republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-3427.md

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Bill	FIRE PROTECTION DIST-BIDDING	Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees is not required to accept the lowest contract bid for certain projects when the cost is in excess of $20,000 if the bid does not meet the board's established specifications, terms of delivery, quality, and serviceability requirements. Sets forth the types of contracts that are not subject to competitive bidding. Exempts emergency expenditures from competitive bidding when the emergency expenditure is approved by a vote of 3/4 of the members of the board. Provides notice and advertisement requirements for bid proposals and bid submissions.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 3427	Illinois SB 3427 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2014-02-14	2014-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/bb77e868-54c5-4ce9-94bd-0bf4ffd25cb1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3427&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80770&SessionID=85&GA=98	4c59ad2cf6bb60f02097530a7ac15933cdfabc4b26ea7e8f805e8547a88f8fcb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3427 (98th) — FIRE PROTECTION DIST-BIDDING

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees is not required to accept the lowest contract bid for certain projects when the cost is in excess of $20,000 if the bid does not meet the board's established specifications, terms of delivery, quality, and serviceability requirements. Sets forth the types of contracts that are not subject to competitive bidding. Exempts emergency expenditures from competitive bidding when the emergency expenditure is approved by a vote of 3/4 of the members of the board. Provides notice and advertisement requirements for bid proposals and bid submissions.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Koehler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-03-05 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2014-03-21 Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2014
• 2014-04-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2014
• 2014-04-02 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
• 2014-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2014-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-31 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-31 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-07-31 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0799 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb77e868-54c5-4ce9-94bd-0bf4ffd25cb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).