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type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECT DIST-INCENTIVES"
description: "Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, to encourage continued service with the district, the board of trustees of a fire protection district has the express power to award monetary incentives, not to exceed $240 per year, to volunteer firefighters of the district. Provides that to be eligible for the incentives, the volunteer firefighters must have at least 5 years of service with the district. Provides that the amount of the incentives may not be greater than 2% of the annual levy amount when all incentive awards are combined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 524"
citation: "Illinois SB 524 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0931284-f795-4258-8993-391ca5bda45b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=524&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3156&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "05945677126d68aa8d9db1cea716324204b955f2f460ad42eb39dd2370063713"
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 524 (93rd) — FIRE PROTECT DIST-INCENTIVES
Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, to encourage continued service with the district, the board of trustees of a fire protection district has the express power to award monetary incentives, not to exceed $240 per year, to volunteer firefighters of the district. Provides that to be eligible for the incentives, the volunteer firefighters must have at least 5 years of service with the district. Provides that the amount of the incentives may not be greater than 2% of the annual levy amount when all incentive awards are combined.
## 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=09300SB0524&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3156&DocNum=524&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0524eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3156&DocNum=524&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0524enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3156&DocNum=524&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **590** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brandon W. Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence M. Walsh — primary (person)
- Patrick Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Holbrook — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Grunloh — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2003-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh `filing`
- **2003-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2003
- **2003-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
- **2003-03-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2003-03-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2003-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2003-04-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
- **2003-04-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Forby
- **2003-05-02** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
- **2003-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government Committee
- **2003-05-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Local Government Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh
- **2003-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-21** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2003-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 22, 2003.
- **2003-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh `filing`
- **2003-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Local Government; 006-000-000
- **2003-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 059-000-000
- **2003-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-25** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0589 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0931284-f795-4258-8993-391ca5bda45b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).