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Bill	FIRE PROTECTION DIST-AGE REQ	Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that an individual who turned 35 while serving as a member of the active or reserve components of any of the branches of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state, whose service was characterized as honorable or under honorable, and is currently under the age of 40 is eligible to take an examination for a position as a firefighter. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4741	Illinois HB 4741 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2014-02-05	2014-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/2ea6c731-7fa1-4439-a00e-5a32a8c6ed2d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4741&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79415&SessionID=85&GA=98	d6471a35693f74bf57cff13fb4b212d2d5f67fc065581b3c19322bb568882dc0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4741 (98th) — FIRE PROTECTION DIST-AGE REQ

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that an individual who turned 35 while serving as a member of the active or reserve components of any of the branches of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state, whose service was characterized as honorable or under honorable, and is currently under the age of 40 is eligible to take an examination for a position as a firefighter. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
• Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2014-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-18 Assigned to Public Safety: Police & Fire Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Public Safety: Police & Fire Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2014-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2014-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2014-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne Rosenthal
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
• 2014-03-04 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2014-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2014-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2014-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2014-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
• 2014-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2014-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2014-03-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2014-03-05 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 6, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-03-05 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
• 2014-03-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-06 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Do Pass Local Government; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2014
• 2014-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2014
• 2014-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0995 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ea6c731-7fa1-4439-a00e-5a32a8c6ed2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).