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Bill	FIRE DEPT PARAMEDIC PROBATION	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that in a municipality having a population less than 1,000,000, a firefighter who is required to be a paramedic as a condition of employment may be placed on an additional 18-month probationary period. Provides that during the additional period, the firefighter may be discharged without a hearing solely for failure to pass the paramedic examination. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 1500	Illinois HB 1500 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2005-02-10	2005-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/1ec479ed-21e9-4440-8400-6ea4221888a4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1500&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16303&SessionID=50&GA=94	f1903e284024fc4f44f7f1e00c4e562368924af0d23968e613915718cc9f66f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1500 (94th) — FIRE DEPT PARAMEDIC PROBATION

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that in a municipality having a population less than 1,000,000, a firefighter who is required to be a paramedic as a condition of employment may be placed on an additional 18-month probationary period. Provides that during the additional period, the firefighter may be discharged without a hearing solely for failure to pass the paramedic examination. Makes other changes. 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

• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dale E. Risinger — cosponsor (person)
• Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
• Mike Jacobs — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2005-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-16 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-03-02 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2005-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2005-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2005-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-03-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-03-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2005-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-06 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-04-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-04-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
• 2005-05-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2005-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-07 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-07 Effective Date July 7, 2005
• 2005-07-07 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0135 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ec479ed-21e9-4440-8400-6ea4221888a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).