republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/95th/hb-4603.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PENCD-IMRF-TRANSFER FROM ART 3"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Article of the Illinois Pension Fund. Provides that, if a member seeking transfer of certain creditable service under the Downstate Police Article to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Article applies before January 1, 2009 and pays the difference between (1) the employer and employee contributions that would have been required if he had participated in the IMRF during the period for which credit is being transferred, plus interest thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date of termination of the service for which credit is being transferred to the date of payment and (2) the amount actually transferred to IMRF, then the amount of creditable service established shall not be reduced. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 4603"
citation: "Illinois HB 4603 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-01-24"
last_action: "2008-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94bb958f-2172-496f-b8e9-536c90c3d0cb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4603&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35277&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "335ba1708b19650c563e88b2a1b99d0ef8ebdf0ada963d02806ba267ad38ca6c"
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 HB 4603 (95th) — PENCD-IMRF-TRANSFER FROM ART 3

Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Article of the Illinois Pension Fund. Provides that, if a member seeking transfer of certain creditable service under the Downstate Police Article to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Article applies before January 1, 2009 and pays the difference between (1) the employer and employee contributions that would have been required if he had participated in the IMRF during the period for which credit is being transferred, plus interest thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date of termination of the service for which credit is being transferred to the date of payment and (2) the amount actually transferred to IMRF, then the amount of creditable service established shall not be reduced. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4603&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35277&DocNum=4603&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4603eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35277&DocNum=4603&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4603enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35277&DocNum=4603&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel V. Beiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-01-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser `filing`
- **2008-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-01-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-06** Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Personnel and Pensions Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-02-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Personnel and Pensions Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2008-02-22** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-02-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-02-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-03-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-03-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 11, 2008 `reading-1`
- **2008-03-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2008-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-03-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** Assigned to Pensions and Investments `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-13** Do Pass Pensions and Investments; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2008
- **2008-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2008
- **2008-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0812 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94bb958f-2172-496f-b8e9-536c90c3d0cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).