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Bill	PEN CD-DWNST FIRE-TRANSFER	Amends the Downstate Firefighter and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes a firefighter to transfer up to 10 years of creditable service in a downstate firefighter pension fund to the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago upon payment of a specified amount. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 688	Illinois HB 688 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	81	5	2017-01-25	2017-11-09	openstates	ocd-bill/b172bae6-b00a-41ac-be93-47f287e29835	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=688&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=100978&SessionID=91&GA=100	3ae29cbe6185206b0fd2f90853029bb2d671b230ab84ff27aa244f6bb7279240	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 688 (100th) — PEN CD-DWNST FIRE-TRANSFER

Amends the Downstate Firefighter and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes a firefighter to transfer up to 10 years of creditable service in a downstate firefighter pension fund to the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago upon payment of a specified amount. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion — 86–29 (fail) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 72–22 (pass) · lower
• Motion — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 82–33 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 39–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Zalewski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski filing
• 2017-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2017-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2017-03-23 Do Pass / Standard Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 008-006-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
• 2017-03-27 Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2017-03-27 Pension Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2017-03-28 Pension Note Filed
• 2017-03-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Personnel & Pensions Committee
• 2017-04-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Personnel & Pensions Committee; 008-006-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-06 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2017-04-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-04-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Pension Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-04-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 State Debt Impact Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-04-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Balanced Budget Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-04-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Judicial Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-04-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-04-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Correctional Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-04-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-04-26 Second Reading - Standard Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Standard Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
• 2017-04-27 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 082-033-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2017-05-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 3, 2017 reading-1
• 2017-05-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2017-05-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-05 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2017-05-12 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2017-05-12 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
• 2017-05-19 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 011-001-001 committee-passage
• 2017-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 22, 2017
• 2017-05-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2017
• 2017-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Home Rule Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-05-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2017-05-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2017-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-29 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cunningham amendment-passage
• 2017-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2017-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 039-010-002 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2017-05-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2017-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2017-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Personnel & Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Personnel & Pensions Committee; 008-006-000
• 2017-06-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 072-022-000
• 2017-06-23 3/5 Vote Required
• 2017-06-23 House Concurs
• 2017-06-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-23 Verified
• 2017-07-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-09-15 Governor Vetoed executive-veto
• 2017-10-12 Placed on Calendar Total Veto
• 2017-10-24 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2017-10-25 3/5 Vote Required
• 2017-10-25 Override Governor Veto - House Passed 086-029-000
• 2017-11-01 Placed Calendar Total Veto
• 2017-11-07 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2017-11-07 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2017-11-08 3/5 Vote Required
• 2017-11-08 Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 054-000-000
• 2017-11-08 Both Houses Override Total Veto veto-override-passage
• 2017-11-09 Effective Date November 8, 2017
• 2017-11-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0544 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b172bae6-b00a-41ac-be93-47f287e29835. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).