Bill Text: IL HB2358 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that benefit payments, including, but not limited to, disability benefits, death benefits, retirement annuities, and surviving spouse annuities, must commence no later than 30 days after a person has submitted a complete and correct application for a benefit to which that person is entitled. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-04 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2358 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2358-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2358 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Weber SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/7-140.5 new
30 ILCS 805/8.49 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that benefit payments, including, but not limited to, disability benefits, death benefits, retirement annuities, and surviving spouse annuities, must commence no later than 30 days after a person has submitted a complete and correct application for a benefit to which that person is entitled. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.
LRB104 09952 RPS 20022 b
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB2358 LRB104 09952 RPS 20022 b
AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding
Section 7-140.5 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/7-140.5 new)
Sec. 7-140.5. Benefit commencement. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Article, benefit payments under this
Article, including, but not limited to, disability benefits,
death benefits, retirement annuities, and surviving spouse
annuities, must commence no later than 30 days after a person
has submitted a complete and correct application for a benefit
to which that person is entitled.
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.49 as follows: