SB2709: FIRE MARSHAL-TRACK DEATHS

SB2709 Enrolled LRB104 14468 SPS 27607 b 1 AN ACT concerning State government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by 5 changing Section 5 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 2905/5) 7 (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 8 delayed effective date ) 9 Sec. 5. Tracking firefighter mortality. Beginning no later 10 than 6 months after January 1, 2026 ( the effective date of 11 Public Act 104-102) this amendatory Act of the 104th General 12 Assembly , all fire departments and units of local government 13 that provide fire protection services in this State shall 14 report the death of any firefighter employed by the fire 15 department or unit of local government to the Office of the 16 State Fire Marshal. The information reported to the Office 17 shall include the cause and manner of death, including, but 18 not limited to, any deaths resulting from suicide and the 19 various types of cancer. If a firefighter separates from a 20 fire department or unit of local government with a known 21 cancer diagnosis and succumbs to that cancer within 12 months 22 after separation, the fire department or unit of local 23 government shall report the death to the Office. The the SB2709 Enrolled - 2 - LRB104 14468 SPS 27607 b 1 Office of the State Fire Marshal shall receive, track , and 2 record all reported firefighter deaths, including the cause 3 and the manner of death , as reported under this Section for all 4 firefighters in Illinois, including suicide and the various 5 types of cancer . The Office shall publish an annual report 6 concerning the information reported under this Section and 7 shall make the report available to the public no later than 90 8 days after the end of each calendar year. 9 (Source: P.A. 104-102, eff. 1-1-26.) 10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 11 becoming law.