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| Bill | WRK COMP-FIREFIGHTER-EMT | Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that any condition or impairment of health of a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic that results directly or indirectly from any bloodborne pathogen, lung or respiratory disease or condition, heart or vascular disease or condition, hypertension, tuberculosis, or cancer resulting in any disability to the employee shall be conclusively presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employee's employment and shall be conclusively presumed to be causally connected to the hazards or exposures of the employment. Provides that the presumption shall also apply to any hernia or hearing loss suffered by a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic. Provides that the presumption does not apply to an employee who has been a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic for less than 5 years at the time he or she files an Application for Adjustment of Claim concerning the condition or impairment. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | HB 928 | Illinois HB 928 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 39 | 2 | 2007-02-08 | 2007-08-21 | openstates | ocd-bill/22f27176-0708-4c25-9213-7280fc7cb152 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=928&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=28499&SessionID=51&GA=95 | e168595e614f0a3b1c229ab49c406794a1eb210ab72d909732e70e3b61f2420c | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 928 (95th) — WRK COMP-FIREFIGHTER-EMT
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that any condition or impairment of health of a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic that results directly or indirectly from any bloodborne pathogen, lung or respiratory disease or condition, heart or vascular disease or condition, hypertension, tuberculosis, or cancer resulting in any disability to the employee shall be conclusively presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employee's employment and shall be conclusively presumed to be causally connected to the hazards or exposures of the employment. Provides that the presumption shall also apply to any hernia or hearing loss suffered by a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic. Provides that the presumption does not apply to an employee who has been a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or paramedic for less than 5 years at the time he or she files an Application for Adjustment of Claim concerning the condition or impairment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 70–46 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 33–17 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jay C. Hoffman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2007-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
filing - 2007-02-08 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-02-15 Assigned to Local Government Committee
referral-committee - 2007-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-03-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-03-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2007-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2007-04-26 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2007-04-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2007-04-26 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2007-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-04-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- 2007-04-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- 2007-04-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- 2007-04-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-046-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-04-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a)
amendment-failure - 2007-05-01 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2007-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-05-01 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- 2007-05-01 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-05-01 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-05-02 Assigned to Labor
referral-committee - 2007-05-15 Do Pass Labor; 006-001-003
committee-passage - 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
- 2007-05-22 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2007
- 2007-05-24 Third Reading - Passed; 033-017-003
reading-3, passage - 2007-05-24 Passed Both Houses
- 2007-06-22 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2007-08-21 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2007-08-21 Effective Date January 1, 2008
- 2007-08-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0316
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22f27176-0708-4c25-9213-7280fc7cb152. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).