# Illinois SB1827: FIRE DISTRICTS--DESIGN-BUILD Illinois SB1827, FIRE DISTRICTS--DESIGN-BUILD, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Mike Porfirio (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0395) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1827-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB1827 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: FIRE DISTRICTS--DESIGN-BUILD - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-08-15, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0395 - Sponsor: Mike Porfirio (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: assignments, executive, cities & villages - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (268 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Counties Code. In a provision concerning the development of scope and performance criteria for design-build projects, deletes a provision that requires the county to develop preliminary design plans. Specifies that a design-build entity shall not be disqualified solely due to having previously been awarded a project or projects under any applicable public procurement statute of the State. Provides that, if a county receives one Phase I response, nothing prohibits the county from proceeding with a Phase II evaluation of the single respondent, if the county, in its discretion, finds proceeding to be in its best interest. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a provision concerning the development of scope and performance criteria for design-build projects, deletes a provision that requires the municipality to develop preliminary design plans. Specifies that a design-build entity shall not be disqualified solely due to having previously been awarded a project or projects under any applicable public procurement statute of the State. Provides that, if a municipality receives one response to Phase I, nothing shall prohibit the municipality from proceeding with a Phase II evaluation of the single respondent, if the municipality, in its discretion, finds proceeding to be in its best interest. Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the Act's competitive bidding provisions do not prohibit a fire protection district from entering into design-build contracts. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Mike Porfirio (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Anthony DeLuca (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jay Hoffman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Matt Hanson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Paul Faraci (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-31 | Senate | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs | pass | 57 | 0 | | | 2025-05-28 | Senate | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2025-05-22 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 114 | 0 | | | 2025-05-20 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2025-05-07 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; | pass | 6 | 2 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 55 | 0 | | | 2025-04-03 | Senate | Reported Back To Executive; | pass | 3 | 0 | | | 2025-04-03 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Executive; | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (51) - 2025-08-15: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0395 (Senate) - 2025-08-15: Effective Date August 15, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-08-15: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2025-06-27: Sent to the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-31: Passed Both Houses (Senate) - 2025-05-31: Senate Concurs (Senate) - 2025-05-31: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-28: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-27: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Mike Porfirio (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 26, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-22: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-22: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted (House) - 2025-05-22: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson (House) - 2025-05-22: Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-20: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 009-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-15: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee (House) - 2025-05-14: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-14: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-14: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-05-14: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) - 2025-05-07: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-05-07: Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 006-002-000 (House) - 2025-04-21: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca (House) - 2025-04-17: Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee (House) - 2025-04-09: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-09: First Reading (House) - 2025-04-09: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) - 2025-04-09: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-04-09: Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 4, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Do Pass as Amended Executive; 012-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Reported Back To Executive; 003-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Sub-Procurement (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Procurement (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci (Senate) - 2025-02-19: To Procurement (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Assigned to Executive (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-02-06: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1827eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1827enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1827ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1827.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1827sam001.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 - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1827eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1827enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1827ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1827.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1827sam001.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) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1827-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).