Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of the Code) is adopted and made a part of the Downstate Firefighter and Downstate Police Articles, but only with respect to a person who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is entitled under the Downstate Firefighter Article or Downstate Police Article to begin receiving a retirement annuity or survivor's annuity and who elects to proceed under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-29 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose [SB1281 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Terri Bryant [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Donald DeWitte [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Chris Balkema [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Erica Harriss [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Senator Chapin Rose [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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