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type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE DEPT PARAMEDIC PROBATION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that in a municipality having a population less than 1,000,000, a firefighter who is required to be a paramedic as a condition of employment may be placed on an additional 18-month probationary period. Provides that during the additional period, the firefighter may be discharged without a hearing solely for failure to pass the paramedic examination. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1500"
citation: "Illinois HB 1500 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-10"
last_action: "2005-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ec479ed-21e9-4440-8400-6ea4221888a4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1500&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16303&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "f1903e284024fc4f44f7f1e00c4e562368924af0d23968e613915718cc9f66f4"
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 HB 1500 (94th) — FIRE DEPT PARAMEDIC PROBATION
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that in a municipality having a population less than 1,000,000, a firefighter who is required to be a paramedic as a condition of employment may be placed on an additional 18-month probationary period. Provides that during the additional period, the firefighter may be discharged without a hearing solely for failure to pass the paramedic examination. Makes other changes. 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=09400HB1500&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16303&DocNum=1500&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1500eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16303&DocNum=1500&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1500enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16303&DocNum=1500&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dale E. Risinger — cosponsor (person)
- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
- Mike Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
- **2005-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2005-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2005-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2005-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-04-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-07** Effective Date July 7, 2005
- **2005-07-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0135 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ec479ed-21e9-4440-8400-6ea4221888a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).