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Bill	PEN CD-ART 6-MILITARY SERVICE	Amends the Chicago Firefighters Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows an active fireman to establish a maximum of 24 months of additional service credit attributed to service in the armed forces of the United States that was served prior to employment by the city as a firefighter. Requires contribution of employee contributions and employer contributions, plus interest. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 1291	Illinois HB 1291 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2009-02-11	2009-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/aa205bdc-ba8e-4687-840c-8f299fc18e05	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1291&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42998&SessionID=76&GA=96	347b89e9e96c2c71519e0a7a3e6c6cd50402dd2edb19eb2321425649b4793d4e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1291 (96th) — PEN CD-ART 6-MILITARY SERVICE

Amends the Chicago Firefighters Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows an active fireman to establish a maximum of 24 months of additional service credit attributed to service in the armed forces of the United States that was served prior to employment by the city as a firefighter. Requires contribution of employee contributions and employer contributions, plus interest. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano filing
• 2009-02-11 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2009-02-11 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2009-02-11 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2009-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-23 Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2009-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
• 2009-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Pensions and Investments referral-committee
• 2009-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James A. DeLeo amendment-introduction
• 2009-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Pensions and Investments
• 2009-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Pensions and Investments
• 2009-04-30 Held in Pensions and Investments
• 2009-05-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Pensions and Investments
• 2009-05-07 Do Pass Pensions and Investments; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2009-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2009
• 2009-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0260 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa205bdc-ba8e-4687-840c-8f299fc18e05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).