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type: "Bill"
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title: "WORKERS COMP-MUNICIPALITY SIZE"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "97th"
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identifier: "HB 1427"
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citation: "Illinois HB 1427 (97th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2011-02-09"
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last_action: "2011-08-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d393c978-6fe3-49a5-bbb4-b0b8b2481cd2"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1427&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57982&SessionID=84&GA=97"
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source_hash: "ad3d10a8fd11e9a197b83847077c8d7bb769f7f2d470ead982ad9f99c6bfc515"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 1427 (97th) — WORKERS COMP-MUNICIPALITY SIZE
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1427&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57982&DocNum=1427&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1427eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57982&DocNum=1427&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1427enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57982&DocNum=1427&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John E. Bradley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley `filing`
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- **2011-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2011-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2011-02-15** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2011-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2011-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2011-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2011-03-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2011-03-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 14, 2011 `reading-1`
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- **2011-03-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
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- **2011-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2011-03-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2011-03-15** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
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- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2011-05-04** Do Pass Labor; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2011-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2011
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- **2011-05-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2011
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- **2011-05-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
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- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
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- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2011-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2011-08-08** Effective Date August 8, 2011
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- **2011-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0268 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d393c978-6fe3-49a5-bbb4-b0b8b2481cd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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