---
type: "Bill"
title: "PENCD-ART 14-VIS IMPAIRED VNDR"
description: "Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an employee can establish service credit for a period of up to 8 years during which he or she was employed by the Visually Handicapped Managers of Illinois in a vending program operated under a contractual agreement with the Department of Rehabilitation Services or its successor agency. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 227"
citation: "Illinois HB 227 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-01-13"
last_action: "2005-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/762e6773-1f6c-4fba-9516-4500c06e2804"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=227&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14447&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "c596e4cacf11cbfc28b827f1f77cedc21024ee60b24531bf914a1bf65b20b8d2"
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 227 (94th) — PENCD-ART 14-VIS IMPAIRED VNDR

Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an employee can establish service credit for a period of up to 8 years during which he or she was employed by the Visually Handicapped Managers of Illinois in a vending program operated under a contractual agreement with the Department of Rehabilitation Services or its successor agency. Effective immediately.

## 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=09400HB0227&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14447&DocNum=227&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0227eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14447&DocNum=227&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0227enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14447&DocNum=227&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Suzanne Bassi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Bassi `filing`
- **2005-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Bassi `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-01** Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
- **2005-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2005-03-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wendell E. Jones
- **2005-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Pensions & Investments `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Pensions & Investments; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-20** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005 `reading-3`
- **2005-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James A. DeLeo `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Pensions & Investments
- **2005-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Pensions & Investments; 008-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-27** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; DeLeo `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2005-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2005-05-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- **2005-05-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
- **2005-05-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2005-05-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2005-05-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
- **2005-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-001-000
- **2005-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2005
- **2005-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0612 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/762e6773-1f6c-4fba-9516-4500c06e2804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).