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Bill	MUNI CD-FIREFIGHTERS-AGE REQ	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. 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	99th	HB 3203	Illinois HB 3203 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2015-02-25	2015-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/2b843aa5-063d-47c3-969b-2d2af4c37c13	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3203&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=89353&SessionID=88&GA=99	11bc5c8dc833e95b1357840605b3cc94605eafa6901d708e8632c12dc1dc8403	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3203 (99th) — MUNI CD-FIREFIGHTERS-AGE REQ

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. 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 — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
• Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2015-02-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-10 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2015-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
• 2015-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2015-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
• 2015-03-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2015-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2015-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2015-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2015-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 15, 2015 reading-1
• 2015-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2015-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2015
• 2015-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2015-05-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2015
• 2015-05-22 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 reading-3
• 2015-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2015
• 2015-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0379 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b843aa5-063d-47c3-969b-2d2af4c37c13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).