Bill Amendment: IL SB0633 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

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Bill Title: LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Status: 2025-07-02 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0633 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0633-Senate_Amendment_002.html

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Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

Filed: 4/22/2025

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 633
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 633 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Fire Service Institute Act is
amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(110 ILCS 365/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 403)
Sec. 3. Enrollment and attendance in the Institute
programs shall be open to, but not limited to, any person
engaged in fire administration, fire prevention, fire
suppression, fire education, or arson investigation with a
unit of government or a public or private fire department in
the State of Illinois, including any volunteer, trainee or
permanently employed fire fighter.
(Source: P.A. 81-1147.)
Section 10. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is

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amended by adding Section 65.135 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/65.135 new)
Sec. 65.135. Firefighter Education Scholarship Program.
(a) As used in this Section, "firefighter" means a person
who is a firefighter as defined in Section 4-106 of the
Illinois Pension Code, a paramedic who is employed by a unit of
local government, or an emergency medical technician,
emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical
technician-intermediate, or advanced emergency medical
technician who is employed by a unit of local government.
(b) To improve firefighter and emergency response
recruitment and to provide financial assistance to students
who wish to enter into firefighting or paramedic careers so
that they can more easily access those careers, the Commission
shall establish and implement the Firefighter Education
Scholarship Program no sooner than the 2026-2027 academic
year, subject to appropriation. Under the Program, the
Commission shall annually award scholarships to persons
preparing to work as a firefighter in this State.
These scholarships shall be awarded to individuals who
make application to the Commission and agree to sign an
agreement under which a recipient pledges that, within the
2-year period following the termination of the academic
program for which the recipient was awarded a scholarship, the
recipient shall do all of the following:

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(1) Apply for and complete the application process for
full-time employment with at least one fire department in
this State and, if selected, maintain employment with that
fire department for at least 2 years.
(2) Upon request of the Commission, provide the
Commission with evidence that the recipient is fulfilling
or has fulfilled the terms of the agreement provided for
in this subsection.
(c) A student is eligible for a scholarship under this
Section if the student meets the following qualifications:
(1) is a resident of this State;
(2) is a high school graduate or has received a State
of Illinois High School Diploma;
(3) is enrolled or accepted at an institution of
higher learning as at least a part-time student; and
(4) is pursuing a postsecondary course of study
leading to a career as a firefighter.
(d) In awarding a scholarship under this Section, the
Commission may give preference to applicants who received a
scholarship under this Section during the prior academic year,
to applicants with financial need, or to both.
(e) Each scholarship awarded under this Section shall be
used by the recipient for the payment of tuition and fees at an
institution of higher learning.
(f) The Commission shall administer the Program and shall
adopt all necessary and proper rules not inconsistent with

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this Section for its effective implementation.
The Commission may also adopt any rules necessary to
administer the Program.".