Bill Text: IL HB2215 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act. Provides that the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall maintain on its website a link to an educational program or literature for fire fighters in the history of the fire service labor movement. Provides that the training shall be completed by each fire fighter. Provides that entities responsible for the training of fire fighters may request that such educational program be presented in person by a statewide organization representing professional union fire fighters in the State. Defines "fire fighter". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0252 [HB2215 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2215-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2215 Introduced , by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 740/8 from Ch. 85, par. 538
Amends the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act. Provides that training requirements for permanent employment as a fire fighter shall include training in the history of the fire service labor movement using curriculum and instructors provided by a statewide organization representing professional union firefighter in the State. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is
amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
(50 ILCS 740/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 538)
Sec. 8. Rules and minimum standards for schools. The Office
shall adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which
shall include but not be limited to the following:
a. Minimum courses of study, resources, facilities,
apparatus, equipment, reference material, established
records and procedures as determined by the Office.
b. Minimum requirements for instructors.
c. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
trainee must satisfactorily complete before being eligible
for permanent employment as a fire fighter in the fire
department of a participating local governmental agency.
Those requirements shall include training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary resuscitation), and training in
the administration of opioid antagonists as defined in
paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the
Substance Use Disorder Act, and training in the history of
the fire service labor movement using curriculum and

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instructors provided by a statewide organization
representing professional union firefighter in the State..
(Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.