republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-4960.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-IMRF-ADMINISTRATIVE"
description: "Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Changes the provisions defining and specifying the manner of designating a beneficiary. Makes changes in provisions concerning elections to exclude certain employees from participation and eligibility for benefits and provisions concerning amortization of a participating municipality's or participating instrumentality's unfunded obligation. Removes language requiring the Board of Trustees to prepare and send ballot envelopes to the employees and annuitants eligible to vote for employee and annuitant trustees. Provides that the venue for actions brought under the Administrative Review Law shall be any county in which the Board maintains an office or the county in which the member's plaintiff's employing participating municipality or participating instrumentality has its main office. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4960"
citation: "Illinois HB 4960 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-15"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73b67a15-2a8a-4c80-9e27-55160e722c3a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4960&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49481&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "aa8fcbe4a93f4d6754140437b7b1a0aff86a9d95e5471f9728f50764a33ee104"
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 4960 (96th) — PEN CD-IMRF-ADMINISTRATIVE

Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Changes the provisions defining and specifying the manner of designating a beneficiary. Makes changes in provisions concerning elections to exclude certain employees from participation and eligibility for benefits and provisions concerning amortization of a participating municipality's or participating instrumentality's unfunded obligation. Removes language requiring the Board of Trustees to prepare and send ballot envelopes to the employees and annuitants eligible to vote for employee and annuitant trustees. Provides that the venue for actions brought under the Administrative Review Law shall be any county in which the Board maintains an office or the county in which the member's plaintiff's employing participating municipality or participating instrumentality has its main office. 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=09600HB4960&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49481&DocNum=4960&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4960eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49481&DocNum=4960&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4960enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49481&DocNum=4960&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Raymond Poe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Raymond Poe `filing`
- **2010-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-08** Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Personnel and Pensions Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Personnel and Pensions Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-04** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-03-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2010-03-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** Assigned to Pensions and Investments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- **2010-04-22** Do Pass Pensions and Investments; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-21** Effective Date July 21, 2010
- **2010-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1140 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73b67a15-2a8a-4c80-9e27-55160e722c3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).