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Bill	PENCD-ART 14-VIS IMPAIRED VNDR	Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an employee can establish service credit for a period of up to 8 years during which he or she was employed by the Visually Handicapped Managers of Illinois in a vending program operated under a contractual agreement with the Department of Rehabilitation Services or its successor agency. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 227	Illinois HB 227 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	48	3	2005-01-13	2005-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/762e6773-1f6c-4fba-9516-4500c06e2804	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=227&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14447&SessionID=50&GA=94	c596e4cacf11cbfc28b827f1f77cedc21024ee60b24531bf914a1bf65b20b8d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 227 (94th) — PENCD-ART 14-VIS IMPAIRED VNDR

Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an employee can establish service credit for a period of up to 8 years during which he or she was employed by the Visually Handicapped Managers of Illinois in a vending program operated under a contractual agreement with the Department of Rehabilitation Services or its successor agency. 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

• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 114–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Suzanne Bassi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Bassi filing
• 2005-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-01-26 Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Bassi amendment-introduction
• 2005-02-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-02-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-01 Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
• 2005-03-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-03-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2005-03-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wendell E. Jones
• 2005-03-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-02 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Pensions & Investments referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Pensions & Investments; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-20 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005 reading-3
• 2005-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James A. DeLeo amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Pensions & Investments
• 2005-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Pensions & Investments; 008-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-05-27 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; DeLeo amendment-passage
• 2005-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2005-05-27 Third Reading - Passed; 057-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2005-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Suzanne Bassi
• 2005-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
• 2005-05-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2005-05-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2005-05-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
• 2005-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-001-000
• 2005-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2005
• 2005-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0612 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/762e6773-1f6c-4fba-9516-4500c06e2804. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).