---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-SERS-VETERANS CONTRACT"
description: "Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a member who rendered full-time contractual services to an Illinois Veterans Home operated by the Department of Veterans' Affairs to establish service credit for up to 8 years of such services by making specified contributions, plus interest. Requires application no later than July 1, 2010. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "Illinois SB 214 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-03"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a13954ef-cf72-49f6-80fe-f6bebe5aa043"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=214&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40718&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "ba40981d1c914c069191423a4da6f97e299c4bae001fc94cae9c193ae410aeb2"
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 214 (96th) — PEN CD-SERS-VETERANS CONTRACT

Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a member who rendered full-time contractual services to an Illinois Veterans Home operated by the Department of Veterans' Affairs to establish service credit for up to 8 years of such services by making specified contributions, plus interest. Requires application no later than July 1, 2010. 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=09600SB0214&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40718&DocNum=214&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0214eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40718&DocNum=214&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0214enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40718&DocNum=214&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–3** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2009-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Assigned to Pensions and Investments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-19** Held in Pensions and Investments
- **2009-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Pensions and Investments
- **2009-02-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-02-27** Do Pass as Amended Pensions and Investments; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2009
- **2009-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2009
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 2, 2009
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2009-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Personnel and Pensions Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Personnel and Pensions Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-07** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 20, 2009
- **2009-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2009-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Pensions and Investments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Pensions and Investments; 006-000-000
- **2009-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2009-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-27** Effective Date July 27, 2009
- **2009-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0097 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a13954ef-cf72-49f6-80fe-f6bebe5aa043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).