FIRE DIST-TRUSTEE COMPENSATION
Summary
Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a member of the board of trustees of a fire protection district having fewer than 4 full-time paid firemen may be compensated a sum not to exceed $1,500 (rather that $1,000) per annum. Provides that a member of the board of trustees of a fire protection district having more than 3 but fewer than 10 full-time paid firemen may be compensated a sum not to exceed $2,000 (rather that $1,500) per annum. Provides that a member of the board of trustees of a fire protection district having 10 or more full-time paid firemen may be compensated a sum not to exceed $2,500 (rather that $2,000) per annum.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 10, 2026
Last action Jun 1, 2026
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The bill text includes minor formatting updates to the header and page breaks, along with a single technical edit to a sentence regarding how property purchase payments are structured. No substantive policy changes, funding adjustments, or eligibility criteria were identified in the provided text.
TECHNICAL
A minor grammatical adjustment was made to a sentence about installment payments for property purchases, changing 'consideration for' to 'consideration for' (likely a spacing correction).
Floor votes · House Apr 9, 2026
How they voted
92–0
Passed · 24 other
Total votes 116
Apr 9, 2026
D
Democratic76
85% Yea
R
Republican40
67% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
4
Committee
8
Jun 1, 2026
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
May 15, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
upper
May 12, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
May 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
upper
Apr 17, 2026
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 10, 2026
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-000-000
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 014-000-000
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Police & Fire Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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