republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/91st/sb-856.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-FIREFIGHTERS"
description: "PEN CD-FIREFIGHTERS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 856"
citation: "Illinois SB 856 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12d8b08a-f91d-4317-97bc-0d94e12aae47"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "81afef0da5199b98e82344cb0b898812526db0beb321542d6b03f526235cee06"
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 856 (91st) — PEN CD-FIREFIGHTERS

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0856** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0856LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- CURRY,JULIE — cosponsor (person)
- LEITCH — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,R — cosponsor (person)
- MOLARO — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)
- SHADID — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE INS & PENS. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** PENSION NOTE FILED
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 007-000-000 SINS
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-11
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-16
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-001-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PERS PENSION `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE AND 3RD
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** READING DEADLINE
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** EXTENDED - 5/21/99
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE PERS PENSION
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PERS PENSION H
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HPPN
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LEITCH
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CURRY,JULIE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PENSION NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #1
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SHADID
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDING DEADLINE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** EXTENDED - 5/31/99
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/MADIGAN,R
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/MADIGAN,R
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SINS
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS,J
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOLARO
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/MADIGAN,R
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SINS/010-000-000
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR RADOGNO
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/MADIGAN,R
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/059-000-000
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-15T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-06
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0466

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12d8b08a-f91d-4317-97bc-0d94e12aae47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).