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type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE DISTRICT-MUNI FIRE DEPT"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 5610"
citation: "Illinois HB 5610 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-09"
last_action: "2016-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26371d16-2547-41a3-bbc8-65f9268f8084"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5610&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95045&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "56da9e81014edadefc361e45ac79ba8807998c916646a2461229bb77f6db193a"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5610&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95045&DocNum=5610&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5610eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95045&DocNum=5610&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5610enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95045&DocNum=5610&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26371d16-2547-41a3-bbc8-65f9268f8084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).