---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-DNST TCHR-EARLY RETMT"
description: "PEN CD-DNST TCHR-EARLY RETMT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Illinois SB 55 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-01-27T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b5cf959-042c-490a-a7cf-a1653abaa466"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7bf5e0ed40bf52d1755568558d7344efde91e2fc76510850c836e6778914b575"
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 55 (91st) — PEN CD-DNST TCHR-EARLY RETMT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0055** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0055LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOMKE — cosponsor (person)
- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- CLAYBORNE — cosponsor (person)
- DEMUZIO — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,R — cosponsor (person)
- MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- MOLARO — cosponsor (person)
- MURPHY — cosponsor (person)
- O'MALLEY — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)
- SIEBEN — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)
- SULLIVAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE INS & PENS. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WALSH,L
- **1999-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'MALLEY
- **1999-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** PENSION NOTE FILED
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SULLIVAN
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SIEBEN
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SINS
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-03
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-04
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CLAYBORNE
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JACOBS
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR MURPHY
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MEYER
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PERS PENSION `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PERS PENSION H
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-000 HPPN
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDING DEADLINE
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** EXTENDED - 5/21/99
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDING DEADLINE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** EXTENDED - 5/31/99
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/PARKER
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/PARKER
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SINS
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/PARKER
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SINS/010-000-000
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/PARKER
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/058-001-000
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-06-04
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b5cf959-042c-490a-a7cf-a1653abaa466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).