Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 1740

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Rescue Squad Districts Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Emergency Services District Act. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the board of trustees of an emergency services district may recruit, employ, or contract with ambulance, rescue squad, or both ambulance and rescue squad personnel (rather than may recruit rescue squad personnel). Sets forth powers of a district relating to ambulance services. Provides that the board of trustees of a district may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for ambulance services rendered by the district against persons who are not residents of the district and against businesses and other entities that are not located within the district. Sets forth permissible fees. Provides that a rescue squad district organized under the Act before the effective date of the amendatory Act may (i) continue to be named a rescue squad district or be renamed an emergency services district by ordinance of the board of trustees of the district, (ii) operate under the provisions of the Act as if they were organized as an emergency services district, and (iii) continue exercising taxing authority that was approved before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that an emergency services district may be organized in whole or in part within a fire protection district that provides rescue services if the emergency services district is formed and operated solely to provide ambulance services. Amends the Collective Bargaining Freedom Act to make a conforming change.

Date	Chamber	Action
6/30/2023	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0134

Date	Chamber	Action
2/1/2023	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie
2/1/2023	House	First Reading
2/1/2023	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/23/2023	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
3/1/2023	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
3/1/2023	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/21/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier
3/21/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/21/2023	House	Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Charles Meier
3/22/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Police & Fire Committee
3/22/2023	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/22/2023	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/23/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Police & Fire Committee; 012-000-000
3/24/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/24/2023	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/24/2023	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000
3/27/2023	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/27/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
3/27/2023	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
3/27/2023	Senate	First Reading
3/27/2023	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/12/2023	Senate	Assigned to Local Government
4/18/2023	Senate	Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Jason Plummer
4/20/2023	Senate	Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000
4/20/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 25, 2023
4/25/2023	Senate	Second Reading
4/25/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 26, 2023
5/11/2023	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
5/11/2023	House	Passed Both Houses
6/9/2023	House	Sent to the Governor
6/30/2023	House	Governor Approved
6/30/2023	House	Effective Date January 1, 2024
6/30/2023	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0134

	Deletes reference to:
	70 ILCS 215/1

	Adds reference to:
	70 ILCS 2005/1	from Ch. 85, par. 6851