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Bill	PEN CD-RETURN TO TEACHING	Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions concerning retired teachers returning to teach in a subject shortage area, makes changes concerning when the school district must advertise its vacancies and search for teachers. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 741	Illinois HB 741 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2005-02-01	2005-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/2effa768-d495-4fa9-b317-f7d3f8a44edd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=741&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15228&SessionID=50&GA=94	34134fbfa3397bfb24ac445ddc7a323921946a2700a397b5f3056bdb7ff3f525	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 741 (94th) — PEN CD-RETURN TO TEACHING

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions concerning retired teachers returning to teach in a subject shortage area, makes changes concerning when the school district must advertise its vacancies and search for teachers. 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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Roger L. Eddy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-01 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy filing
• 2005-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-08 Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2005-03-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2005-03-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-08 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
• 2005-05-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-07 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-07 Effective Date July 7, 2005
• 2005-07-07 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0129 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2effa768-d495-4fa9-b317-f7d3f8a44edd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).