Fire Districts Fund Transfer - Ambulance Services
Summary
The Illinois General Assembly passed HB4292, amending the Fire Protection District Act to authorize fire protection districts to transfer funds from their ambulance service fund to other district-controlled funds. The transfer requires a majority vote by the board of trustees and is limited to once per year. The legislation includes safeguards requiring that sufficient funds remain to cover ambulance service obligations and that the transfer does not impair the district's public safety mission.
What changed
HB4292 amends the Fire Protection District Act to create a new mechanism allowing fire protection districts to transfer money from their ambulance service fund to other funds. The bill imposes three key conditions: the transfer must be approved by a majority vote of the board of trustees, the transfer is limited to once per calendar year, and the district must maintain sufficient remaining funds to cover ambulance service obligations in current and subsequent fiscal years while preserving its overall public safety mission.\n\nFor fire protection districts, this legislation provides enhanced financial flexibility to redirect ambulance service funds when appropriate, but creates new compliance obligations to evaluate transfer impacts on emergency medical services capacity. Districts must establish internal review processes to document that transfers do not impair ambulance operations, fire suppression, rescue services, or other public safety endeavors before approving any fund reallocation.
What to do next
- Review HB4292 provisions with fire district board and finance staff
- Update district financial policies to incorporate the new fund transfer authority and annual limitation
- Verify ambulance service fund balances ensure coverage of current and future fiscal year obligations before any transfer
Source document (simplified)
ChangeBridge / Illinois / HB4292 Passed HB4292 House Bill Passed 2026-01-06
FIRE DISTRICTS-FUND TRANSFER
Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a fire protection district may, by majority vote of the board of trustees, adopt a resolution to transfer moneys from the fire protection district's ambulance service fund to another fund controlled by the fire protection district if (1) the fire protection district has not approved another transfer from the fire protection district's ambulance service fund under the provisions in the same year; (2) the moneys remaining in the fire protection district's ambulance service fund after the transfer are sufficient to pay for the remaining obligations and costs payable from the district's ambulance service fund in the current and subsequent fiscal years; and (3) the transfer does not impair the fire protection district's finances or public safety mission, including, but not limited to, emergency medical services, ambulance services, rescue services, fire suppression services, or any other public safety endeavor established by the fire protection district. Effective immediately.
Bill Details
State Illinois
Session 104th General Assembly
Chamber House
Official Source www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum...
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Sponsors
Norine Hammond (Rep - R) John Cabello (Rep - R)
Action History
2026-04-07 H House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 2026-03-31 H House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee 2026-03-31 H House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond 2026-03-26 H Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 2026-03-26 H Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello 2026-03-26 H Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 014-000-000 2026-03-18 H Assigned to Police & Fire Committee 2026-01-14 H Referred to Rules Committee 2026-01-14 H First Reading 2026-01-06 H Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond
Committee Referrals
2026-01-14 H Rules 2026-03-18 H Police & Fire 2026-03-31 H Rules
Amendments
2026-03-31 House Amendment 001
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2026-01-06 Introduced Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
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