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type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE HYDRANT ACT-NONCOMPLIANCE"
description: "Amends the Fire Hydrant Act. Provides that whoever fails to comply with any of the provisions of the Act, after receiving written notice of noncompliance or violation from a fire protection district or municipality in whose jurisdiction a fire hydrant is located, shall be responsible for all reasonable costs that the fire protection district or municipality incurs to correct the noncompliance, including attorney's fees and legal expenses incurred by the fire protection district or municipality in recovering the costs from the responsible party. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 740"
citation: "Illinois SB 740 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2015-12-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d247cce-a756-459c-947c-c8ab943dd43a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=740&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=85878&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "02110c3adcb831e8a37d3b71044a86cb3dd808873b97f2abfa953f12f9e6ea2a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 740 (99th) — FIRE HYDRANT ACT-NONCOMPLIANCE
Amends the Fire Hydrant Act. Provides that whoever fails to comply with any of the provisions of the Act, after receiving written notice of noncompliance or violation from a fire protection district or municipality in whose jurisdiction a fire hydrant is located, shall be responsible for all reasonable costs that the fire protection district or municipality incurs to correct the noncompliance, including attorney's fees and legal expenses incurred by the fire protection district or municipality in recovering the costs from the responsible party. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0740&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=85878&DocNum=740&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0740eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=85878&DocNum=740&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0740enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=85878&DocNum=740&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **502** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Linda Holmes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `filing`
- **2015-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-11** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2015-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-11** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 008-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2015
- **2015-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2015
- **2015-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 050-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2015-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-27** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2015-05-08** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
- **2015-05-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Effective Date July 30, 2015
- **2015-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0205 `became-law`
- **2015-12-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d247cce-a756-459c-947c-c8ab943dd43a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).