---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-ART 3-BENEFICIARY TRUST"
description: "Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, if a special needs trust has been established for a disabled adult child, then the special needs trust may stand in lieu of the disabled adult child as a beneficiary for the purposes of the Article. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5149"
citation: "Illinois HB 5149 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-28"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58aceff7-ef8a-4928-a57b-1beee51d5e07"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5149&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50084&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "8c2475b9f2f4a384c947f4b0096a4763ec1fe9b8336714fcff65ae5c5d00bdf0"
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 5149 (96th) — PEN CD-ART 3-BENEFICIARY TRUST

Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, if a special needs trust has been established for a disabled adult child, then the special needs trust may stand in lieu of the disabled adult child as a beneficiary for the purposes of the Article. 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=09600HB5149&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50084&DocNum=5149&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5149eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50084&DocNum=5149&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5149enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50084&DocNum=5149&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis M. Reboletti — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti `filing`
- **2010-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-03** Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2010-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Assigned to Pensions and Investments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-22** Do Pass Pensions and Investments; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-21** Effective Date July 21, 2010
- **2010-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1143 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58aceff7-ef8a-4928-a57b-1beee51d5e07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).