republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-3253.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-IMRF-SLEP/CTY OFFICIALS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits a sheriff's law enforcement employee who begins service in that capacity after the effective date of the amendatory Act from being able to convert up to 10 years of service in any other capacity into service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, an elected county officer will not be able to elect to establish alternative credits for an alternative annuity. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 3253"
citation: "Illinois HB 3253 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-24"
last_action: "2011-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf381d51-406c-4819-9376-6d3636b36cde"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3253&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60619&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "70f864e05b6bdde8e673d716fc1f0806cf255418b4c9c2aee7786e75a537b227"
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 3253 (97th) — PEN CD-IMRF-SLEP/CTY OFFICIALS

Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits a sheriff's law enforcement employee who begins service in that capacity after the effective date of the amendatory Act from being able to convert up to 10 years of service in any other capacity into service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, an elected county officer will not be able to elect to establish alternative credits for an alternative annuity. 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=09700HB3253&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60619&DocNum=3253&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3253eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60619&DocNum=3253&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3253enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60619&DocNum=3253&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Duffy — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Karen May — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Karen May `filing`
- **2011-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-28** Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2011-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2011-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2011-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2011-04-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2011-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2011-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Biss
- **2011-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2011-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- **2011-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **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
- **2011-05-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2011-05-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Duffy
- **2011-05-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `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 . . . . . . . . . 97-0272 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf381d51-406c-4819-9376-6d3636b36cde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).