republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-3954.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-TRS-EMPLOYMENT"
description: "Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the effective date of a retirement annuity may be after the date of official termination of employment but before de minimis posttermination employment as long as such employment is (1) less than 10 days in length, (2) less than $2,000 in compensation, and (3) is deemed de minimis by the System. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of \"new benefit increase\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 3954"
citation: "Illinois SB 3954 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Syverson", "Jeff Keicher"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d46aa7e-a669-4ec6-b3df-46b37c111d04"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3954&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=139050&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "3ef6f1b77e9a2984533ce3bfbc0b8dac026905e26187ed91e9078399cef430b6"
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 3954 (102nd) — PEN CD-TRS-EMPLOYMENT

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the effective date of a retirement annuity may be after the date of official termination of employment but before de minimis posttermination employment as long as such employment is (1) less than 10 days in length, (2) less than $2,000 in compensation, and (3) is deemed de minimis by the System. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". 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/10200SB3954.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3954eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3954sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3954sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3954enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Syverson — primary (person)
- Jeff Keicher — primary (person)
- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Brian W. Stewart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `filing`
- **2022-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned to Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Do Pass Pensions; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 10, 2022
- **2022-02-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 15, 2022
- **2022-02-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Pensions
- **2022-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
- **2022-02-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Pensions; 008-000-000
- **2022-02-25** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Syverson `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2022-02-25** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
- **2022-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** 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
- **2022-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2022-04-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Effective Date May 13, 2022
- **2022-05-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0871 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d46aa7e-a669-4ec6-b3df-46b37c111d04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).