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Bill	WORKERS COMP-MUNICIPALITY SIZE	Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Increases the city population floor limiting the ability of police officers and fire fighters to be considered "employees" under the Act. Provides that a member of a police department in any city whose population exceeds 500,000 is not considered an "employee" under the Act. Provides that a member of a fire department in any city whose population exceeds 500,000 is considered an "employee" under the Act only with respect to claims for any serious and permanent disfigurement. Further provides that members of a fire department in a city whose population exceeds 500,000 are eligible for compensation for serious and permanent disfigurement only where the disfigurement results from burns. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1427	Illinois HB 1427 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2011-02-09	2011-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d393c978-6fe3-49a5-bbb4-b0b8b2481cd2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1427&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57982&SessionID=84&GA=97	ad3d10a8fd11e9a197b83847077c8d7bb769f7f2d470ead982ad9f99c6bfc515	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1427 (97th) — WORKERS COMP-MUNICIPALITY SIZE

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Increases the city population floor limiting the ability of police officers and fire fighters to be considered "employees" under the Act. Provides that a member of a police department in any city whose population exceeds 500,000 is not considered an "employee" under the Act. Provides that a member of a fire department in any city whose population exceeds 500,000 is considered an "employee" under the Act only with respect to claims for any serious and permanent disfigurement. Further provides that members of a fire department in a city whose population exceeds 500,000 are eligible for compensation for serious and permanent disfigurement only where the disfigurement results from burns. 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

• John E. Bradley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley filing
• 2011-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-15 Assigned to Labor Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 14, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2011-03-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Do Pass Labor; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2011
• 2011-05-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-08 Effective Date August 8, 2011
• 2011-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0268 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d393c978-6fe3-49a5-bbb4-b0b8b2481cd2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).