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Bill	PEN CD-ART 3-BENEFICIARY TRUST	Amends the Downstate Firefighters Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that any benefit to be received by or paid to a dependent beneficiary may be received by or paid to a trust established for such dependent beneficiary if the dependent beneficiary is living at the time such benefit would be received by or paid to such trust. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1278	Illinois SB 1278 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2011-02-08	2011-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/500f94c5-9e8a-4121-a1e5-3a31d03045be	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1278&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=56935&SessionID=84&GA=97	4a973d77257b43eef81e8331a70a63589c4fa5de4525e693e52e64225db49eac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1278 (97th) — PEN CD-ART 3-BENEFICIARY TRUST

Amends the Downstate Firefighters Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that any benefit to be received by or paid to a dependent beneficiary may be received by or paid to a trust established for such dependent beneficiary if the dependent beneficiary is living at the time such benefit would be received by or paid to such trust. 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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Pensions and Investments referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 Do Pass Pensions and Investments; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2011
• 2011-03-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2011
• 2011-04-08 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-08 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2011-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-06-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-06-28 Effective Date June 28, 2011
• 2011-06-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0041 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/500f94c5-9e8a-4121-a1e5-3a31d03045be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).