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type: "Bill"
title: "VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY WORKER"
description: "Amends the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Expands the definition of \"volunteer emergency worker\" to include a person who is a volunteer member of a county or municipal emergency services and disaster agency pursuant to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, an auxiliary policemen, or an auxiliary deputy appointed by a county sheriff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Illinois SB 252 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dff9a083-c73c-4306-9f0a-fa6eadac4ac4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=252&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27762&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "3adb0727976e6e1be56413024b13f9bf19281e27741c3e04132b37a77d43388b"
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 SB 252 (95th) — VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY WORKER
Amends the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Expands the definition of "volunteer emergency worker" to include a person who is a volunteer member of a county or municipal emergency services and disaster agency pursuant to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, an auxiliary policemen, or an auxiliary deputy appointed by a county sheriff.
## 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=09500SB0252&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27762&DocNum=252&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0252eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27762&DocNum=252&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0252enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27762&DocNum=252&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David Luechtefeld — primary (person)
- Jack McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Luechtefeld `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-02** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
- **2007-03-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
- **2007-03-06** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- **2007-03-08** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-13** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-03-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2007-03-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2007-03-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2007-03-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2007-04-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 `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 August 21, 2007
- **2007-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0332 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dff9a083-c73c-4306-9f0a-fa6eadac4ac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).