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Bill	STATE EMPLOYEE GROUP INSURANCE	Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that "survivor" includes a person who would be receiving an annuity as a survivor of an annuitant except that the annuitant elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment. Provides that "TRS benefit recipient" includes a person who would be receiving a monthly benefit or retirement annuity under the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code except that the benefit recipient elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment under that Article in lieu of receiving an annuity. Provides that "community college benefit recipient" includes a person who would be receiving a monthly survivor's annuity or retirement annuity under the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code except that the benefit recipient elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment under that Article in lieu of receiving an annuity. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 2029	Illinois HB 2029 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	37	3	2019-02-01	2019-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/368a8106-32d4-493c-af72-7f550d4f50f0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2029&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=117529&SessionID=108&GA=101	0590eb2cbb9fe591f47efe837374f5357721e5a124d9315a8e05434be9d9eb67	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2029 (101st) — STATE EMPLOYEE GROUP INSURANCE

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that "survivor" includes a person who would be receiving an annuity as a survivor of an annuitant except that the annuitant elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment. Provides that "TRS benefit recipient" includes a person who would be receiving a monthly benefit or retirement annuity under the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code except that the benefit recipient elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment under that Article in lieu of receiving an annuity. Provides that "community college benefit recipient" includes a person who would be receiving a monthly survivor's annuity or retirement annuity under the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code except that the benefit recipient elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment under that Article in lieu of receiving an annuity. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark L. Walker — primary (person)
• Omar Aquino — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-01 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Martwick filing
• 2019-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-19 Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-02-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-04 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mark L. Walker
• 2019-04-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 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. Omar Aquino
• 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
• 2019-04-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Government Accountability and Ethics
• 2019-05-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-05-01 Do Pass as Amended Government Accountability and Ethics; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
• 2019-05-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
• 2019-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-17 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2019-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mark L. Walker
• 2019-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2019-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
• 2019-05-29 House Concurs
• 2019-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-27 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 . . . . . . . . . 101-0242 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/368a8106-32d4-493c-af72-7f550d4f50f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).