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Bill	PEN CD-ARTS 4 & 6-TRANSFER	Amends the Downstate Firefighter and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that until 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, creditable service may be transferred from municipal firefighters' pension funds to the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago. Removes a provision restricting the amount of creditable service that may be transferred. Authorizes, until 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the transfer of creditable service from the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago to municipal firefighters' pension funds. Amends the State Mandates Act to provide for implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 2502	Illinois HB 2502 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	44	2	2019-02-13	2019-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/303cf1bc-7fda-4ea4-9ebc-c48a4f3d5039	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2502&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118539&SessionID=108&GA=101	475e2970ddbb13b1dbb89e038ffe92367e9c33c166527f0c70388484faad7f5e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2502 (101st) — PEN CD-ARTS 4 & 6-TRANSFER

Amends the Downstate Firefighter and Chicago Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that until 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, creditable service may be transferred from municipal firefighters' pension funds to the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago. Removes a provision restricting the amount of creditable service that may be transferred. Authorizes, until 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the transfer of creditable service from the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago to municipal firefighters' pension funds. Amends the State Mandates Act to provide for 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

• Third Reading — 91–18 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cristina Castro — primary (person)
• Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Cabello — cosponsor (person)
• Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Willis — primary (person)
• Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
• Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Cullerton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis 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
• 2019-02-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis amendment-introduction
• 2019-02-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Personnel & Pensions Committee
• 2019-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Personnel & Pensions Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-03-14 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 006-004-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2019-03-20 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2019-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2019-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa
• 2019-03-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
• 2019-03-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-018-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-03 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2019-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-05-07 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2019-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2019-05-10 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2019
• 2019-05-17 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 24, 2019
• 2019-05-17 Assigned to Government Accountability and Ethics referral-committee
• 2019-05-20 Waive Posting Notice
• 2019-05-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2019-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
• 2019-05-22 Do Pass Government Accountability and Ethics; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 23, 2019
• 2019-05-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2019
• 2019-05-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2019-05-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2019-05-24 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 reading-3
• 2019-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-23 Effective Date August 23, 2019
• 2019-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0474 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/303cf1bc-7fda-4ea4-9ebc-c48a4f3d5039. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).