HB 1052
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision that reduces the amount of the pension for a Tier 2 firefighter who retires with at least 10 years of creditable service before attaining age 55, provides that the pension of a Tier 2 firefighter who is retiring after attaining age 50 with 20 or more years of creditable service shall not be reduced. Makes a conforming change. Provides that each annual increase for Tier 2 firefighters shall be increased on the January 1 occurring either on or after the attainment of age 55 (instead of age 60) or the first anniversary of the pension start date, whichever is later, and shall be calculated at 3% of the originally granted pension (instead of calculated at the lesser of 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase in the consumer price index-u for a 12-month period ending in September preceding each November 1). Provides that the changes shall apply without regard to whether a Tier 2 firefighter is in active service under the Article on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/10/2023 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
HB 1185
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the annual employer contribution shall include an amount sufficient to bring the total assets of the pension fund up to 90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the pension fund by the end of municipal fiscal year 2050 (instead of 2040). Makes a conforming change. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 1/31/2024 | House | Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee |
HB 1248
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Firefighters’ Pension Investment Fund Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the candidate receiving the highest number of votes who is from a fire protection district shall be elected if the candidate or candidates who are mayors, presidents, chief executive officers, chief financial officers, or other officers, executives, or department heads of municipalities or fire protection districts receiving the highest number of votes would result in there being no trustee who is from a fire protection district. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/27/2023 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
HB 1277
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that benefit or annuity payments to a member or participant in a retirement system or pension fund shall be suspended if the member or participant is indicted or charged by information with a felony and the board of the retirement system or pension fund determines that the felony relates to or arises out of or in connection with his or her service as a member or participant of the retirement system or pension fund. Provides that if the member or participant is not convicted of that felony, payment of the benefit or annuity shall resume and the retirement system or pension fund shall pay to the member or participant the amount of the suspended annuity or benefit payments with interest. Provides that if the member or participant is convicted of that felony, the suspended annuity or benefit payments shall not be paid to the member or participant. Provides that the amendatory Act applies without regard to whether the member or participant first became a member or participant of a retirement system or pension fund before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 1/31/2023 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
HB 1552
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that if a person who is covered under a retirement system or pension fund created under the Illinois Pension Code is convicted of a disqualifying offense as that term is defined in the Illinois Pension Code, the State’s Attorney must notify the board of trustees for that retirement system or pension fund. Amends the Downstate Police, Chicago Police, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), Chicago Municipal, Cook County, Cook County Forest Preserve, State Employee, and State Universities Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that upon petition by the Board or on its own motion, a circuit court may order that none of the benefits provided under the Article be paid to a person who first becomes a police officer on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and who has been convicted of a disqualifying offense if the court finds that: (1) the disqualifying offense was committed with the use of police authority, resources, or other materials; (2) the disqualifying offense threatened public safety; or (3) the totality of the circumstances of the disqualifying offense are against the guiding principles and training of law enforcement. Provides that upon petition by the Board or on its own motion, a court may order that none of the benefits provided for in the Article be paid to any person who otherwise would receive a survivor benefit if the benefit results from the service of a police officer who first became a police officer on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and who was convicted of a disqualifying offense if the court finds that: (1) the disqualifying offense was committed with the use of police authority, resources, or other materials; (2) the disqualifying offense threatened public safety; or (3) the totality of the circumstances of the disqualifying offense are against the guiding principles and training of law enforcement. Defines “disqualifying offense” and “police officer”. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/10/2023 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
HB 2337
Synopsis As Introduced
Restores the statutes to the form in which they existed before their amendment by Public Acts 101-652, 102-28, and 102-1104, with certain exceptions. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 concerning aggravating factors for which the death penalty may be imposed. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Eliminates a provision that abolishes the sentence of death. Transfers unobligated and unexpended moneys remaining in the Death Penalty Abolition Fund into the reestablished Capital Litigation Trust Fund. Enacts the Capital Crimes Litigation Act of 2023 and amends the State Appellate Defender Act to add provisions concerning the restoration of the death penalty. Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Removes Tier 2 limitations on the amount of salary for annuity purposes; provides that the automatic annual increases to a retirement pension or survivor pension are calculated under the Tier 1 formulas; and provides that the amount of and eligibility for a retirement annuity are calculated under the Tier 1 provisions. Provides that the changes that provide benefit increases for firefighters and police officers apply without regard to whether the firefighter or police officer was in service on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Makes other and conforming changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality that provides health insurance to police officers and firefighters shall maintain their health insurance plans after retirement and shall pay the cost of the health insurance premiums for each retiree who has completed 20 years of service. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/14/2023 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
HB 3004
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Pension Code. Provides for a Deferred Retirement Option Plan, under which a firefighter who is at least age 50 with 20 years of service may continue in active service for up to 3 years while having his or her retirement pension paid into a special account, to be distributed to the firefighter upon retirement. Bases the retirement pension on the firefighter’s service and salary at the time of joining the DROP plan. Requires termination of service at the end of the DROP plan participation period. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/10/2023 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
HB 3392
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Firefighter and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Adds an impairment or condition resulting from a bloodborne pathogen, contagious staph infection, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), lung or respiratory disease or condition, vascular disease or condition, hypertension, cancer resulting in any disability (temporary, permanent, total, or partial), or hearing loss to the list of diseases for which certain firefighters may be eligible for an occupational disease disability pension. Provides that any condition or impairment of health of a firefighter that results directly or indirectly from any bloodborne pathogen, contagious staph infection, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), lung or respiratory disease or condition, heart or vascular disease or condition, hypertension, tuberculosis, cancer resulting in any disability (temporary, permanent, total, or partial), or hearing loss is rebuttably presumed to have resulted from service as a firefighter. Makes a conforming change. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/17/2023 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
HB 3485
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that every retirement system, pension fund, or other system or fund established under the Code shall (instead of may) indemnify and protect the trustees and staff (instead of the trustees, staff, and consultants) against all damage claims and suits, including the defense thereof, when damages are sought for negligent or wrongful acts alleged to have been committed in the scope of employment or under the direction of the trustees. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/17/2023 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
HB 3608
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that in July 2023, the monthly pension of a firefighter who retired between July 1, 1977 and January 1, 1986 shall be recalculated and increased to reflect the amount that the firefighter would have received in July 2023 had the firefighter been receiving a 3% compounded increase for each year he or she received pension payments after his or her retirement date. Provides that in each January thereafter, he or she shall receive an additional increase of 3% of the amount of the pension then being paid. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/17/2023 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
SB 65
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, and Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a municipality with a population that has fallen below 5,000 inhabitants as determined by both of the preceding 2 federal decennial censuses, or that has a population of less than 5,000 inhabitants that approved a referendum creating a pension fund, may terminate its participation in a pension fund created under the Downstate Police or Downstate Firefighter Article with regard to persons who first become police officers or firefighters after a specified proposition is adopted and enroll in IMRF police officers or firefighters hired after the adoption of that proposition. Provides the required notice and form of the proposition. Provides that a municipality may elect to terminate its participation under the Article and dissolve the fund if certain conditions are met. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/10/2023 | Senate | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
SB 2101
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Firefighters’ Pension Investment Fund Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a trustee shall qualify by taking an oath of office before the Secretary of State or the Board’s appointed legal counsel (instead of only the Secretary of State). In a provision concerning reimbursement for travel expenses for trustees, removes a reference to the standards in effect for members of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. In a provision concerning voting for trustees by participants and beneficiaries, removes language requiring the ballot envelope to have a certificate stating that the person voting the ballot is entitled to vote. Provides that a trustee appointed to fill the vacancy of an elected trustee shall serve until a successor is elected. Removes language providing that for a vacancy of an elected trustee occurring with an unexpired term of 6 months or more, an election shall be conducted for the vacancy. Makes a conforming change. Provides that special elections to fill the remainder of an unexpired term vacated by an elected trustee shall be held concurrently with and in the same manner as the next regular election for an elected trustee position. Provides that a copy of the rules adopted by the Fund shall be posted on the Fund’s website (instead of filed with the Secretary of State and the Department of Insurance). Makes changes concerning indemnification of the Fund, the board, and the officers and employees of the Fund. Makes other changes.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/31/2023 | Senate | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
SB 2102
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Regulation of Public Pension Funds Article, provides that the Consolidated Fund (instead of the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance or the Consolidated Fund, as appropriate) shall examine or investigate each pension fund established under the Downstate Police or Downstate Firefighter Article of the Code. In the Chicago Police and Chicago Firefighter Articles, repeals provisions requiring the Director of Insurance to biennially make a thorough examination of the Fund and issue a report. Effective July 1, 2023.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 4/28/2023 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
SB 2678
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of the Code) is adopted and made a part of the Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, Chicago Police, and Chicago Firefighter Articles, but only with respect to a person who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is entitled under those Articles or through a participating system under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act to begin receiving a retirement annuity or survivor’s annuity and who elects to proceed under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 1/10/2024 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
SB 2899
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, if a pension fund’s total assets are at least 60% of the total actuarial liabilities of the pension fund, the city council or board of trustees of that municipality may elect an annual employer contribution that includes an amount sufficient to bring the total assets of the pension fund up to 90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the pension fund by the end of municipal fiscal year 2050 or an earlier fiscal year, but no earlier than municipal fiscal year 2040. Provides that the election is irrevocable and must be made by ordinance or resolution no later than January 1, 2027. Makes conforming changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 1/26/2024 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |