republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-1580.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PEN CD-SERS-DISABILITY"
description: "Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows licensed health care professionals (rather than just physicians) to make certain disability determinations. Defines \"licensed health care professional\". Requires a licensed health care professional to submit his or her registration number on all reports submitted to the System. Eliminates the 12-month application deadline for certain disability benefits. Makes changes to provisions concerning when a nonoccupational disability benefit begins to accrue. In a provision concerning temporary disability benefits, provides that in the case of a terminated employer-paid temporary total disability benefit, the temporary disability benefit under the Article shall not become payable until the expiration of 30 days (instead of 150 days) from the termination of the employer-paid benefit or until other requirements are met. Also makes changes relating to Social Security full retirement age and to hearings under certain provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 1580"
citation: "Illinois HB 1580 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/078ab00b-b6f8-43a8-bc5e-536154a13209"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1580&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=116048&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "c5e2a7c80a0d5c29998781ac47529e2827c0540f58ff993d45d23394fbcf850e"
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 1580 (101st) — PEN CD-SERS-DISABILITY

Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows licensed health care professionals (rather than just physicians) to make certain disability determinations. Defines "licensed health care professional". Requires a licensed health care professional to submit his or her registration number on all reports submitted to the System. Eliminates the 12-month application deadline for certain disability benefits. Makes changes to provisions concerning when a nonoccupational disability benefit begins to accrue. In a provision concerning temporary disability benefits, provides that in the case of a terminated employer-paid temporary total disability benefit, the temporary disability benefit under the Article shall not become payable until the expiration of 30 days (instead of 150 days) from the termination of the employer-paid benefit or until other requirements are met. Also makes changes relating to Social Security full retirement age and to hearings under certain provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Makes other changes. 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=10100HB1580&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=116048&DocNum=1580&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB1580eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=116048&DocNum=1580&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB1580enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=116048&DocNum=1580&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Omar Aquino — primary (person)
- Robert Martwick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Martwick `filing`
- **2019-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2019-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Government Accountability and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Government Accountability and Ethics; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Effective Date July 12, 2019
- **2019-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0054 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/078ab00b-b6f8-43a8-bc5e-536154a13209`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).