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Bill	PEN CD-IMRF-SEPARATION BENEFIT	Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code, allows a participant who is terminating service to elect a separation benefit rather than a retirement annuity if his or her annuity would be less than $100 (now $30) per month. Effective January 1, 2017.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2972	Illinois SB 2972 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2016-02-18	2016-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/ddfe4abd-4788-4716-89a6-10efd14faa65	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2972&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96299&SessionID=88&GA=99	4a67e17f3de05714e8d82e3de005743a73c6cbb41a1d7b654c4061f8440919f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2972 (99th) — PEN CD-IMRF-SEPARATION BENEFIT

Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code, allows a participant who is terminating service to elect a separation benefit rather than a retirement annuity if his or her annuity would be less than $100 (now $30) per month. Effective January 1, 2017.

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 — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2016-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-02 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2016-03-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2016-03-03 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2016-03-17 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 5, 2016
• 2016-04-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2016-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-02 Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-05 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0747 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ddfe4abd-4788-4716-89a6-10efd14faa65. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).