---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-TRS-DISABILITY EARNINGS"
description: "Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a teacher who (i) has been receiving a disability, occupational disability, or disability retirement benefit for at least one year and (ii) remains unable to resume regular full-time teaching due to disability, but is able to engage in limited or part-time employment as a teacher, may engage in such limited or part-time employment as a teacher without loss of the disability, occupational disability, or disability retirement benefit, provided that the teacher's earnings for that limited or part-time employment, when added to the amount of the benefit, do not exceed 100% of the salary rate upon which the benefit is based. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 1660"
citation: "Illinois SB 1660 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-24"
last_action: "2005-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c403db3-9aee-4bad-a27c-86724876d192"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1660&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=19836&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "0f5c90569819acb658402c9adf26cf9f00421a983ae09a5c681a34ae44304ba6"
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 1660 (94th) — PEN CD-TRS-DISABILITY EARNINGS

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a teacher who (i) has been receiving a disability, occupational disability, or disability retirement benefit for at least one year and (ii) remains unable to resume regular full-time teaching due to disability, but is able to engage in limited or part-time employment as a teacher, may engage in such limited or part-time employment as a teacher without loss of the disability, occupational disability, or disability retirement benefit, provided that the teacher's earnings for that limited or part-time employment, when added to the amount of the benefit, do not exceed 100% of the salary rate upon which the benefit is based. 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=09400SB1660&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19836&DocNum=1660&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1660eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19836&DocNum=1660&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1660enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19836&DocNum=1660&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Maggie Crotty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Assigned to Pensions & Investments `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass Pensions & Investments; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2005
- **2005-03-11** Pension Note Filed from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.
- **2005-03-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2005-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 17, 2005
- **2005-04-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2005-04-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2005-04-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Re-assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2005-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2005-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2005
- **2005-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0539 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c403db3-9aee-4bad-a27c-86724876d192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).