republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-1956.md

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Bill	PEN CD-IMRF-RETURN TO WORK	Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Deletes a provision that requires the authorized agent of a participating municipality or participating instrumentality to be a member of the fund. Deletes a provision that prohibited certain employers from electing a 1,000-hour participation standard based on their original date of participation. Authorizes retired members who return to work for an IMRF employer to keep their pension even if employed in a position requiring less than the employer's standard for participation in IMRF. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1956	Illinois HB 1956 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2011-02-17	2011-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/5f1783c1-d5fb-414b-85ed-00ee75538424	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1956&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59157&SessionID=84&GA=97	8674da3ff6ae48a85efa4ff4d4075f64b470aa68a1dd18b495424d4551a88507	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1956 (97th) — PEN CD-IMRF-RETURN TO WORK

Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Deletes a provision that requires the authorized agent of a participating municipality or participating instrumentality to be a member of the fund. Deletes a provision that prohibited certain employers from electing a 1,000-hour participation standard based on their original date of participation. Authorizes retired members who return to work for an IMRF employer to keep their pension even if employed in a position requiring less than the employer's standard for participation in IMRF. 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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2011-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 009-000-000 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
• 2011-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-03-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Suzi Schmidt
• 2011-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-16 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
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-12 Effective Date August 12, 2011
• 2011-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0328 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f1783c1-d5fb-414b-85ed-00ee75538424. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).