---
type: "Bill"
title: "ST HEALTH BENEFIT RECIPIENTS"
description: "Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that if in any case an error is made in billing a TRS benefit recipient, the Department of Central Management Services shall identify the error and refund the overpaid amount as soon as practicable. Provides that a TRS benefit recipient who has overpaid shall be entitled to a refund of overpayments for up to 7 years of past payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2700"
citation: "Illinois HB 2700 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc2fe78c-7b7f-485d-b323-650e68133b5f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2700&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118922&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "a37e82923bfed61b9321cd2b1d443f1b797a07c5005abd9f941b15dd603c930c"
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 2700 (101st) — ST HEALTH BENEFIT RECIPIENTS

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that if in any case an error is made in billing a TRS benefit recipient, the Department of Central Management Services shall identify the error and refund the overpaid amount as soon as practicable. Provides that a TRS benefit recipient who has overpaid shall be entitled to a refund of overpayments for up to 7 years of past payments.

## 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=10100HB2700&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118922&DocNum=2700&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2700eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118922&DocNum=2700&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2700enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118922&DocNum=2700&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — primary (person)
- Neil Anderson — primary (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart `filing`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2019-04-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2019-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Government Accountability and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass Government Accountability and Ethics; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-24** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-23** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0483 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc2fe78c-7b7f-485d-b323-650e68133b5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).