republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-3722.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE MARSHAL-UNPROTECTED AREAS"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act. Provides that all unprotected areas of unincorporated portions of a county (instead of a county of less than 500,000 inhabitants) shall be eligible for assignment by the State Fire Marshal of fire protection coverage from a fire protection jurisdiction. Changes \"fire protection district\" to \"fire protection jurisdiction\". Provides that a \"fire protection jurisdiction\" includes fire departments of any unit of local government. Adds that property owners of an unprotected area may request that the State Fire Marshal arrange for fire protection coverage for the unprotected area from specified fire protection jurisdictions. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 3722"
citation: "Illinois SB 3722 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-11"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d60ffb6-f795-4592-b23f-ab95336ef630"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3722&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51916&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7778d2e092335ea9a757e16e6ce9e0cc60a2e33a237e0c8558bdfcf3c5f11b18"
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 3722 (96th) — FIRE MARSHAL-UNPROTECTED AREAS

Amends the Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act. Provides that all unprotected areas of unincorporated portions of a county (instead of a county of less than 500,000 inhabitants) shall be eligible for assignment by the State Fire Marshal of fire protection coverage from a fire protection jurisdiction. Changes "fire protection district" to "fire protection jurisdiction". Provides that a "fire protection jurisdiction" includes fire departments of any unit of local government. Adds that property owners of an unprotected area may request that the State Fire Marshal arrange for fire protection coverage for the unprotected area from specified fire protection jurisdictions. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

## 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=09600SB3722&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51916&DocNum=3722&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3722eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51916&DocNum=3722&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3722enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51916&DocNum=3722&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)
- William B. Black — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs `filing`
- **2010-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-04** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2010
- **2010-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 11, 2010
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2010-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000
- **2010-03-17** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Frerichs `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2010-03-17** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-18** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** Assigned to Fire Protection `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Fire Protection; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-05-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-05-06** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2010-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2010-05-06** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2010-06-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2010
- **2010-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1177 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d60ffb6-f795-4592-b23f-ab95336ef630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).