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Bill	PEN CD-DNST FIRE-CHILD PENSION	Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In certain cases where a deceased firefighter left a surviving minor child but no surviving spouse, increases the pension payable to the guardian of the child from 12% to 20% of the firefighter's monthly salary. For eligible persons receiving the 12% pension on the effective date, the increase takes effect on the pension payment date occurring on or next following the effective date of this amendatory Act. Applies without regard to whether the deceased firefighter was in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 1375	Illinois HB 1375 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2013-02-06	2013-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/28a2957b-4de5-451b-80ec-86e36ccc2054	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1375&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=72100&SessionID=85&GA=98	3c0b8b7c04e59cdde1fb8f48ace89836278d11c0937115b70c8904cdf2e0cb07	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1375 (98th) — PEN CD-DNST FIRE-CHILD PENSION

Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In certain cases where a deceased firefighter left a surviving minor child but no surviving spouse, increases the pension payable to the guardian of the child from 12% to 20% of the firefighter's monthly salary. For eligible persons receiving the 12% pension on the effective date, the increase takes effect on the pension payment date occurring on or next following the effective date of this amendatory Act. Applies without regard to whether the deceased firefighter was in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. 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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel V. Beiser — primary (person)
• Steven M. Landek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-06 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser filing
• 2013-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-13 Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2013-04-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2013-04-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2013-04-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
• 2013-04-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2013-04-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
• 2013-04-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2013-04-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2013-04-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2013-04-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2013-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-05-09 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2013-05-09 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2013-05-10 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2013
• 2013-05-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2013-05-15 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2013
• 2013-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2013-05-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2013-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2013-05-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2013
• 2013-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2013
• 2013-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0391 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28a2957b-4de5-451b-80ec-86e36ccc2054. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).