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SB 1895 Illinois Senate · 100th Regular Session

VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY WORKER

Summary
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that any individual who serves as either emergency medical services personnel on a volunteer basis or as a firefighter on a volunteer basis may not be disciplined or terminated by his or her employer for responding to an emergency call or emergency text message during work hours that requests the individual's volunteer emergency medical services or volunteer firefighter services.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
House Passage
May 2017
Signed into Law
Aug 2017
Introduced May 8, 2017 Signed Aug 24, 2017
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2017 · House May 30, 2017

How they voted

45–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 48
May 31, 2017
D Democratic28
25 Yea 3
89% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
51
Key actions
9
Committee
12
Amendments
10
Aug 24, 2017
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 31, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 31, 2017
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
upper
May 31, 2017
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government; 008-000-000
upper
May 31, 2017
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government
upper
May 31, 2017
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
upper
May 30, 2017
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 31, 2017
upper
May 30, 2017
Introduced
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
upper
May 30, 2017
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
lower
May 30, 2017
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (95-1-4)
house
May 28, 2017
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
lower
May 25, 2017
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 25, 2017
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
lower
May 25, 2017
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Fire & Emergency Services Committee; 005-000-000
lower
May 19, 2017
Lower · Passed
Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
lower
May 15, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Fire & Emergency Services Committee
lower
May 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 8, 2017
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
May 5, 2017
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; McCann
upper
May 3, 2017
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Labor; 011-000-000
upper
May 2, 2017
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Labor
upper
Apr 26, 2017
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 26, 2017
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
upper
Mar 9, 2017
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Labor; 014-000-000
upper
Feb 28, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Labor
upper
Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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