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Bill	MUNI CD-POLICE-AGE	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that applicants for a police department may exceed the maximum age of 35 years by the number of years served on active military duty, but by no more than 10 years of active military duty. Provides that persons on the eligibility list for appointment to a police department may exceed the maximum age of 36 years by the number of years served on active military duty, but by no more than 10 years of active military duty. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 3877	Illinois HB 3877 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2009-02-25	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/8509e5e7-97cf-4793-9e3e-db241e26cc90	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3877&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46697&SessionID=76&GA=96	eede4b0d563fc657beafff1ccc61df49e3c9f041746239ce0de841e6118a12e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3877 (96th) — MUNI CD-POLICE-AGE

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that applicants for a police department may exceed the maximum age of 35 years by the number of years served on active military duty, but by no more than 10 years of active military duty. Provides that persons on the eligibility list for appointment to a police department may exceed the maximum age of 36 years by the number of years served on active military duty, but by no more than 10 years of active military duty. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thomas Holbrook — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook filing
• 2009-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-03 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 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. Ron Stephens
• 2009-03-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2009-03-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2009-03-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 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 March 24, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2009-03-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2009-04-30 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-14 Effective Date August 14, 2009
• 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0472 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8509e5e7-97cf-4793-9e3e-db241e26cc90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).