# Illinois HB2535: UTILITY FIRE PROTECTION FEE

Illinois HB2535, UTILITY FIRE PROTECTION FEE, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by Nabeela Syed (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2025-04-11 (House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Illinois HB2535
- State: Illinois
- Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026)
- Title: UTILITY FIRE PROTECTION FEE
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-04-11, House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- Sponsor: Nabeela Syed (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: public utilities
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (13 yes, 7 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a fire protection charge by a public utility shall be no greater than the average cost spent by the public utility on the maintenance, connection, or use of any fire protection services over the past 10 years.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nabeela Syed (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-18 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; | pass | 13 | 7 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-04-11: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-04-11: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee (House)
- 2025-04-02: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-04-02: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nabeela Syed (House)
- 2025-03-26: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House)
- 2025-03-26: Second Reading - Short Debate (House)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House)
- 2025-03-18: Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 013-007-000 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Assigned to Public Utilities Committee (House)
- 2025-02-04: Referred to Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-02-04: First Reading (House)
- 2025-02-04: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nabeela Syed (House)

## Bill text

- House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2535ham001.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2535.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house)
- SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate)
- HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee)
- HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee)
- SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate)
- SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed)

## Sources
- [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2535ham001.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2535.pdf)

## Related
- [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026)
- [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026)
- [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026)
- [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026)
- [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026)
- [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2535-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).