Bill Amendment: IL HB2721 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

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Bill Title: PENCD-TEACHERS-BENEFIT FORFEIT

Status: 2025-03-21 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2721 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2721-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

Filed: 3/10/2025

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2721
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2721 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
changing Sections 16-199 and 17-149.1 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/16-199) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-199)
Sec. 16-199. Felony conviction; sex offenses. None of the
benefits provided for in this Article shall be paid to any
person who is convicted of any felony relating to or arising
out of or in connection with his or her service as a teacher.
None of the benefits provided for in this Article shall be
paid to any person who is convicted of any crime under Article
11 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a crime that requires
registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act.
None of the benefits provided for in this Article shall be
paid to any person who otherwise would receive a survivor

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benefit who is convicted of any felony relating to or arising
out of or in connection with the service of the teacher from
whom the benefit results.
This Section shall not operate to impair any contract or
vested right acquired prior to July 9, 1955 under any law or
laws continued in this Article, nor to preclude the right to a
refund, and for the changes under this amendatory Act of the
100th General Assembly, shall not impair any contract or
vested right acquired by a survivor prior to the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. The
System may sue any such person to collect all moneys paid in
excess of refundable contributions.
All teachers entering or re-entering service after July 9,
1955 shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of
this Section as a condition of membership, and all
participants entering service subsequent to the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be
deemed to have consented to the provisions of this amendatory
Act as a condition of participation. All teachers entering
service after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly shall be deemed to have consented to
the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly as a condition of participation.
This Section applies without regard to whether the person
resigned or was terminated from employment. The changes made
to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 104th General

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Assembly apply only to persons who first become a teacher on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 100-334, eff. 8-25-17.)
(40 ILCS 5/17-149.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-149.1)
Sec. 17-149.1. Felony conviction; sex offenses. None of
the benefits provided for in this Article shall be paid to any
person who is convicted of any felony relating to or arising
out of or in connection with his or her service as a teacher.
None of the benefits provided for in this Article shall be
paid to any person who is convicted of any crime under Article
11 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a crime that requires
registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act.
None of the benefits provided for in this Article shall be
paid to any person who otherwise would receive a survivor
benefit who is convicted of any felony relating to or arising
out of or in connection with the service of the teacher from
whom the benefit results.
This Section shall not operate to impair any contract or
vested right acquired prior to January 1, 1988, nor to
preclude the right to a refund, and for the changes under this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, shall not impair
any contract or vested right acquired by a survivor prior to
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
Assembly.

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All teachers entering service after January 1, 1988 shall
be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this Section
as a condition of membership, and all participants entering
service subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be deemed to have
consented to the provisions of this amendatory Act as a
condition of participation. All teachers entering service
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly shall be deemed to have consented to the
provisions of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly as a condition of participation.
This Section applies without regard to whether the person
resigned or was terminated from employment. The changes made
to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly apply only to persons who first become a teacher on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 100-334, eff. 8-25-17.)".