---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI OFFICER AGE LIMIT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the age limit applicable to persons seeking municipal employment in either a fire department or police department shall not apply to a person who has served as a sworn officer of the Illinois Department of State Police (this is an addition to a list of several other exemptions). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 528"
citation: "Illinois SB 528 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-17"
last_action: "2005-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1b85fab-54b7-46e8-ae5e-1433a0ab54d6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=528&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17382&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "25dbdda15819c7dd40d646b2b4cc7a186ed6daf9a768a66eff0339fb8d411cc2"
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 528 (94th) — MUNI OFFICER AGE LIMIT

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the age limit applicable to persons seeking municipal employment in either a fire department or police department shall not apply to a person who has served as a sworn officer of the Illinois Department of State Police (this is an addition to a list of several other exemptions). 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=09400SB0528&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17382&DocNum=528&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0528eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17382&DocNum=528&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0528enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17382&DocNum=528&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Maggie Crotty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-17** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2005-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-17** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Postponed - Local Government
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2005
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2005
- **2005-04-07** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-07** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2005-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-14** Effective Date June 14, 2005
- **2005-06-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0029 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1b85fab-54b7-46e8-ae5e-1433a0ab54d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).