---
type: "Bill"
title: "PENCD-SURS-ADMIN-INCORP TIER 2"
description: "Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Deletes references to the State Universities Retirement System from the Tier 2 Section of the General Provisions Article and incorporates the Tier 2 provisions into the State Universities Article. Also makes administrative changes: authorizes the Board to delegate some of its duties; provides that warrants, checks, and drafts need not be signed by the president of the Board; specifies that the Board's rulemaking power includes the time and manner of reporting contributions; authorizes the Board to procure additional actuarial, legal, medical, audit, and other services; makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 2993"
citation: "Illinois HB 2993 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/436ece31-5839-4885-9402-459da49cf724"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2993&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74844&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "1e0c5e6795c83ba1e0ebbeecef93311e6f381746cdd047dd9deb0477a471720e"
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 2993 (98th) — PENCD-SURS-ADMIN-INCORP TIER 2

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Deletes references to the State Universities Retirement System from the Tier 2 Section of the General Provisions Article and incorporates the Tier 2 provisions into the State Universities Article. Also makes administrative changes: authorizes the Board to delegate some of its duties; provides that warrants, checks, and drafts need not be signed by the president of the Board; specifies that the Board's rulemaking power includes the time and manner of reporting contributions; authorizes the Board to procure additional actuarial, legal, medical, audit, and other services; makes other changes. 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=09800HB2993&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74844&DocNum=2993&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2993eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74844&DocNum=2993&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2993enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74844&DocNum=2993&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darlene J. Senger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `filing`
- **2013-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Pension Note Filed
- **2013-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Personnel and Pensions Committee
- **2013-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Personnel and Pensions Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-21** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-09** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Darlene J. Senger
- **2013-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Darlene J. Senger `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2013-04-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2013 `reading-1`
- **2013-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
- **2013-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2013
- **2013-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2013
- **2013-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-17** Effective Date July 16, 2013
- **2013-07-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0092 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/436ece31-5839-4885-9402-459da49cf724`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).