---
type: "Bill"
title: "INS CD-POOL CERT OF AUTH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that, in evaluating the financial strength of a qualified group workers' compensation pool, the Department of Insurance shall consider the gross annual payroll of members, which must be at least $10,000,000 for active pools not in runoff (instead of which must be at least $10,000,000). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5026"
citation: "Illinois HB 5026 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-22"
last_action: "2010-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb80cef7-6a50-4459-88fe-7e1a369d1e8d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5026&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49603&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "ca7a07e938b49349ba0be04c5a203847b2d43628ca77c6db93ae12da22ce29bc"
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 5026 (96th) — INS CD-POOL CERT OF AUTH

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that, in evaluating the financial strength of a qualified group workers' compensation pool, the Department of Insurance shall consider the gross annual payroll of members, which must be at least $10,000,000 for active pools not in runoff (instead of which must be at least $10,000,000). 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=09600HB5026&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49603&DocNum=5026&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5026eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49603&DocNum=5026&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5026enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49603&DocNum=5026&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `filing`
- **2010-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2010-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-04-13** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2010-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-22** Do Pass Labor; 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; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Effective Date July 2, 2010
- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0965 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb80cef7-6a50-4459-88fe-7e1a369d1e8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).