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Bill	PEN CD-DISSOLUTION OF FUNDS	Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows the corporate authorities of a municipality, by resolution or ordinance, to dissolve the downstate police or firefighter pension funds established by the municipality if an independent auditor has certified to the authorities that the funds have no liabilities, participants, or beneficiaries entitled to benefits. Requires the corporate authorities of the municipality to reestablish those funds if a police officer or firefighter of the municipality seeks to establish service credit in the fund or if reestablishment of the fund is required upon a former police officer or firefighter's reinstatement of creditable service. Suspends the duty of the corporate authorities of a municipality to establish and administer a downstate police or firefighter pension fund while the fund is dissolved. Requires the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance to adopt corresponding procedural rules.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 144	Illinois HB 144 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2011-01-13	2011-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/8b1c82d8-74fe-4e01-bedd-3aaaacc8003c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=144&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54708&SessionID=84&GA=97	ba1a0672a18c9cca32c2f7eae8df918a44f9bd5276325e7484498c75bcef6ed2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 144 (97th) — PEN CD-DISSOLUTION OF FUNDS

Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows the corporate authorities of a municipality, by resolution or ordinance, to dissolve the downstate police or firefighter pension funds established by the municipality if an independent auditor has certified to the authorities that the funds have no liabilities, participants, or beneficiaries entitled to benefits. Requires the corporate authorities of the municipality to reestablish those funds if a police officer or firefighter of the municipality seeks to establish service credit in the fund or if reestablishment of the fund is required upon a former police officer or firefighter's reinstatement of creditable service. Suspends the duty of the corporate authorities of a municipality to establish and administer a downstate police or firefighter pension fund while the fund is dissolved. Requires the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance to adopt corresponding procedural rules.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jack D. Franks — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks filing
• 2011-01-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-08 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-14 Re-assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2011-03-29 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-31 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2011-03-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Pensions and Investments referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Do Pass Pensions and Investments; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-14 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0099 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b1c82d8-74fe-4e01-bedd-3aaaacc8003c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).