---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-CHI MUNI"
description: "Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Restores the Chicago Municipal Article to the form in which it appeared before amendment by Public Act 98-641, which has been held unconstitutional. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 3161"
citation: "Illinois HB 3161 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lakesia Collins", "Mattie Hunter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fa286e3-f1ca-4a99-ac74-acf0fa537049"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3161&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=148315&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "e46bb40f1d41a46d5b2b0cfe384fd164598c0be10aeee11b56e48a36acf675d5"
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 3161 (103rd) — PEN CD-CHI MUNI

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Restores the Chicago Municipal Article to the form in which it appeared before amendment by Public Act 98-641, which has been held unconstitutional. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3161.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3161eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3161enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Personnel & Pensions — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Committee on Pensions — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lakesia Collins — primary (person)
- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lakesia Collins `filing`
- **2023-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 009-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2023 `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Senate Special Committee on Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Do Pass Senate Special Committee on Pensions; 009-000-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2023
- **2023-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 8, 2023
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2023
- **2023-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0443 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fa286e3-f1ca-4a99-ac74-acf0fa537049`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).