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Bill	FIRE PROTECT DIST-OPEN BURNING	Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the fire chief or any other designated officer of the fire department of a fire protection district may, with the authorization of the board of trustees of the fire protection district, prohibit open burning within the district on an emergency basis, if (i) the atmospheric conditions or other circumstances create an unreasonable risk of fire because of wind, weather, or the types of combustibles and (ii) the resources of the fire department are not sufficient to control and suppress a fire resulting from one or more of those conditions or circumstances.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1359	Illinois HB 1359 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	40	3	2011-02-09	2011-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/f8089012-4d93-41d1-ae17-4f2ba64bd491	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1359&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57726&SessionID=84&GA=97	542057e054840d558be874f8d259f54a0023c68ba15822849e9f81c9e6ce33d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1359 (97th) — FIRE PROTECT DIST-OPEN BURNING

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the fire chief or any other designated officer of the fire department of a fire protection district may, with the authorization of the board of trustees of the fire protection district, prohibit open burning within the district on an emergency basis, if (i) the atmospheric conditions or other circumstances create an unreasonable risk of fire because of wind, weather, or the types of combustibles and (ii) the resources of the fire department are not sufficient to control and suppress a fire resulting from one or more of those conditions or circumstances.

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 — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 107–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mike Fortner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2011-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-14 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-17 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2011-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2011-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2011-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-13 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2011-04-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2011-05-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff amendment-introduction
• 2011-05-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2011-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2011-05-06 Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2011-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2011-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
• 2011-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 107-000-000
• 2011-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-22 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0488 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8089012-4d93-41d1-ae17-4f2ba64bd491. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).