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Bill	FIRE DISTRICT-MUNI FIRE DEPT	Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that no fire protection district will be required to assume responsibly for the fire protection of any municipality which discontinues its fire department unless the fire protection district's Board of Trustees has agreed to do so. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 5610	Illinois HB 5610 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2016-02-09	2016-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/26371d16-2547-41a3-bbc8-65f9268f8084	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5610&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95045&SessionID=88&GA=99	56da9e81014edadefc361e45ac79ba8807998c916646a2461229bb77f6db193a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5610 (99th) — FIRE DISTRICT-MUNI FIRE DEPT

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that no fire protection district will be required to assume responsibly for the fire protection of any municipality which discontinues its fire department unless the fire protection district's Board of Trustees has agreed to do so. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2016-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-002 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2016-04-13 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 14, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2016-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2016-05-04 Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2016
• 2016-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
• 2016-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-19 Effective Date August 19, 2016
• 2016-08-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0837 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26371d16-2547-41a3-bbc8-65f9268f8084. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).