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Bill	PEN CD-DOWNST TEACHER-SHORTAGE	Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In the provision defining "eligible employment" for the purpose of allowing a teacher to return to teaching in subject shortage areas without impairing his or her retirement status or retirement annuity, changes the ending date of the employment from no later than June 30, 2019 to no later than June 30, 2021. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 1472	Illinois HB 1472 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2019-01-29	2019-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/732d0860-7c4d-4566-8724-e6fb3983228f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1472&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=115894&SessionID=108&GA=101	d5170c7ff0f71c02634cefaf0ca0951dfc72cc2067be2cdd59e2bac0b57e89c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1472 (101st) — PEN CD-DOWNST TEACHER-SHORTAGE

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In the provision defining "eligible employment" for the purpose of allowing a teacher to return to teaching in subject shortage areas without impairing his or her retirement status or retirement annuity, changes the ending date of the employment from no later than June 30, 2019 to no later than June 30, 2021. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. 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

• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• C.D. Davidsmeyer — primary (person)
• Darren Bailey — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
• Deanne M. Mazzochi — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — primary (person)
• Jerry Costello, II — cosponsor (person)
• Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Monica Bristow — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Stadelman — cosponsor (person)
• Steven M. Landek — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)
• Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-29 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer filing
• 2019-01-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-01-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey
• 2019-02-13 Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-21 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
• 2019-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
• 2019-02-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2019-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
• 2019-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
• 2019-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
• 2019-03-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2019 reading-1
• 2019-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2019-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Government Accountability and Ethics referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Do Pass Government Accountability and Ethics; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
• 2019-05-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
• 2019-05-07 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2019-05-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
• 2019-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2019-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2019-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
• 2019-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
• 2019-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2019-05-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2019-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-12 Effective Date July 12, 2019
• 2019-07-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0049 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/732d0860-7c4d-4566-8724-e6fb3983228f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).