Illinois House Bill 1277 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that benefit or annuity payments to a member or participant in a retirement system or pension fund shall be suspended if the member or participant is indicted or charged by information with a felony and the board of the retirement system or pension fund determines that the felony relates to or arises out of or in connection with his or her service as a member or participant of the retirement system or pension fund. Provides that if the member or participant is not convicted of that felony, payment of the benefit or annuity shall resume and the retirement system or pension fund shall pay to the member or participant the amount of the suspended annuity or benefit payments with interest. Provides that if the member or participant is convicted of that felony, the suspended annuity or benefit payments shall not be paid to the member or participant. Provides that the amendatory Act applies without regard to whether the member or participant first became a member or participant of a retirement system or pension fund before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

PEN CD-FELONY-SUSPEND BENEFITS

Rep. Amy Elik [R]	Rep. Tony McCombie [R]	Rep. Bradley Fritts [R]	Rep. Dennis Tipsword [R]
Rep. Randy Frese [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Session Sine Die
2024-06-25	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
2024-06-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr.
2023-02-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
2023-01-31	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-01-31	House	First Reading
2023-01-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
2023-01-19	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Amy Elik

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	805	8.47	New Code	See Bill Text
40	5	1-170	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1277&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB1277.htm