---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-SERS-ALTERNATE ANNUITY"
description: "Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the alternative retirement annuity provisions apply to a Tier 2 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General. Authorizes a Tier 2 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General to convert up to 8 years of certain service credit established before the effective date of the amendatory Act into eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity provisions upon application and payment of a specified contribution. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of \"new benefit increase\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 4926"
citation: "Illinois HB 4926 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Hoffman", "Robert F. Martwick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecec59d3-b111-4b17-aa46-d388343e78ae"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4926&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=139387&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "5057afc4bc73ff61b5d6ca5527e6eb9837346286ed4b5b8c85a38aea92ce174f"
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 HB 4926 (102nd) — PEN CD-SERS-ALTERNATE ANNUITY

Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the alternative retirement annuity provisions apply to a Tier 2 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General. Authorizes a Tier 2 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General to convert up to 8 years of certain service credit established before the effective date of the amendatory Act into eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity provisions upon application and payment of a specified contribution. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4926.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4926eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4926sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4926sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4926enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — primary (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
- **2022-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Personnel & Pensions Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 104-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 8, 2022 `reading-1`
- **2022-03-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2022-03-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2022-03-28** Assigned to Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As April 8, 2022
- **2022-03-29** Waive Posting Notice
- **2022-03-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert F. Martwick `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Do Pass Pensions; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2022-03-31** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2022
- **2022-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert F. Martwick `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 8, 2022 `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8 (b-1), the following amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-27** Effective Date May 27, 2022
- **2022-05-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0956 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecec59d3-b111-4b17-aa46-d388343e78ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).