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Bill	FIRE DIST-BOARD QUALIFY	Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a person is not eligible to serve on the board of any fire protection district if that person has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or comparable laws of any other state or the United States or is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to a fire protection district. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5283	Illinois HB 5283 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2010-02-03	2010-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b261ed52-39f0-4887-a7e5-31388dc1355e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5283&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50296&SessionID=76&GA=96	62a13b5c2001f1fd24c4888574e91a161b0bf2ca308bd36aff7347258742b46f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5283 (96th) — FIRE DIST-BOARD QUALIFY

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a person is not eligible to serve on the board of any fire protection district if that person has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or comparable laws of any other state or the United States or is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to a fire protection district. 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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kay Hatcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher filing
• 2010-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-09 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
• 2010-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-09 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 10, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2010-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass Local Government; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 054-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-02 Effective Date July 2, 2010
• 2010-07-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0969 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b261ed52-39f0-4887-a7e5-31388dc1355e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).