amendment-introduction
• 2003-05-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government Committee
• 2003-05-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Local Government Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh
• 2003-05-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-21 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2003-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 22, 2003.
• 2003-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh filing
• 2003-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2003-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Local Government; 006-000-000
• 2003-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 059-000-000
• 2003-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-25 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0589 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0931284-f795-4258-8993-391ca5bda45b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).