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type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE DISTS ALTER BOUNDARY"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Allows 2 fire protection districts by ordinance to disconnect and annex a territory of up to 60 acres when the annexing district can provide better fire protection. Requires that the district disconnecting the area must notify the owners of the land that is to be disconnected. Provides that the notice shall be given 30 days before adoption of an ordinance by either of the districts. The notice shall include a map of the territory and describe the area to be disconnected, the annexing fire district, and the reasons for taking the action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 3831"
citation: "Illinois HB 3831 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-25"
last_action: "2005-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c43a0b33-9731-465e-a3fe-bcccac2393bb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3831&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=20627&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "9f5215db6dd1a32efca522c5781bd04592c27c866fc791ae0ec0bae5b111319b"
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 HB 3831 (94th) — FIRE DISTS ALTER BOUNDARY
Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Allows 2 fire protection districts by ordinance to disconnect and annex a territory of up to 60 acres when the annexing district can provide better fire protection. Requires that the district disconnecting the area must notify the owners of the land that is to be disconnected. Provides that the notice shall be given 30 days before adoption of an ordinance by either of the districts. The notice shall include a map of the territory and describe the area to be disconnected, the annexing fire district, and the reasons for taking the action.
## 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=09400HB3831&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20627&DocNum=3831&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3831eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20627&DocNum=3831&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3831enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20627&DocNum=3831&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **551** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Paul D. Froehlich — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan `filing`
- **2005-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2005-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-06** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2005-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-19** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-26** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0337 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c43a0b33-9731-465e-a3fe-bcccac2393bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).