Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes an active member of a downstate firefighters' pension fund to transfer up to 6 years of creditable service to that fund from the downstate police pension fund that is administered by the same unit of local government. Requires application within 6 months after the effective date. Authorizes reinstatement of service that was terminated by a refund. Provides that if the transferred police service was Tier 1, then the firefighter shall be considered to be a Tier 1 firefighter. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-3)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0618 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Kathleen Willis [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael McAuliffe [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Cabello [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-090	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Zalewski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Ammons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephanie Kifowit [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-084	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Emanuel Welch [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-007	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rita Mayfield [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-060	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Manley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-098	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Hoffman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-113	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Deborah Conroy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sam Yingling [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-062	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sue Scherer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cynthia Soto [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John D'Amico [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tony McCombie [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-089	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Cullerton [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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