104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1446

 

Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2905/5 new

    Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Provides that, beginning no later than 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall track and record the manner of death for all firefighters in Illinois, including suicide and the various types of cancer.


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A BILL FOR

 

SB1446LRB104 07431 BDA 17472 b

1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by adding
5Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2905/5 new)
7    Sec. 5. Tracking firefighter mortality. Beginning no later
8than 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act
9of the 104th General Assembly, the Office of the State Fire
10Marshal shall track and record the manner of death for all
11firefighters in Illinois, including suicide and the various
12types of cancer.