104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2709
 
Introduced 10/14/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2905/5
    Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Provides that all fire departments and units of local government that provide fire protection services in the State shall report the death of any firefighter employed by the fire department or unit of local government to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Specifies the information that shall be reported to the Office. Provides that the Office shall publish an annual report concerning the information reported and shall make the report available to the public. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by 
5changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2905/5)
7    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 
8delayed effective date)
9    Sec. 5. Tracking firefighter mortality. Beginning no later 
10than 6 months after January 1, 2026 (the effective date of 
11Public Act 104-102) this amendatory Act of the 104th General 
12Assembly, all fire departments and units of local government 
13that provide fire protection services in this State shall 
14report the death of any firefighter employed by the fire 
15department or unit of local government to the Office of the 
16State Fire Marshal. The information reported to the Office 
17shall include the cause and manner of death, including, but 
18not limited to, any deaths resulting from suicide and the 
19various types of cancer. If a firefighter separates from a 
20fire department or unit of local government with a known 
21cancer diagnosis and succumbs to that cancer within 12 months 
22after separation, the fire department or unit of local 
23government shall report the death to the Office. The the 
 
 
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1Office of the State Fire Marshal shall receive, track, and 
2record all reported firefighter deaths, including the cause 
3and the manner of death, as reported under this Section for all 
4firefighters in Illinois, including suicide and the various 
5types of cancer. The Office shall publish an annual report 
6concerning the information reported under this Section and 
7shall make the report available to the public no later than 90 
8days after the end of each calendar year.
9(Source: P.A. 104-102, eff. 1-1-26.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.