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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PEN CD-IMRF-SEPARATION BENEFIT"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code, allows a participant who is terminating service to elect a separation benefit rather than a retirement annuity if his or her annuity would be less than $100 (now $30) per month. Effective January 1, 2017."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "99th"
+identifier: "SB 2972"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2972 (99th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2016-02-18"
+last_action: "2016-08-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddfe4abd-4788-4716-89a6-10efd14faa65"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2972&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96299&SessionID=88&GA=99"
+source_hash: "4a67e17f3de05714e8d82e3de005743a73c6cbb41a1d7b654c4061f8440919f7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 2972 (99th) — PEN CD-IMRF-SEPARATION BENEFIT
+
+Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code, allows a participant who is terminating service to elect a separation benefit rather than a retirement annuity if his or her annuity would be less than $100 (now $30) per month. Effective January 1, 2017.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2972&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96299&DocNum=2972&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2972eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96299&DocNum=2972&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2972enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96299&DocNum=2972&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Don Harmon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
+- **2016-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-02** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
+- **2016-03-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
+- **2016-03-17** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2016-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 5, 2016
+- **2016-04-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2016-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
+- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2016-04-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2016-04-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. William Davis
+- **2016-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2016-04-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-02** Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2016-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2016-05-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2016-05-27** Passed Both Houses
+- **2016-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2016-08-05** Effective Date January 1, 2017
+- **2016-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0747 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddfe4abd-4788-4716-89a6-10efd14faa65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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