republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-2991.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-SURS-MISTAKE IN BENEFIT"
description: "Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions concerning mistakes in benefit calculation, provides that if the amount of the benefit was mistakenly set too high, the error was undiscovered for 3 years or longer, and the error was not the result of incorrect information supplied or information omitted (instead of incorrect information supplied) by the affected member or beneficiary, then upon discovery of the mistake the benefit shall be adjusted to the correct level, but the recipient of the benefit need not repay to the System the excess amounts received in error. Provides that regardless of the date an overpayment is discovered, if the System determines that the overpayment has occurred for specified reasons, the System may recover the overpayment from the recipient thereof or the recipient's estate, plus interest at the effective rate from the date of the overpayment to the date of recovery, either directly or by deducting such amount from the remaining benefits payable to the recipient or the recipient's estate, or by any other means available to the System. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 2991"
citation: "Illinois SB 2991 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Halpin", "Robert F. Martwick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/323ea142-2ac1-4488-a085-6c2d42d2ca0e"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2991&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=137438&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "266f01947c3994766504ceb42e40beeccae992ed9134e2a37333a9e859e162f3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 2991 (102nd) — PEN CD-SURS-MISTAKE IN BENEFIT

Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions concerning mistakes in benefit calculation, provides that if the amount of the benefit was mistakenly set too high, the error was undiscovered for 3 years or longer, and the error was not the result of incorrect information supplied or information omitted (instead of incorrect information supplied) by the affected member or beneficiary, then upon discovery of the mistake the benefit shall be adjusted to the correct level, but the recipient of the benefit need not repay to the System the excess amounts received in error. Provides that regardless of the date an overpayment is discovered, if the System determines that the overpayment has occurred for specified reasons, the System may recover the overpayment from the recipient thereof or the recipient's estate, plus interest at the effective rate from the date of the overpayment to the date of recovery, either directly or by deducting such amount from the remaining benefits payable to the recipient or the recipient's estate, or by any other means available to the System. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2991.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2991eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2991enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Halpin — primary (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Robert F. Martwick `filing`
- **2022-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As February 18, 2022
- **2022-02-16** Do Pass Pensions; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 17, 2022
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2022
- **2022-02-23** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2022-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael Halpin
- **2022-03-07** Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** Effective Date May 6, 2022
- **2022-05-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0746 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/323ea142-2ac1-4488-a085-6c2d42d2ca0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).