Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2219 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2219 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 2905/3 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 350 ILCS 742/50 Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Provides that the Illinois Fire Advisory Commission may, at the call of the Chair, meet in person or remotely. Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. Provides that the Joint Labor and Management Committee that establishes the standards for certification in subjects and skills related to the fire service may, at the call of the Chair, meet in person or remotely. LRB104 08949 RTM 19004 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2219 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 2905/3 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 350 ILCS 742/50 20 ILCS 2905/3 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 3 50 ILCS 742/50 Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Provides that the Illinois Fire Advisory Commission may, at the call of the Chair, meet in person or remotely. Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. Provides that the Joint Labor and Management Committee that establishes the standards for certification in subjects and skills related to the fire service may, at the call of the Chair, meet in person or remotely. LRB104 08949 RTM 19004 b LRB104 08949 RTM 19004 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2219 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Provides that the Illinois Fire Advisory Commission may, at the call of the Chair, meet in person or remotely. Amends the Fire Department Promotion Act. Provides that the Joint Labor and Management Committee that establishes the standards for certification in subjects and skills related to the fire service may, at the call of the Chair, meet in person or remotely.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning fire departments.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by
16	16	5 changing Section 3 as follows:
17	17	6 (20 ILCS 2905/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 3)
18	18	7 Sec. 3. There is created the Illinois Fire Advisory
19	19	8 Commission which shall advise the Office in the exercise of
20	20	9 its powers and duties. The Commission shall be appointed by
21	21	10 the Governor as follows:
22	22	11 (1) 3 professional, full-time paid firefighters;
23	23	12 (2) one volunteer firefighter;
24	24	13 (3) one Fire Protection Engineer who is registered in
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26	26	15 (4) one person who is a representative of the fire
27	27	16 insurance industry in Illinois;
28	28	17 (5) one person who is a representative of a registered
29	29	18 United States Department of Labor apprenticeship program
30	30	19 primarily instructing in the installation and repair of
31	31	20 fire extinguishing systems;
32	32	21 (6) one licensed operating or stationary engineer who
33	33	22 has an associate degree in facilities engineering
34	34	23 technology and has knowledge of the operation and
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38	38	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2219 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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71	71	1 maintenance of fire alarm and fire extinguishing systems
72	72	2 primarily for the life safety of occupants in a variety of
73	73	3 commercial or residential structures; and
74	74	4 (7) 3 persons with an interest in and knowledgeable
75	75	5 about fire prevention methods.
76	76	6 In addition, the following shall serve as ex officio
77	77	7 members of the Commission: the Chicago Fire Commissioner, or
78	78	8 his or her designee; the executive officer, or his or her
79	79	9 designee, of each of the following organizations: the Illinois
80	80	10 Fire Chiefs Association, the Illinois Fire Protection District
81	81	11 Association, the Illinois Fire Inspectors Association, the
82	82	12 Illinois Professional Firefighters Association, the Illinois
83	83	13 Firemen's Association, the Associated Firefighters of
84	84	14 Illinois, the Illinois Society of Fire Service Instructors,
85	85	15 the Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Arson
86	86	16 Investigators, the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS)
87	87	17 Illinois, and the Fire Service Institute, University of
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89	89	19 The Governor shall designate, at the time of appointment,
90	90	20 3 members to serve terms expiring on the third Monday in
91	91	21 January, 1979; 3 members to serve terms expiring the third
92	92	22 Monday in January, 1980; and 2 members to serve terms expiring
93	93	23 the third Monday in January, 1981. The additional member
94	94	24 appointed by the Governor pursuant to Public Act 85-718 shall
95	95	25 serve for a term expiring the third Monday in January, 1990.
96	96	26 Thereafter, all terms shall be for 3 years. A member shall
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107	107	1 serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. A
108	108	2 vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.
109	109	3 The Governor shall designate one of the appointed members
110	110	4 to be chairperson of the Commission.
111	111	5 The Commission may, at the call of the Chair, meet in
112	112	6 person or remotely.
113	113	7 Members shall serve without compensation but shall be
114	114	8 reimbursed for their actual reasonable expenses incurred in
115	115	9 the performance of their duties.
116	116	10 (Source: P.A. 101-234, eff. 8-9-19; 102-269, eff. 8-6-21;
117	117	11 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
118	118	12 Section 10. The Fire Department Promotion Act is amended
119	119	13 by changing Section 50 as follows:
120	120	14 (50 ILCS 742/50)
121	121	15 Sec. 50. Subjective evaluation.
122	122	16 (a) A promotion test may include subjective evaluation
123	123	17 components. Subjective evaluations may include an oral
124	124	18 interview, tactical evaluation, performance evaluation, or
125	125	19 other component based on subjective evaluation of the
126	126	20 examinee. The methods used for subjective evaluations may
127	127	21 include using any employee assessment centers, evaluation
128	128	22 systems, chief's points, or other methods.
129	129	23 (b) Any subjective component shall be identified to all
130	130	24 candidates prior to its application, be job-related, and be
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141	141	1 applied uniformly to all candidates. Every examinee shall have
142	142	2 the right to documentation of his or her score on the
143	143	3 subjective component upon the completion of the subjective
144	144	4 examination component or its application. A designated
145	145	5 representative of the contracting union party shall be
146	146	6 notified and be entitled to be present to monitor any
147	147	7 preliminary meeting between certified assessors or
148	148	8 representatives of a testing agency and representatives of the
149	149	9 appointing authority held prior to the administration of the
150	150	10 test to candidates for promotion.
151	151	11 (c) Where chief's points or other subjective methods are
152	152	12 employed that are not amenable to monitoring, monitors shall
153	153	13 not be required, but any disputes as to the results of such
154	154	14 methods shall be subject to resolution in accordance with any
155	155	15 collectively bargained grievance procedure in effect at the
156	156	16 time of the test.
157	157	17 (d) Where performance evaluations are used as a basis for
158	158	18 promotions, they shall be given annually and made readily
159	159	19 available to each candidate for review and they shall include
160	160	20 any disagreement or documentation the employee provides to
161	161	21 refute or contest the evaluation. These annual evaluations are
162	162	22 not subject to grievance procedures, unless used for points in
163	163	23 the promotion process.
164	164	24 (e) Total points awarded for subjective components shall
165	165	25 be posted before the written examination is administered and
166	166	26 before the promotion list is compiled.
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177	177	1 (f) Persons selected to grade candidates for promotion
178	178	2 during an assessment center process shall be impartial
179	179	3 professionals who have undergone training to be certified
180	180	4 assessors. The training and certification requirements shall,
181	181	5 at a minimum, provide that, to obtain and maintain
182	182	6 certification, assessors shall complete a course of basic
183	183	7 training, subscribe to a code of ethical conduct, complete
184	184	8 continuing education, and satisfy minimum activity levels.
185	185	9 (g) The standards for certification shall be established
186	186	10 by a Joint Labor and Management Committee (JLMC) composed of 4
187	187	11 members: 2 designated by a statewide association whose
188	188	12 membership is predominantly fire chiefs representing
189	189	13 management interests of the Illinois fire service, and 2
190	190	14 designated by a statewide labor organization that is a
191	191	15 representative of sworn or commissioned firefighters in
192	192	16 Illinois. Members may serve terms of one year subject to
193	193	17 reappointment. The Joint Labor and Management Committee may,
194	194	18 at the call of the Chair, meet in person or remotely.
195	195	19 For the purposes of this Section, the term "statewide
196	196	20 labor organization" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
197	197	21 10-3-12 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
198	198	22 In developing certification standards the JLMC may seek
199	199	23 the advice and counsel of professionals and experts and may
200	200	24 appoint an advisory committee.
201	201	25 The JLMC may charge reasonable fees that are related to
202	202	26 the costs of administering authorized programs and conducting
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213	213	1 classes, including without limitation the costs of monitoring
214	214	2 programs and classes, to the following: (i) applicants for
215	215	3 certifications or recertifications, (ii) recipients of
216	216	4 certifications or recertifications, and (iii) individuals and
217	217	5 entities approved by the JLMC to conduct programs or classes.
218	218	6 The JLMC's initial certification standards shall be
219	219	7 submitted to the Office of the State Fire Marshal by January 1,
220	220	8 2009. The JLMC may provisionally certify persons who have
221	221	9 prior experience as assessors on promotional examinations in
222	222	10 the fire service. Effective January 1, 2010 only those persons
223	223	11 who meet the certification standards developed by the JLMC and
224	224	12 submitted to the Office of the State Fire Marshal may be
225	225	13 selected to grade candidates on a subjective component of a
226	226	14 promotional examination conducted under the authority of this
227	227	15 Act; provided this requirement shall be waived for persons
228	228	16 employed or appointed by the jurisdiction administering the
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230	230	18 The JLMC shall annually:
231	231	19 (1) issue public notice offering persons who are
232	232	20 interested in qualifying as certified assessors the
233	233	21 opportunity to enroll in training; and
234	234	22 (2) submit to the Office of the State Fire Marshal an
235	235	23 amended list of persons who remain certified, are newly
236	236	24 certified, or who are no longer certified.
237	237	25 (h) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall support the
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249	249	1 submitted by the JLMC and by establishing a roster of
250	250	2 certified assessors composed of persons certified by the JLMC.
251	251	3 If the parties have not agreed to contract with a
252	252	4 particular testing company to provide certified assessors,
253	253	5 either party may request the Office to provide the names of
254	254	6 certified assessors. Within 7 days after receiving a request
255	255	7 from either party for a list of certified assessors, the
256	256	8 Office shall select at random from the roster of certified
257	257	9 assessors a panel numbering not less than 2 times the number of
258	258	10 assessors required. The parties shall augment the number by a
259	259	11 factor of 50% by designating assessors who may serve as
260	260	12 alternates to the primary assessors.
261	261	13 The parties shall select assessors from the list or lists
262	262	14 provided by the Office or from the panel obtained by the
263	263	15 testing company as provided above. Within 7 days following the
264	264	16 receipt of the list, the parties shall notify the Office of the
265	265	17 assessors they have selected. Unless the parties agree on an
266	266	18 alternate selection procedure, they shall alternatively strike
267	267	19 names from the list provided by the Office until only the
268	268	20 number of required assessors remain. A coin toss shall
269	269	21 determine which party strikes the first name. If the parties
270	270	22 fail to notify the Office in a timely manner of their selection
271	271	23 of assessors, the Office shall appoint the assessors required
272	272	24 from the roster of certified assessors. In the event an
273	273	25 assessor is not able to participate in the assessment center
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