HB 1045
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the General Provisions, Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, Chicago Police, Chicago Firefighter, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), State Employees, and State Universities Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. With regard to police officers, firefighters, and similar public safety employees, 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. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act concerning health insurance plans of police officers and firefighters. Makes other conforming changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation of the amendatory changes to the Illinois Pension Code without reimbursement. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 1/9/2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
HB 1046
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the General Provisions, Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, Chicago Police,
Chicago Firefighter, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), State Employees, and State Universities Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. With regard to police officers, firefighters, and similar public safety employees, 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.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/4/2025 | House | Assigned to Appropriations-Pensions & Personnel |
HB 1246
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 |
| 2/11/2025 | House | Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee |
HB 1310
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 |
| 2/11/2025 | House | Assigned to Appropriations-Pensions & Personnel |
HB 1357
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 |
| 2/11/2025 | House | Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee |
HB 1620
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an active firefighter with 5 or more years of creditable service who is found unable to perform his or her duties in the fire department by reason of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) resulting from service as a firefighter is entitled to an occupational disease disability pension during any period of such disability for which he or she has no right to receive salary. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/18/2025 | House | Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee |
HB 1727
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 |
| 1/28/2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
HB 1820
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision concerning reductions of disability and survivor’s benefits for corresponding benefits payable under the Workers’ Compensation and Workers’ Occupational Diseases Acts, provides that if a person is entitled to a survivor’s benefit as a result of the decedent’s sickness, accident, or injury incurred in or resulting from the performance of an act of duty or from the cumulative effects of acts of duty, then there shall be no reduction in the benefits payable to that person under the Article. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/25/2025 | House | Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee |
HB 2443
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, at any time during the 6 months following the effective date of the amendatory Act, an active member of a downstate firefighters’ pension fund may apply for transfer to that fund of up to 8 years of his or her creditable service accumulated in a police pension fund under the Downstate Police Article that is administered by a unit of local government if that active member was not subject to disciplinary action when he or she terminated employment with that police department. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/5/2025 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading – Short Debate |
HB 2711
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes to Tier 2 benefits, including changing the amount of the automatic annual increase to 3% of the originally granted retirement annuity or 3% of the retirement annuity then being paid for the General Assembly and Judges Articles, changing the limit on the amount of salary for annuity purposes to the Social Security wage base, changing the calculation of final average salary to the Tier 1 calculation for persons who are active members on or after January 1, 2026, and changing the retirement age… 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. Authorizes SLEP status under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund for a person who is a county correctional officer or probation officer and for a person who participates in IMRF and qualifies as a firefighter under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. In the Downstate Firefighter Article, includes a de facto firefighter in the definition of “firefighter”. Defines “de facto firefighter”. Provides that the monthly pension of a firefighter who is receiving a disability pension shall be increased at the rate of 3% of the original monthly pension. Makes changes to the minimum retirement annuity payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable service, the minimum disability pension, and the minimum surviving spouse’s pension. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/4/2025 | House | Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee |
HB 2779
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Establishes a deferred retirement option plan for certain police officers, firefighters, sheriff’s law enforcement employees, and deputy sheriffs in the Cook County Police Department who are otherwise eligible to retire under which a participant may continue in active service for up to 5 years while having his or her retirement pension paid into a special account. Provides that the election to participate in the deferred retirement option plan must be made before January 1, 2030. 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.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/4/2025 | House | Assigned to Appropriations-Pensions & Personnel |
HB 2796
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 |
| 3/4/2025 | House | Assigned to Appropriations-Pensions & Personnel |
HB 3059
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that in July 2025, 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 2025 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 |
| 3/4/2025 | House | Assigned to Appropriations-Pensions & Personnel |
SB 2
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes to Tier 2 benefits, including changing the amount of the automatic annual increase to 3% of the originally granted retirement annuity or 3% of the retirement annuity then being paid for the General Assembly and Judges Articles, changing the limit on the amount of salary for annuity purposes to the Social Security wage base, changing the calculation of final average salary to the Tier 1 calculation for persons who are active members on or after January 1, 2026, and changing the retirement age. Establishes an accelerated pension benefit payment option for the General Assembly, Chicago Teachers, and Judges Articles of the Code. Provides that, with regard to persons subject to the Tier 2 provisions, a security employee of the Department of Human Services, a security employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, an investigator for the Department of the Lottery, or a State highway worker is entitled to an annuity calculated under the alternative retirement annuity provisions of the State Employee Article of the Code. Authorizes the conversion of service to eligible creditable service. 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. Authorizes SLEP status under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund for a person who is a county correctional officer or probation officer and for a person who participates in IMRF and qualifies as a firefighter under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. In the Downstate Firefighter Article, includes a de facto firefighter in the definition of “firefighter”. Defines “de facto firefighter”. Provides that the monthly pension of a firefighter who is receiving a disability pension shall be increased at the rate of 3% of the original monthly pension. Makes changes to the minimum retirement annuity payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable service, the minimum disability pension, and the minimum surviving spouse’s pension. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 1/13/2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
SB 184
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Adds fire investigators to the definition of “firefighter”. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 1/28/2025 | Senate | Assigned to Pensions |
SB 1585
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Downstate Firefighter and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that until 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, creditable service may be transferred from municipal firefighters’ pension funds to the Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago. Removes a provision restricting the amount of creditable service that may be transferred. Authorizes, until 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the transfer of creditable service from the Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago to municipal firefighters’ pension funds. Amends the State Mandates Act to provide for implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/4/2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
SB 1710
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, 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.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/5/2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
SB 1719
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government required to store public records under the Act may satisfy the requirements of the Act by storing the public records in an electronic form.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/19/2025 | Senate | To Government Operations |
HB 23
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Defines the terms “bona fide emergency” and “exigent circumstances”. Provides that, if a quorum of the members of a public body is physically present at a meeting, a majority of the public body may allow a member of that body to attend the meeting by other means if the member is prevented from physically attending because of, among other things, exigent circumstances concerning a family member (rather than because of, among other things, a family or other emergency). Makes technical changes.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/4/2025 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
HB 26
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that an open or closed meeting subject to the Act may be conducted by audio or video conference, without the physical presence of a quorum of the members, if the National Weather Service has determined that all or part of the jurisdiction of the public body is located within an area that is subject to a severe weather alert on the day of the meeting. Makes conforming changes. Makes other technical changes.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/4/2025 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
HB 2465
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that, if a quorum of the members of the public body is physically present, a majority of the public body may allow a member of that body to attend the meeting by other means if the member is prevented from physically attending because of performance of active military duty as a service member. Defines “active military duty” and “service member”.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/4/2025 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
HB 1098
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that no person under the age of 18 (rather than 21) shall be eligible for employment as a firefighter.
Last Action
| Date | Cham | Action |
| 2/27/2025 | Houseber | To Fire Subcommittee |
HB 1292
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Workers’ Compensation Act. Provides that post-traumatic stress disorder is to be rebuttably presumed to arise out of and to be causally connected to the hazards of employment of a person employed as a firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/19/2025 | House | To Workers’ Compensation Analysis Subcommittee |
HB 1309
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Workers’ Compensation Act. Provides that the rebuttable presumption concerning specified conditions or impairments of health of an employee employed as a firefighter, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician-intermediate, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic is intended to shift the burden of proof to the employing entity and any party attacking the presumption must establish by clear and convincing evidence an independent and non-work related cause for the condition or disability and prove that no aspect of the employment contributed to the condition. Provides that the rebuttable presumption relating to hearing loss cannot be overcome with evidence allegedly showing that the injured employee did not meet specified exposure thresholds.
Last Action
| Date | Cham | Action |
| 2/19/2025 | Houseber | To Workers’ Compensation Analysis Subcommittee |
HB 1776
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that an individual who is legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law is authorized to apply for the position of firefighter, subject to all requirements and limitations, other than citizenship, to which other applicants are subject. Effective January 1, 2026.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 1/28/2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
HB 2490
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Firefighter Paid Family Leave Act. Provides that a firefighter shall receive 6 weeks of paid family leave that may be used: (1) for the birth of a child in order to care for the child; (2) to care for a newly adopted child under 18 years of age, a newly placed foster child under 18 years of age, or a newly adopted or placed foster child older than 18 years of age if the child is incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability; and (3) to care for a family member with a serious health condition. Provides that an employer shall compensate a firefighter granted leave under the Act at the firefighter’s regular rate of pay, paid at the same interval the firefighter was paid while working, for those regular work hours during which the firefighter is absent from work. Sets forth provisions concerning employment protection and maintenance of benefits; prohibited acts, limitations of the Act; waiver of leave under the Act; and collective bargaining agreements. Limits home rule. Provides that the Department of Labor may adopt any rules necessary to implement the Act. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/4/2025 | House | Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee |
HB 2505
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property that is used as a qualified residence by a police officer or firefighter with a duty-related disability is exempt from taxation under the Code. Effective immediately.
Last Action
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 3/6/2025 | House | To Tax Policy: Other Taxes Subcommittee |