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Bill	PEN CD-CHI POLICE-ADMIN REVIEW	Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if any policeman whose application for either a duty disability benefit or an occupational disease disability benefit has been denied by the Retirement Board brings an action for administrative review challenging the denial of disability benefits and the policeman prevails in the action in administrative review, then the prevailing policeman shall be entitled to recover from the Fund court costs and litigation expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, as part of the costs of the action.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 2470	Illinois HB 2470 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	44	3	2019-02-13	2019-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/8bd06b91-782d-4fd6-976b-eee8d925b527	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2470&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118487&SessionID=108&GA=101	c9929b33975d5ced36df644277e4e712662c56fc77ddf0d389cd8bd14c21119b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2470 (101st) — PEN CD-CHI POLICE-ADMIN REVIEW

Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if any policeman whose application for either a duty disability benefit or an occupational disease disability benefit has been denied by the Retirement Board brings an action for administrative review challenging the denial of disability benefits and the policeman prevails in the action in administrative review, then the prevailing policeman shall be entitled to recover from the Fund court costs and litigation expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, as part of the costs of the action.

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

• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 94–18 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 66–43 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — primary (person)
• Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly M. Burke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke filing
• 2019-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 006-004-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 066-043-001 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2019-04-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2019-04-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Postponed - State Government
• 2019-05-09 Postponed - State Government
• 2019-05-10 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2019
• 2019-05-15 Do Pass State Government; 007-002-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2019
• 2019-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-05-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government
• 2019-05-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2019
• 2019-05-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt State Government; 006-002-000
• 2019-05-23 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cunningham amendment-passage
• 2019-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2019-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 050-008-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-23 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2019-05-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Kelly M. Burke
• 2019-05-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Personnel & Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Personnel & Pensions Committee; 007-000-000
• 2019-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 094-018-000
• 2019-05-29 House Concurs
• 2019-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2019
• 2019-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0387 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8bd06b91-782d-4fd6-976b-eee8d925b527. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).