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Bill	EXAM OF FIREFIGHTER APPLICANTS	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. In provisions concerning physical ability examinations, provides that the tests utilized to measure each applicant's capabilities may be tests based on industry standards currently in use or equivalent tests approved by the Joint Labor-Management Committee of the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Provides that a passing score on the written examination is one that is at or above the median (now, mean) score for all applicants. Sets forth requirements concerning preference points and placement on the final eligibility register. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4715	Illinois HB 4715 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2012-02-02	2012-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/4a41ab2f-b34b-4b08-ab6b-5304a71824a1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4715&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64575&SessionID=84&GA=97	197d1882bc00dcf9a194b8808ec6d4582d56ca24b98f62d65be4c0738eca4cd3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4715 (97th) — EXAM OF FIREFIGHTER APPLICANTS

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. In provisions concerning physical ability examinations, provides that the tests utilized to measure each applicant's capabilities may be tests based on industry standards currently in use or equivalent tests approved by the Joint Labor-Management Committee of the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Provides that a passing score on the written examination is one that is at or above the median (now, mean) score for all applicants. Sets forth requirements concerning preference points and placement on the final eligibility register. 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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lisa M. Dugan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan filing
• 2012-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-29 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2012-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2012-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth
• 2012-03-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2012-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2012-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Postponed - Local Government
• 2012-04-18 Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 Re-assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2012-05-02 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2012
• 2012-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-06 Effective Date August 6, 2012
• 2012-08-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0898 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a41ab2f-b34b-4b08-ab6b-5304a71824a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).