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Bill	VOLUNTEER EMT PROTECT JOB	Amends the Volunteer Firefighter Job Protection Act to also provide volunteer emergency workers with job protections. Changes the short title of the Act to the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to municipalities of 3,500 or more. Defines volunteer emergency worker. Makes other changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 594	Illinois HB 594 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2005-01-27	2005-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e9efadc0-cda3-4252-bf05-12e87969cc2e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=594&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14987&SessionID=50&GA=94	6b163141e5ce68f78b9497558fcad80fa69952245fe67bb956afdb6eae2bda0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 594 (94th) — VOLUNTEER EMT PROTECT JOB

Amends the Volunteer Firefighter Job Protection Act to also provide volunteer emergency workers with job protections. Changes the short title of the Act to the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to municipalities of 3,500 or more. Defines volunteer emergency worker. Makes other changes.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 100–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Boland — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2005-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-02 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mike Boland
• 2005-02-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2005-02-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2005-02-02 Assigned to Labor Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
• 2005-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 011-007-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-03-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-015-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 9, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-03-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2005-03-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-17 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-05-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2005
• 2005-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
• 2005-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Local Government
• 2005-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2005-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
• 2005-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0599 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9efadc0-cda3-4252-bf05-12e87969cc2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).