---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-SURS-VARIOUS"
description: "Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In the definition of \"employee\", adds a reference to certain persons employed by the Department of Innovation and Technology. Provides that \"basic compensation\" includes the amount of any elective deferral to a deferred compensation plan established under the Article. In a provision concerning survivor's annuities, removes a reference to a person who has a disability that began prior to the date the child attained age 22 if the child was a full-time student. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1265"
citation: "Illinois SB 1265 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4e6a1f5-764b-40b9-8bf4-02a1dacda17f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1265&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=117801&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "bccb680055e1a90aa7866b22f7388291cf4f4b347018fea68e1b2fef4d8a9f21"
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 1265 (101st) — PEN CD-SURS-VARIOUS

Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In the definition of "employee", adds a reference to certain persons employed by the Department of Innovation and Technology. Provides that "basic compensation" includes the amount of any elective deferral to a deferred compensation plan established under the Article. In a provision concerning survivor's annuities, removes a reference to a person who has a disability that began prior to the date the child attained age 22 if the child was a full-time student. 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=10100SB1265&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=117801&DocNum=1265&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1265eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=117801&DocNum=1265&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1265enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=117801&DocNum=1265&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Omar Aquino — primary (person)
- Robert Martwick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino `filing`
- **2019-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to Government Accountability and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Do Pass Government Accountability and Ethics; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-07** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2019
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0321 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4e6a1f5-764b-40b9-8bf4-02a1dacda17f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).